关于庆祝圣诞节的英语作文(汇总20篇)

12月25日是圣诞节，妈妈告诉我：圣诞节不是中国传统的节日，它是西方国家一年中最盛大的一个节日，相当于我们国家的春节。

虽然圣诞节是西方的节日。但是，现在流传到中国，也是相当隆重。圣诞节的前几天，每个角落都充满了热闹非凡和喜气洋洋的气氛，人们都纷纷奔走相告，欢呼雀跃。大街上，大多数商店门窗上都贴着“圣诞节快乐”等字条，或笑容可掬的圣诞老人，门前还站着颗全身挂彩的圣诞树，如同一个穿着迷彩服的威武士兵。街旁到处都是卖礼物、平安果、包装纸的小贩，买卖很火，叫卖声和讨价声一浪高过一浪，整条大街显得无比热闹。

在晚上睡觉时，我们总是把臭烘烘的袜子挂到床柱上，然后把你想要的东西写在一张卡片上，再带上你的愿望安详地入睡，等到第二天醒来，便会立即爬起来，这时，就会发现贺卡正安安静静地躺在枕头旁。并且，袜子也鼓鼓囊囊的，拿出一看，正是你想要的礼物。据说，在深夜12点，圣诞老人驾着驯鹿，背着一个大口袋，钻进每家每户的烟囱来到屋里，从那个大口袋里拿出各种各样的礼物来满足我们的愿望。虽然，这只是一个谣传，但我们还是很喜欢、佩服和尊敬圣诞老人。

圣诞节过去了，但它带给我们的文化，带给我们的欢乐，将会永远刻在我的脑海里。愿天下所有人都能得到自己称心如意的礼品!愿天下所有人Merry Christmas!!

Today is a festival worth celebrating. Christmas is certainly not without Santa Claus and Christmas presents. I think Christmas is a day for children. Today, children will "binge". They will travel and play.

I like the Christmas hat. Its red. There are gifts every Christmas. Of course, there is invisibility, which is happiness. If you are happy today, you will be blessed.

Today, I want to receive a Christmas present, of course, a baby bear and a Santa Claus. I like it very much. This wish, I realized. Mom bought it for me. She saw through my heart.

I also want to give every child in the welfare home a Santa Claus, but this can only happen when I grow up.

This afternoon, we went to the Chinese supermarket. There was Santa at the door handing out candy, of course. Walking into the supermarket, there was a tall Christmas tree with bells and flashing lights. It also has CARDS, of course, a blessing for people.

Christmas is a day to celebrate and a time to cheer!!

The original Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, was born in the ancient southeastern Turkish town of Lycia early in the fourth century. His generosity was legend, and he was particularly fond of children. We know this primarily through Roman accounts of his patronage of youth, which eventually led to his becoming the patron saint of children. Throughout the Middle Ages, and well beyond, he was referred to by many names none of them Santa Claus.

Children today would not at all recognize the St. Nick who brought gifts to European children hundreds of years ago except perhaps for his cascading white beard. He made his rounds in full red-and-white bishops robes, complete with twin peaked miter and crooked crozier. He was pulled by no fleet footed reindeer, but coaxed in indolent donkey. And he arrived not late on Christmas Eve, but on his Christian feast day, December 6. The gifts he left beside the hearth were usually small: fruit, nuts, hard candies, wood and clay figurines.

During the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, St. Nicholas was banished from most European countries. Replacing him were more secular figures, who in general were not at center stage at that point in history..The Dutch kept the St. Nicholas tradition alive. As the "protector of sailors," St. Nicholas graced the prow of the first Dutch ship that arrived in America. And the first church built in New York City was named after him. The Dutch brought with them to the New World two Christmas items that were quickly Americanized.

In sixteenth century Holland, children placed wooden shoes by the hearth the night of St. Nicholass arrival. The shoes were filled with straw, a meal for the saints gift laden donkey. In return, Nicholas would insert a small treat into each clog. In America, the shoe was replaced with the stocking, hung by the chimney.

