Not only did more than a dozen guests from several different families stop in, many other people made a special point of knocking on the door to say that, though they already had commitments on this occasion, they would be happy to come next time.
結果，出乎他們的意料，聖誕夜除了來了十幾位客人外，還有人專程按門鈴說抱歉已經先約了，下次一定來。