根据德国《焦点》周刊22日公布的调查结果显示，绝大多数德国人过圣诞节时必须有圣诞树，他们把这看得比同家人团聚更重要。

    据路透社12月22日报道，参加此次调查的有1014名德国人，其中75％的人认为，没有圣诞树的圣诞节是不可想象的，这些人对于那种通常被挂满各种蜡烛、彩灯和其它装饰品的小树爱得要死；只有65％的人表示，想过好圣诞节还必须花些时间与亲友欢聚；另有57％的人认为过圣诞节要高唱各种圣诞歌曲，声称如果不这样做的话，那这圣诞节就根本没法过了；而宣称如果没有收到礼物则圣诞节也就不成其为圣诞节的人所占的比例为42％。

    另外，调查中还有3％的人甚至对圣诞节抱有一种绝对冷漠的态度，他们希望自己能够彻底避开与这个节日有关的一切事情。

    Some Germans would rather spend Christmas with a tree than with their families, a new poll shows.

    The survey in Thursday's Focus weekly news magazine found 75 percent of Germans could not contemplate Christmas without their beloved "Tannenbaum," the traditional tree many cover lavishly with candles, lights and decorations.

    But only 65 percent said spending time with relatives was also essential for a good Christmas.

    Singing carols was the next most vital ingredient, with 57 percent saying they could not do without them, while 42 percent said Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without presents.

    The modern tradition of the Christmas tree originated in Germany.

    Three percent of the 1,014 people polled about attitudes to Christmas wanted to skip the whole thing.