四年级圣诞节英语作文【汇集20篇】

My summer holiday started from July.In July,I always stay at home,reading books and watching TV.I borrowed some books from the library of the city.They are about English and Maths.Because I am not good at English and Maths,I need to study hard on them.In the next month,I traveled with my parents to a few of beautiful cities.They are Yangzhou,Lianyungang,Chengdu and so on.I like these cities.They are beautiful cities.I had a wonderful summer holiday.After the holiday,I will study hard and try my best to become a member useful for the society.

the holiday called christmas is an amalgam of many winter holidays from around the world. the name is designated as a celebration of the birth of jesus, although the date is not recorded in the bible, and people at that time did not place particular important on birth dates. scientists say the actual date was june 17th, 2bc because of the appearance of the star that beckoned the magi. december 25th was set as the date for christmas in the 4th century by pope julius i as an attempt to christianize midwinter pagan holidays such as solstice and saturnalia. customs such as bringing evergreens inside, eating fat-laden foods, and hanging lights are universal responses to the cold, dark winter season. some of the stranger christmas traditions are remnants of those older pagan holidays, and some have been changed over the centuries until their origins are hard to discern. others were just made up to boost business!

krampus st. nicholas, father christmas, or santa claus is the weirdest christmas tradition ever, but he is so well known and so well documented that his origins are beyond the scope of this particular post. as a tool to encourage good behavior in children, santa serves as the carrot, and krampus is the stick. krampus is the evil demon anti-santa, or maybe his evil twin. krampus night is celebrated on december 5th, the eve of st. nicholas day in austria and other parts of europe. people dress as krampus and roam the streets looking for someone to beat with a stick. since it is also a night for drinking, the beatings probably don’t hurt much. (image by flickr user salendron.)

圣诞节是全世界冬季节日的集合。之所以取名为圣诞节，是为着纪念耶稣的诞生，尽管《圣经中》并未记载耶稣诞生的具体日期，那个时期的人对出生日期也不甚重视。科学家说，具体日期实为公元前2年6月17日，因为为在那一天，昭示东方三博士的星星出现了。公元前4世纪，为了把一些冬至时期的异教徒节日（如冬至日和农神节）基督教化，教皇尤利西斯一世把12月25日定为基督诞生日。而一些传统，如在屋内摆置常绿树，吃油脂丰富的食物，挂小灯，则是在寒冷阴暗的冬季之时，人们的普遍做法。还有一些更为奇特习俗，是古老异教节日的遗留物；一些历经几个世纪后，变化颇大，已难以溯及其源头；另外一些则是受商业利益驱使而生。

(“krampus游行”是巴伐利亚地区和阿尔卑斯山其他一些地区的传统活动，每年12月前后举行。krampus是圣诞老人的原型——圣人尼古拉斯的助手，在当地的传说中，他肩背一个装着礼物的大袋子，手拿一根棍子，好孩子可以收到他的礼物，顽皮的孩子则会被棍子敲打。)

Mum, What a great word, As great as the angel!

Mum,You are the sky.And I am the bird, The bird grows in the sky.

Mum, You are the sea. And I am the shell. The sea makes the shell colorful.

Mum, You are the sun. And I am the flower, The sun makes the flower healthy.

Mum, You are the ground. And I am the grass, The ground gives the grass power.

Your love, Like a cup of coffee, Bitter but spicy.

Your love, like a cup of tea, Isn’t sweet but make me sober.

Your love, like a cup of medicine, Isn’t nice but can make me healthy.

Mum, do you know, I sometimes make you angry, But I want to say: Mum, I love you.

Christmas Day is on December 25th. It was originated in the western

country, but today, this festival has been celebrated by the world. For the

manufacturers, they are very happy to make this day as a shopping day. I enjoy

the great atmosphere.

I had a very special Christmas day last year. I experienced the western

style festival. There was a new foreign teacher taught us the lesson. She was

about 50 years old and she was very kind and we all liked her. On Christmas Day,

she brought us the desserts she made early in the morning. We enjoyed the

home-made cakes. Whats more, she invited us to came to her house and spent the

day with her. Then for the first time, I ate big turkey, which was so delicious.

The turkey was filled with many stuffs and the flavor was so good. After dinner,

we sang songs and danced.

Thanks to my foreign teacher, I experienced the American style festival. It

was such funny for me. Though today many people enjoy shopping in all kinds of

festivals, the meaning of these festival should be remembered.

A new term began. Students all returned to school met again. They were talking about what they had done in the holidays. I was happier. I couldnt wait to tell my story. Now its my turn. I told them I got a job in a restaurant. I worked as a waitress.