The Dutch spelled St. Nicholas "Saint Nikolass," which in the New World became "Sinterklass". later changed to "Santa Claus".

Much of modern day Santa Claus lore, including the reindeer drawn sleigh, originated in America. Dr. Clement Clarke Moore composed "The Night Before Christmas" in 1822, to read to his children on Christmas Eve. The poem might have remained privately in the Moore family if a friend had not mailed a copy of it (without authorial attribution) to a newspaper and became part of the Santa legend.

It was in America that Santa put on weight. The rosy-cheeked, roly-poly Santa is credited to the influential nineteenth-century cartoonist Thomas Nast. From 1863 until 1886, Nast created a series of Christmas drawings for Harpers Weekly. These drawings, executed over twenty years, exhibit a gradual evolution in Santa from the pudgy, diminutive, elf-like creature of Dr. Moores immortal poem to the bearded, potbellied, life-size bell ringer familiar on street corners across America today. Nasts cartoons also showed the world how Santa spent his entire year constructing toys, checking on childrens behavior, reading their requests for special gifts. His images were incorporated into the Santa lore.

Santa is known throughout the world in many different names, such as:

Saint Nikolaas (Sinter Klaas), from the Dutch Father Christmas, from the English Kris Kringle, from the Germans Befana, from the Italians Bobouschka, from the Russians (a grand motherly figure instead of a male)

圣诞老人的传说在数千年前的斯堪的纳维亚半岛即出现。北欧神话中司智慧，艺术，诗词，战争的奥丁神，寒冬时节，骑上他那八脚马坐骑驰骋于天涯海角，惩恶扬善，分发礼物。与此同时，其子雷神着红衣以闪电为武器与冰雪诸神昏天黑地恶战一场，最终战胜寒冷。据异教传说，圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔。也有传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来，所以圣诞老人也称St.Nicholas.因这些故事大多弘扬基督精神，其出处，故事情节大多被淡忘，然而圣诞老人却永驻人们精神世界。

每年圣诞日，圣诞老人骑在白羊星座上，圣童手持圣诞树降临人间，随着世事变迁，作家和艺术家开始把圣诞老人描述成我们今日熟悉的着红装，留白胡子的形象。同时不同的国度和文化对圣诞老人也有了不同的解释。在德国，传说他扮成圣童把坚果和苹果放在孩子们鞋里。他乘双轮马车四处漫游，观察人们的行为，尤其是小孩，如果表现好，将会得到苹果、坚果、糖等诸多奖品。坏孩子则得一鞭子。家长们灵机一动纷纷采用此传说来鼓励孩子们听话。大大超过了新年，成为一个全民的节日。圣诞老人已经成为圣诞节最受喜爱的象征和传统。他赶 着驯鹿，拉着装满玩具和礼物的雪橇挨家挨户给每个孩子送礼物的快乐老精灵的形象已深深地留在人们的记忆中。

11世纪末来自意大利的宗教士兵将Nicholas圣人的遗物带回意大利，并在港口城市Bari建造了一座教堂来纪念他。很快世界各地的基督教徒纷至沓来朝圣这位圣人。这些朝圣者将圣人Nicholas的故事带回他们的本土，所以有关圣诞老人的传说在各个国家都各具特色。

12世纪欧洲出现了圣人Nicholas纪念日，以互赠礼物和慈善活动为主。德国、法国、荷兰则将12月6日作为宗教纪念日，给孩子和穷人们赠送礼物。

荷兰殖民者来到美洲时，将他们的Sintirklass主教也带了去，Sintirklass身着红袈裟，骑着一匹白马。Sintirklass的美国形象后来逐渐演变成一个快乐的老精灵。起初美国作家华盛顿.欧文在他的喜剧《纽约的历史》中将他描述成一个又圆又胖的荷兰老人。1823年，诗人Clement Moore在他的诗歌《St.Nicholas印象》中继续将Sintirklass/Saint Nicholas的形象戏剧化，这就是各位在本篇开头看到的圣诞老人。

