卷福給聖誕老人手寫了一封信：文采感人！
Dear Father Christmas,
親愛的聖誕老人：
So my friend has asked me to write to you... I have to confess it's been hard to know what to say. Mainly because like most adults I feel preposterous asking anything of you because our time with you is surely done. Now we get our own presents, control our own fates, take responsibility for our own actions, and live in the world we have created... so it's not for us to turn around and plead for your help with the environment, the migrant crisis, the NHS, education, food banks, human rights, fundamentalism and wars. Though God knows we need all the help we can get with all these man-made problems and more.
我的朋友叫我寫信給你……我真的不知道該對你說什麼。主要因爲跟大部分成年人一樣，我覺得跟你要東西似乎很荒謬，因爲我們和你已經沒有交集了。如今我們自己給自己買禮物，掌控自己的命運，爲自己的行爲負責，並且生活在我們自己創造的世界裏……所以我們沒有理由找你幫忙解決這些問題，比如環境問題、移民危機、NHS醫保系統、教育、食物銀行、人權、原教旨主義和戰爭。儘管上帝知道，我們需要各種援助去解決這些人爲的危機和麻煩。
And it's not that you aren't compassionate and full of joy. You're great. In spite of you being changed into different colours for corporations and being bastardised to represent materialism gone mad - despite probably originating in some season based pagan druid ritual a million thought miles from requests for spontaneously combusting hoverboards... Kidadults cynically pointing this out after having their moment of belief in you are wasting everyone's precious time. Because you are not for them. You are for the children. Children who need some magic in a world where the borders between innocence and responsibility, playful imagination and cold, adult obstacles are continually shrinking.
我並不是說你沒有同情心或不樂觀。你很偉大。儘管你被各種大公司篡改的面貌全非；被妖魔化以代表那瘋狂的拜金主義——簡直像異教徒的儀式那樣，每到這個季節就要用禮物填滿慾望，比如那種可能會自燃的懸滑板。那些童心未泯的成年人竟然生氣地認爲你是在浪費每個人的寶貴時間，卻忘了他們自己也曾相信你。因爲你不屬於成年人，而是屬於孩子們的。孩子們需要一些魔力，因爲這個世界上，天真與責任、歡樂的想象力與冷漠以及成人障礙之間的界限正在不斷的縮小。
This is what I'd like to ask you to help with. A little more time for children to be children. Stretch the moment of magic and playfulness. Distract them from the realities of a world gone mad so that they can laugh with their breath rather than sob with their tears. Especially those caring for family members, or suffering illness, hunger or poverty. Especially those hiding in buildings as bombs rain down, or being handed shaking with fear or cold into a boat to escape environmental disaster or war. Please help to light up their worlds with a moment of joy and hope.
這纔是我想求你援助的。讓孩子們的童年更長久些吧。延長那充滿魔力與樂趣的時刻。讓孩童們忽略這瘋狂又現實的世界，讓他們擁有歡笑而非流淚。尤其是那些過早需要承擔家庭責任或身患疾病的孩子們，又或者是那些遭受飢餓與貧窮的孩子們。尤其是那些躲在位於槍林彈雨的建築中、或者是那些懷着恐懼與寒冷不斷顫抖、被塞進船裏以逃離災難和戰爭的孩子們。請你用希望和歡樂照亮他們的世界。
When I think about it you've got it tough this year... And when I really think about it I'm not sure that asking you for a lightsaber and getting one (not that I ever did by the way) is equatable with controlling the space time continuum and making the good of childhood last a little longer.
當我想到今年你處境艱難時……當我仔細思考，我不確定這樣是否合理：即找你要一把光劍（雖然我並不曾得到過）來控制時空介質，從而使得美好的童年時光再久一點。
But you do inspire wonder and awe amongst those that write you letters and go to sleep hoping there might be a new object in their possession come dawn. You inspire good behaviour and, at least in my memory, some desperate last minute attempts to redeem bad behaviour so as not to be overlooked. Spare a thought too for those millions who want to write to you but through illiteracy can't. Hear their words and help to give them the time and chance to learn how to read and write so they can better their lives and escape their impoverished beginnings.
但對於那些給你寫信、期待着你會在天明前送給他們禮物而入睡的孩子們，你帶給他們好奇和敬畏。你激發了善行，至少在我的記憶中，一些孩子在最後一刻試圖彌補過錯，以避免因此受罰。還希望你體諒一下數百萬想跟你寫信卻不會寫字的人。請你傾聽他們的聲音，給他們時間和機會去學習讀書和寫字，這樣他們就可以過上更好的生活，逃離貧困的處境。
I feel a little sorry for you. And I guess I've done exactly what I said I wouldn't... Asked you to help with adult problems and solve some of the greatest worries we have for our children. I promise to leave some extra port and mince pies for you!
我對你感到一絲歉意。我好像做了我明明說自己不會做的事……我希望你能幫忙解決成年人造成的麻煩，緩解我們對孩子的某些擔憂。我保證，我會給你留超多肉餡餅的！！
Lots of love
滿滿的愛
Benedict x
本尼親親
Benedict
本尼迪克特
P.S. Please could I have that lightsaber now?
P.S. 現在我能拿到那把光劍了嗎？