新学期开始了。同学们都返回学校重新见面。他们正在谈论他们的假期了。我是快乐的。我迫不及待地想告诉我的故事。现在轮到我了。我告诉他们，我得到了一份工作，在一家餐馆。我是一个服务员。

They didnt believe at first.

他们不相信在第一。

"Yes, its true. "I said," I really had a hard time at the beginning. But several days later, I could do a good job. I earned six hundred yuan this holiday. "They all looked at me with their mouths open.

“是的，这是真的。”我说，“我一开始真的很难。但几天后，我可以做一个好工作。这个假期我赚了六百元。”他们都目瞪口呆地看着我。

December 25th is Christmas day, the school held a Christmas activities. Our first point group, and we have the moonlight, ice, wind could also day team and so on. 12 lets go to the cross, a search for a needle in a haystack, have a look at the picture story telling, you are not, than hand painting feet, with pink world, amoeba, hair styling... Among them I like the hairstyle design this. Because I like to help others to hair.

12月25日是圣诞节，学校举办了圣诞节活动。我们先分了组，有月光队，有冰风队，还有望天队等等。有12关让我们去闯，有大海捞针，有看图说故事，有你型不型，有比手画脚，有粉的世界，有变形虫，发型设计……其中我最喜欢发型设计这一关。因为我最喜欢帮别人绑头发了。

Readandwrite(正确抄写下列单词、词组和句子，抄写句子时注意大小写和标点符号)

isitanappleoranorangeitsanappleitssweet

whosepencilcasesarethesetheyresharptheyrepeters

whatsthatisitabigblackdogsayshey

anditsnicewhenpeoplesaythankyouwhentheygetoffthebus

thesunrisesbehindthehillthetreesshadowgrowsshort

whatsthataskoneofthebrotheritsanelephantanswerstheman

WhatsthatIsitabigblackdognoitisntitsyourshadowheyReadandjudgeandcrircle(判断下列各组单词划线部分的发音，用“T”或“F”表示)

()()()()()()

画出划线部分发音不同的单词

（）1.A.bearB.hearC.chairD.there

（）1.A.glassB.haveC.bagD.hand

找出划线部分与例词含有不同音素的单词

()

Writedownthewords(根据要求写词)

thin(近义词your(宾格

crunchy(同类词bag(近义词

Readandchoose(读一读，选一选，将字母代号写在前面的括号内)

()Ican’twritewiththepencil.It’snot.

A.hardB.sharpC.blunt

()whatisshedoing?she’sA.singB.dancingC.candance

Readandwrite(读一读，用括号内所给的单词的适当形式填空)

1.Let’s(play)intheplaygroundnow.It’sa(sun)day.

2.Those(knife)areKitty’s.These(one)areMike’s.

3.Thesegrapesaresour.Idon’tlike(eat)them.

4.---Arethered(cherry)for(we)?---Yes,theyare.

5.---(be)thereanylemonjuiceinthebottle?---No,there(benot).

6.Look,the(fox)likeeatingmeatand(grape).

7.Theapple(like)aball.

8.Kitty’smothercancookverywell.She(cook)inthekitchennow.

9.Myfathercan_________(drive)acar.Heoften__________(drive)hiscartowork.Nowhe__________(drive)hiscartowork.

10.Thenumber787bus__________(carry)60passengers.

11.Whatarethese?___________(torch)

Readandwrite(读一读填上适合的单词，每线一词)

1.Zebrashaveblackstripes(条纹)them.Everyzebrahasadifferentofstripes.

2.Agiraffestandingup.Itdoesn’tdowntosleep.

3.---Whatdofoxeslikeeating?---Theylikeeatingmeatand4.Ababycowisa.adultcowisabout1.5meterstall.

hasKallygot?---Alovelydog.

6.Mr.Leeis_______dinnerwithhisshadow.

7.Ericcanher,smell,touchandtaste.Buthecan’tsee.Heis_______

8.Icansmellpizzas.CanIhavesomepizzas?I’m_________

Readandwrite(读一读，填上与划线单词属于同类的单词，每线一词)

thefishandthedesk.

Answerthequestion(根据实际情况回答问题，每线词数不限)

5.Whatcolorarepandas’spots?