19世纪60年代卡通制作者Thomas Nash画了一幅胖胖的、慈祥的圣诞老人作为《Harper的一周》的插图。这个圣诞老人的形象开始深深地扎根于美国人民的脑海中。随着时间的推移，圣诞老人的形象传回欧洲，传到南美洲，传遍世界各地。

许多国家都保存了他们自己有关圣诞老人的风俗和传说。在荷兰的传说中，圣诞老人Sintirklass还带了一个叫Black Peter的助手，乘着一艘船于12月6日来到。他带着一本大书，书中描述了所有荷兰小孩在过去一年中的表现。表现好的小孩就送礼物给他们，不好的小孩便让他的助手带走。

德国的圣诞老人也带着一个叫做Knecht Ruprecht、Krampus或Pelzebock的助手，肩上背着个装着礼物的大袋子，手上拿着一根棍子。好孩子可收到他的礼物，顽皮的孩子却要给教训几棍子。

意大利的圣诞老人叫La Befana ;法国的圣诞老人叫Father Christmas或Pere Noel ;瑞士的圣诞老人叫Christkindl或Christ Child;斯勘的纳维亚地区的圣诞人叫julenisse 或 juletomte ;而英国的圣诞老人和法国一样也叫Father Christmas(圣诞之父)，他的形象比其它圣诞老人更庄严，更清瘦一些。北美的圣诞老人便是乘着驯鹿拉的雪橇来给孩子们送礼物的。

Happy Christmas Eve is coming, my heart is very excited, because Santa Claus comes

Its Christmas day on December 25th, and we still go to school as usual. No way, can only go to school, ah foreign friends must have a holiday, because this is their festival, why, why, China does not have a holiday!

In the evening I see Santa Claus, he and I said with a smile, Ill give you gift, I accept gifts, open on see, is a piece of paper, top write: I wish you good good study, day day up! Dont dwell on vacations!

I dont want to have a holiday when I hear that!! Thank you Santa!

快乐的圣诞夜就要来了，我的心情十分激动，因为圣诞老人来了

早上起来看的日历今天是12月25日圣诞节，我们还是像往常一样上学，我想，圣诞节还要上学，累死人啊!没办法，只能上学了，哎外国的朋友一定放假，因为这是他们的节日，为什么，为什么，中国不放假!

我在这天晚上看到了圣诞老人，他笑着和我说，我来给你送礼物了，我收下礼物，打开一看，是一张纸，上边写着：我愿你好好学习，天天向上!不要老是想着放假!

我听到这句话，我在也不想着放假了!!谢谢你圣诞老人!

In the morning, as soon as I entered the classroom, several of my classmates said, "there are some sugar in your desk." I said, "sugar? I dont know." I quickly ran to the desk, and opened the desk to see: wow! There are two beautiful candies, one is the black chocolate, one is the red paper of the beef sugar, a look makes my mouth water, however, I still endure the patience, saving for lunch.

Later, lu teacher back to us to see a letter of Santa Claus, the letter said: "two (2) class of kid, you all received the candy, I sent you two of the children can have a clean the table sugar, the table dirty children only get a candy. I wish you a merry Christmas!

This Christmas is really fun!

On December 25, I spent a memorable happy Christmas!

That day, I meet in schools and students, and the boy to a super fly snow, hee hee, look to bully my boy, do I fly snow, I think only KuangPen KuangPen, see they bully me, finally at half past seven, I finally want to use my weapon, think that the boy to so many people!

We took only a few, blame him, to spell, have never thought the boy so much, I defy spirit, picked up the blowing bottle, ran to the boy, unexpectedly, spray in my eye.

I feel, is that guy use , others also spray dead boy, but, we are still less than boys, make a few girls cry, we know that our dead, unexpectedly Zhang Wen we ran, pull the boy also ran to come over, organize a reunion...

This is a carnival of Christmas!

Christmas Day

圣诞节

Most westerners always celebrate Christmas Day as their major festival, in order to memorialize Jesus.During that time, they always have several days off, so they can enjoy this festival with all their hearts.The children often get together with their friends.The adults are busy with decorating their houses.They also send the postcards with their best wishes to each other. In the streets, there are so many Fathers Christmas sending presents to the passers-by.And everything is on a discount in the supermarkets.Thus the supermarkets are the busiest places.

