FOR MYRNA CARLEY of Philadelphia, it's that time of year again.

对费城的默纳•卡利说，又到了年中的那个时期。

Here is a letter adapted from DEAR ABBY, Philadelphia Bulletin, March 9,1973.

这里摘'亲爱的爱毕'的回信,刊在九七三年三月九日的'费城公报'上。

It never became firmly established here as a folk custom, however, and today's elaborate New Year's parade in Philadelphia is the only organized outgrowth of English mumming in the United States.

然而它从没有深深地扎根民间而成为民俗，只有如今费城精心组织的新年游行国从英国哑剧发展而的文化。