Unlike last Christmas, when Mr Obama took several days to address the attempted bombing, today he held a press conference, noting that he had been woken in the middle of the night with the news.

不像去年圣诞节，当时奥巴马花了好几天时间来解决爆炸未遂事件，而今天他召开记者会表示他已经注意到午夜的消息。

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Today is also Christmas Eve, which hopefully does not strike any of you as a surprise, but if it does, you probably had as good a time last night as I did.

今天也是圣诞节前夕，这不希望罢工你们中的任何一个惊喜，但如果是这样，你可能有好一段时间昨晚和我一样。

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The last night is the Christmas Night, a splendid night of Christmas!

昨晚是圣诞夜，一个多彩的圣诞夜！

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At the Bank of England's Christmas drinks party last night, the reaction of senior officials and economists from inside and outside the Bank was almost universally scathing.

BBC: Fed gives itself a new target

Last night, on the eve of Christmas Eve (the last possible day I can steal before heading down south to my parents), Eden, Isaac and I met with some of the people in my new LATISM Central Coast consortium Jose Huitron, Jesse Luna, Belen Rodriguez, Jes Sofia Valle, Marea Lopez.

FORBES: Christmas Greetings from Pismo Beach