为了纪念耶稣大部分西方人都庆祝圣诞节作为他们的主要节日。在这段时间里，他们总是有好几天假，所以他们可以全身心的享受这个节日。小孩们经常与他们的朋友聚在一起。大人都忙着装饰他们的房子。他们还互相赠送明信片以及他们对彼此的祝福。 在街上，有很多圣诞老人在派送礼物给路人。超市里面的所有东西都在打折。所以，超市是最忙的地方。

2017 will be end ,and 2018 will be come. In the new year ,we must be have much wishes, because new year means that things end and another things start. So we need to make a new years resolution in order to the second year will be better. I want to share my new years resolution with you. Firstly, I decide to try my best to learn english. because my english so poor that it affects my other subject. I will face many differences, such as broadening my vocabulary, training my listening, improving my write and so on. I must work hard because I dont want to behind the times. Secondly, I will give up watching football games because every time it takes me two hours, which makes me not finish my homework. As a student, study is our duty, so I will focused more on study and less on playing . In order to my future, I will work hard.

The name Christmas is short for “Christ’s Mass,’’ A Mass is a kind of church service. Christmas is a religious festival. It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus.

There are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the world. But many of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religion.

Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are modern ways of making the Christmas season merry.

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Christmas day is becoming more and more fire over the years, the annual Christmas Eve, the streets are the smell of Christmas, Im not very interested in, although for Christmas but also be infected by this lively breath.

It doesnt, the teacher in charge will be things like stickers, Christmas CARDS to our hand, lets decorate the classroom. After class, we are all busy to decorate. Chun-chieh liu is tall, standing on the table will Santa Claus stickers posted on the glass window, looked at the smiling face of Santa Claus, we are also happy. People will write Christmas CARDS in his hand desire to hang in the class of the converted into a Christmas tree, but my wish is to: family happiness.

The classroom is decorated, waiting for the arrival of Christmas, good looking forward to.

这几年圣诞节越来越火了，每年的圣诞节前夕，大街小巷都是圣诞节的气息，我虽然对圣诞节不是很感兴趣，但也被这热闹的气息所感染。

这不，班主任将一些圣诞节的贴纸、卡片之类的东西发到我们手上，让我们装饰下教室。下课后，我们都忙着装饰了。刘俊杰个子高，站在桌子上将圣诞老人的贴纸一张张贴在窗户玻璃上，看着圣诞老人的笑脸，我们也高兴起来。大家将手中卡片写上圣诞愿望挂在用班级的小黑板改装成的圣诞树上，而我的愿望是：家人幸福。

教室已经布置好了，就等着圣诞节的到来了，好期待。

For most western countries, Christmas Day is the biggest festival, and all

the people will have the long vacation, just as Spring Festival in China. With

the development of globalization, Christmas Day is celebrated by people around

the world. When the day comes, Christmas trees can be seen in many shops and

some products have the great discounts. One of the main reasons for people to

love Christmas is that they can get the great discounts from some products,

which saves them a lot of money. For American people, Christmas Day is the great

moment for the families to get together and enjoy the family hour, while for

some people they just treat it as the shopping day.

Christmas Day,the 25th of December,is the biggest festival celebrated in the Christian countries of the world.Although everyone enjoys Christmas Day,it is particularly enjoyed by children,who get very excited because of the presents they know they are going to receive.Small children believe that their presents are brought by Santa Claus. Santa Claus (also called" Father Christmas)is a kind of old man who,the children are told,lives at the North Pole.He travels through the sky on a sleigh which is pulled by reindeers and loaded with presents.Stopping on the roof of houses,he enters by climbing the chimney.When small children go to bed on Christmas Eve,they hang a stocking at the end of their beds.Their parents warn them not to try to look at Father Christmas,or he will not leave them anything.When they wake,they find their stockings filled with presents.Children are very excited on Christmas morning and always wake up early.

Christmas is also a family celebration.As any members of the family as possible.

