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Today's Currier and Ives would have to depict crowded airports and harried shoppers driving from mall to mall. And with more than one-third of Americans now ordering holiday gifts on the Internet rather than fighting the crowds, might another Clement Moore write----''It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, Computers were stirring - keyboard, modem, and mouse?"
今天Currier 和Ives 将不得不描绘拥挤的机场和匆忙的人们从一个商场奔向另一个商场的情景。鉴于现今已有超过三分之一的美国人都在互联网上订购假期礼物而不是去与拥挤的人群抢购,也许Clement Moore 又会写道-----“圣诞节前夜,电脑活跃着整个房间-键盘,调制解调器,鼠标?”