1975年12月,圣诞节前夕,林语堂寓居在香港的小女儿家里。一天,二女儿林太乙带他到永安公司去购物。那里挤满了采购圣诞节礼品的大人小孩,商店里洋溢着一片喜气洋洋的景象。这节日的气氛感染了热爱生命的林语堂,他目睹各式各样灿烂的节日装饰品,耳闻圣诞颂歌。他感到这世界太美丽了,而想到自己逐渐衰老,恨不能长生不老,无限激动,无限感伤。他突然在柜台上抓起一串假珍珠链子,泣不成声……店员小姐自然不知道这位像小孩子一样哭泣的 December 1975, on Christmas Eve, Lin Yutang resides in Hong Kong’s little daughter home. One day, the second daughter, Lin Tai-yi, took him to Yongan to go shopping. There are packed adults and children purchasing Christmas gifts, the store filled with a beaming vision. The atmosphere of this festival has infected Lin Yu-tang, who loves life. He witnessed a great variety of brilliant holiday decorations and Christmas carols. He felt the world was too beautiful, and thinking of himself gradually aging, can not wait for immortality, infinite excitement, unlimited sentimental. He suddenly grabbed a string of fake pearl chains on the counter, crying out of tears ... Clerk Miss naturally do not know the child crying