Less little Christmas tree, Christmas is the feast of atmosphere, there are a variety of different legends about the Christmas tree.

A is said about the 16th century, the germans evergreen pine tree branches to house decoration, become a Christmas tree. Later, the German Martin Luther put candles on fir trees of the forest, and then lit candles, looks like the lead people to Bethlehem, today have to switch to pink small bulb.

There is a legend, long long ago, there was a farmer, on Christmas day met a poor child, he warmly received the children. Children stuck in the ground when he left broke off a piece of pine, pine immediately into a tree, are hung above the gift, thanks to the farmers kindness.

Christmas tree, first seen in Germany, and then to Europe and the United States, with its graceful posture, become the indispensable Christmas decoration. There are many types of Christmas tree, the tree is full of decoration, but the top of the tree, there must be a big star symbolizes the three wise men following the star to find Jesus, only the head of the household can hang up the star of hope.

少了圣诞树，圣诞节就少了过节的气氛，关于圣诞树有多种不同的传说。

一个是说：大约十六世纪，德国人把长青的松柏枝拿到屋中去摆设，成为圣诞树。后来，德国人马丁路德把蜡烛放在树林中的枞树枝上，然后点燃蜡烛，看起来像是引导人们到伯利恒去，今日已改用粉色小灯泡。

还有一个传说记载，很久以前，有一位农民，在圣诞节遇到一个穷苦的小孩，他热情地接待了这个儿童。儿童临走时折下一根松枝插在地上，松枝立即变成一棵树，上面都挂满礼物，以答谢农民的好意。

圣诞树首先见于德国，后又传入欧洲和美国，以其优美的姿态，成为圣诞节不可缺少的装饰。圣诞树的种类繁多，树上满是装饰品，但树顶一定有颗大星星，象征三贤士跟随该星找到耶稣，只有一家之主才可以把希望之星挂上。

Today is Christmas Eve once a year. We have three at home. We burn delicious hot pot in the kitchen for mom, dad and I are in the sitting room decorate the Christmas tree together.

First of all, my father and I put the branches stretching, then put the tree is installed on a tripod.

Finally, my father and I put the small bells, Musical Instruments, gifts, fawn, Santa Claus, bowknot, five-pointed star and snowflake decorations hanging in the branches. Also has a long string of colorful lights around the branch.

A: wow! A beautiful Christmas tree appeared in front of our eyes, just like that. The mother of hot pot also burn well. The three of us to sit down and eating hot pot, hot side sing Christmas songs, was quite happy!

今天是一年一次的圣诞平安夜。我们一家三口开开心心地在家里。妈妈在厨房为我们烧美味可口的火锅，我和爸爸在客厅一起装饰圣诞树。

首先，我和爸爸把树枝舒展开来，然后把树安装在一个三角架上。最后，我和爸爸把一个个铃铛、乐器、礼物、小鹿、圣诞老人、蝴蝶结、五角星、雪花的装饰用品挂在树枝上。还把一长串五彩缤纷的彩灯绕在树枝上。

哇!一棵美丽的圣诞树就这样出现在我们的眼前。这时妈妈的火锅也烧好了。我们三人坐下来一边吃着热腾腾的火锅，一边唱着圣诞节的歌曲，真是太开心了!

Chritmas is the day that Jesus Christ was born. People in the world celebrate and worship this day in his honor.

The santa claus will come out and send presents for children.

Christmas cards and decorated trees are all over the place. The carolling of Christmas songs echo through the air.

I am not a Chirstian, but I also enjoy the atmosphere of Chrismas. I wish everybody have a merry Chirismas.

I came to the classroom and pushed the door open.

"Wow! Its nice! " I call it up. There was a square with a strange Christmas tree in the middle with four high-definition screens, four Christmas gifts, and four buttons... Everything is four.

I sat down with my classmates. As soon as he sat down, it suddenly darkened. Again bright, my classmates and I see, in front of a table, the table with a variety of table delicacies from land and sea. I looked at it and saw a turkey. It was so big! I said nothing, picked up a kitchen knife toward turkey.

