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Los Angeles resident Marissa came to pick up a Christmas tree for her daughter from an unlikely place, a company called Active Recycling.
洛杉矶居民玛丽莎来到一个难以置信的地方，一家名为“积极回收”的公司，为女儿取了一棵圣诞树。
My daughter has a heart condition, I didn't have money to buy a tree this year.
我女儿有心脏病，今年我没钱买圣诞树。
And she really wanted one, so I saw this on Facebook and I told her she wanted to come, she said yes.
她真的很想要，所以我在脸书上看到了这个，我问她想来吗，她说想来。
Every year Active Recycling encourages people to bring recycling or trash in exchange for a free Christmas tree.
每年，“积极回收”活动都会鼓励人们携带回收物或垃圾来换取一棵免费的圣诞树。
The man behind the idea is company president Errol Segal.
提出这个想法的人是公司总裁埃罗尔·西格尔。
This is my eighth year of giving away 1,000 Christmas trees free.
这是我免费赠送1000棵圣诞树的第八年了。
I don't sell them but you need to bring in recycling or you need to bring in some trash.
我不卖它们，但你需要把回收物或垃圾带过来。
Santa Claus was also on hand to give away some of the trees personally.
圣诞老人也亲自送出了一些树。
Not only is it good for the planet says General Manager Diego Rojas but it's good for the soul.
总经理迭戈·罗哈斯说，这不仅对地球有好处，对心灵也有好处。
I feel joy every time I got to do this, you know, cuz this is one way we could give back to the communities.
每次我做这件事都很开心，因为这是我们回馈社区的一种方式。
Well I've met a couple of people that they might be going through a tough situation and they may be in the situation where they can't afford a Christmas tree.
我遇到过一些人，他们可能正经历着艰难的处境，他们可能处于买不起圣诞树的境地。
So by us giving a Christmas tree, you know, it brings a blessing and happiness to their health.
所以我们送一棵圣诞树后，可以给他们的健康带来祝福和快乐。
Some of the company employees know only too well how a tough situation can hit a person.
公司的一些员工非常清楚艰难的环境会对一个人造成怎样的打击。
Due to the Covid-19, I lost my job at a restaurant and I experienced homelessness.
由于疫情，我失去了在一家餐馆的工作，我无家可归。
I want to be able to help other young men and kind of show them the different steps and stuff to get out of homelessness, get back to work and be able to have your own place.
我希望能够帮助其他年轻人，向他们展示摆脱无家可归的不同步骤，重返工作岗位，拥有自己的房子。
At a Christmas market, these trees would cost about $100 each.
在圣诞市场上，这些圣诞树每棵售价约为100美元。
Here Active Recycling employees hand out about a 100 trees a day.
在这里，“积极回收”的工人每天分发大约100棵树。
It smells like Christmas cuz it does me the trees smell good, they're fresh and they smell good.
它闻起来像圣诞节，因为它让我感觉很好，树闻起来很新鲜，很好闻。
Just to be happy for the holidays, just to be happy.
只要节日快乐就好，只要快乐就好。
And to be happy even if just for a moment is what the holiday season is all about.
即使只是片刻的快乐也是节日的全部。
From Angelina Bagdasaryan in Los Angeles, California.
投稿来自加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的安吉丽娜·巴格达萨利安。
Anna Rice, VOA news.
VOA新闻，安娜·赖斯报道。
