前夜元宵无月，随便翻开一本书，是Dickens的圣诞故事，却见他生于1812年2月7日——真巧啊，200岁的生日。后来才见Google换了涂鸦——晚了半天。

D老最有名的圣诞故事是A Christmas Carol（《圣诞颂歌》）。它除了那个已经成为普通名词的角色Scrooge——老D的形容很妙：hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire：心如铁石，却磨不出一点儿慈悲的火星（开篇几段对Scrooge的描述，有趣极了，大家自己去看吧）——还留下了很多“名言”。第一个对话就很有意思——

‘A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!’ cried a cheerful voice. It was the voice of Scrooge's nephew, who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his approach.

`Bah!' said Scrooge, `Humbug!'

He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost, this nephew of Scrooge's, that he was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again.

‘Christmas a humbug, uncle!' said Scrooge's nephew. `You don't mean that, I am sure?’

‘I do,’said Scrooge. ‘Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.’

‘Come, then,’ returned the nephew gaily. ‘What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough.’

Scrooge having no better answer ready on the spur of the moment, said ‘Bah!’ again; and followed it up with ‘Humbug.’

Merry Christmas，这可能是世界上第一声标准的圣诞问候，而Scrooge的回答，Bah Humbug，大概也是最有趣的。

当然，最现实主义的问答还是

——你那么穷，有什么可乐的？

——你那么富，又郁闷什么？

       听说有个微笑哥，赶紧找来，可以作为这句话的最好诠释：你那么穷，有什么可乐的？