I had just forked the fork into the turkey, and the classroom was darkened. When the lamp is bright, I heard the "ringing" in children of this song, alongside a group of dwarfs in the carnival.

I was so happy that I was dancing with the dwarfs, and I was fascinated.

Suddenly, after a white light, I was sitting in front of the Christmas tree again. At this time, there is a know-all HD display. Know-all said: "everyone is in a different way to get a gift. In France, on Christmas day, people will take their shoes off the door, and they think Santa Claus will put them in their shoes... Well, its time to choose a gift. Theres a riddle on each of the boxes. Who guessed it to get the gift.

I revolved around the Christmas tree, and suddenly I looked at a box, guessed the riddle and hit it, "ah! Its a machine pet and a "hcxx" plane.

This Christmas is amazing!

Dear Christmas father:

Hello!

I am Yuxin. I’m a Chinese girl.And I am ten years old. I miss you very

much.

It will Christmas! I am very happy today . Merry Christmas!

And I want say ‘ thank you’ to you. Because you gave me some toys last year

and a book the year before last . Thank you very much!

I usually work very hard and do my home work hard, too. My friends and I

are very well. We do exercises every morning.

It was snow in China. It was very wonderful and very good. I like it very

much.

I want a pencilcase or some pens this year. I want to be a good student

.

Thanks, Christmas father. Bye-bye!

Yuxin

Mothers Day

Mothers Day is a day to honour our mother for all she has done for us. On that day, I bought a bunch of roses for her and greeted her "Happy Mothers Day". I helped her do all the housework on that day. In the evening, the whole family went to a restaurant to enjoy Mothers Day.

母亲节是为了感谢母亲对我们的辛勤照顾。母亲节那天，我给妈妈送了一零漂亮的玫瑰花，并祝她"母亲节快乐!"。我帮助妈妈做了家务。到晚上，我们一家人到餐厅吃晚饭，庆祝母亲节。

As The Spring Festival  is coming, I decide to tell you something  about Spring Festival  .

Spring Festival ,known as the Chinese New Year,which counts from the first day in the lunar calendar ,and is the most important holiday in China.From late January to early February,Chinese people are busy preparing for the New Year.They clean their houses ,have their hair cut,and buy new clothes .Jiaozi or dumpling is most popular.To those who live far away from their home,this festival is also a framily reunion occasion.

And they often go back home to celebrate the festival with their family.At the time,the children will play the fireworks and firecracker。further more，once the children greet to olds，  for return,the olds will give the children lucky money.and last The first day of the new year is the time when people visit their friends and wish each other good luck in the new year,remember to be happy！

one day ,long ago ,a litter baby was born.his name was jesus.

jesus was a special baby.mang people say he was the son of god.

think that he is born in the sky having a new come into being, and evasive intense star brilliant rays occasionally. have had three sages to follow person star brilliant rays , have found jesus. they have brought about the peculiar gift, and have foretold that jesus grows up may become a great people the day afer tomorrow.

jesus has become great one teacher after growing up, he has taught people loving god heartily , shown loving care for each other.

afterwards,jesus is envied and hated because of meeting with judaism upper strata, the nail is suffered calamities on the cross , the at last is passed away by evil person.

people hangs with the star in the christmas tree top for the thing commemorating jesus , when christmas day , people give present each other.

译文：

有一天，很久以前，一胎婴儿born.his名字是耶稣。

耶稣是一个特殊的baby.mang人说他是神的儿子。

认为他是在有一个新的应运而生，回避激烈的恒星的光芒偶尔天空诞生。有三个圣人遵循人明星的光芒，已经找到耶稣。他们带来的特殊礼物，并预言耶稣长大可以成为一个伟大的人民afer一天明天。耶稣长大后成为伟大的老师，他教人们由衷热爱上帝，显示彼此关怀。

后来，耶稣是羡慕，因为与犹太教上层会议恨，指甲是在十字架上所受的灾难，终于通过了由邪恶的人。

人们挂起时的圣诞节，人们给对方目前与在圣诞树上的纪念耶稣，东西明星。

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