6.HowmanypassengersdoesUncleJim’

Rewritethesentences(根据要求改写句子，每词一线)

划线部分提问)

2.Whatabluntpencilitis!(用how替换意思不变

3.Thisismyknife.(复数句

4.Hewantstoeattheredcherries.(选择疑问句)

划线部分提问)

6.Hedrivesthenumber21bus.(改为一般疑问句划线部分提问)

8.ThoseareDanny’scherries.(划线部分提问)划线部分提问)划线部分提问)

11.Whatisthat?It’sacherry.(复数句划线部分提问)

13.Itisabigbox.(复数

14.Thisdeskissmooth.(变否定句，但意思不变划线部分提问划线部分提问)

17.Hetriestogetthemontime.(改为一般疑问句)划线部分提问)

19.Shinethetorchandmakeashadow.(改为否定句

20.CanItakeoffmyshoes?(肯定回答)

划线部分提问

22.Unclejimdrivesthenumber37bus.(一般疑问句

23.Thetoydoggieissoftandfluffy.(划线部分提问)

24.Isthatalongbench?(复数句

25.Myfriendlooksbigandstrong.(否定句

26.WheredoesUnclejimdrivehisbus.

Readandwrite(阅读短文，填入适当的单词，使其内容通顺，每线一词，首字母已给)

Look,thereisafoxunderthetree.It’sagrapetree.Thefoxcanseemanygrapes.TheyarepTheyareroundandsweettoo.Itwantstoethegrapes.Buttheyareonatallvine.Itceatthem.Thebirdiscoming.Thefoxsays,“Pleasegivemesomegrapes.Ilgrapes.”Thebirdssays,“OK.Somegrapesforyou.Let’seattogether.”Thefoxandthebirdsarehfriends.

Inthemorning,thesunrisesbehindthehill.Thehillishigh,butitiscoveredwithtressandgrass.Thereisaparkinfofthehill.It’saniceo.Mr.Lidosesomeexercisesunderthetreeinthepark.Heisbusy.Thenheebreakfastandgoestowork.Heworksinabankforeighthoursaday.Ataboutfiveo’clock,thesungdownintheevening.Mr.Ligoeshome.Afterdinner,Mr.andMrs.Litakeawalkonthepneartheirhouse.Theymeetsomeneighboursthere.Theytalkandtalk.Howhappytheyare!

ReadBEUnit2,retellthestory(课文复述故事)

Jimisadriver.He’sBright’suncle.HecandriveNo.21busthecityallday.Hisbusisfulldayandallnight.Hisbuscancarry65.Jimlikeshisjob.Hetogetpeopletoworktime.

Readandfinishthepassage(首字母填空)

Hello,IamEddie.Iamastudent.Ilikereadingandw’ssmall,butit’stidy,youcansadesk.It’sbigandyellow.Therearemanybooksonit.SomearetSomearethin.Someareblue.SomeareWhite.Nearthebooks,thereiapencilcase.It’snotshort.It’slong.It’ssandhard.Ilikesittingatthedesk.

Dear Mr Fu,

This is my first letter to you. Its a thank-you letter!

Thank you for what? Thank you for teaching me and helping me.

When I am in trouble, is your warm hand to help me, not when I want to give

up when you use your words to support me, I sincerely thank you! Thank you very

much!

In the coming Christmas, I would like to express my deep thanks to you

again!

I wish you good health and good luck in everything!

Your students

亲爱的复老师

这是我给你写的第一制封信，是一封感谢信!

感谢什么呢?感谢你对我的教导，对我的帮助。

在我困难的时候，是你伸出温暖的手帮助我了我，没当我想放弃的时候是您用您的话语支持了我，我衷心的谢谢您!谢谢!

在圣诞节到来之际，我再次向你表达我深深的谢意!

祝您是身体健康，万事如意!

您的学生

Today is Christmas Day. It’s a western holiday, but it’s popular in our country, too. Today, our English teacher buys chocolates to us. They are very sweet. And then, she teaches us a song, Jingle Bell. It’s a lovely song and easy to sing. We learn it quickly. At night, my mother cooks some delicious western food. I love this Christmas Day。

老师您是辛勤的园丁，我们就是一棵棵小树苗，您不断修剪我们的枝叶，让我们健康茁壮成长。

我们的英语老师，有一头乌黑乌黑的头发，特别的开朗，活泼，记得在我上三年级下学期的时候，老师眼看着快要到学期末了，为了让大家考好成绩，就不断的出卷子，让我们做卷子，多见见题型，这样我们就可以考好成绩，可每次我都考不好，我打算放弃不在练老师发的卷子了，老师这个时候走过来，说：“不要灰心，不要放弃，要时时刻刻的提醒着自己，我一定行。”在老师的话中我有所感悟，并知道了老师对我的希望，老师鼓励我每做一份卷子，她检查一份，当我做了数不清的卷子时，我终于考了一个100分，期末考试到来了，我怀着一颗紧张的心来到了考场，考试开始了，当时卷发的我说了的时候，我大吃一惊，心惊胆战，这么难的题，我能考100分么？就在这个时候，我的心里突然想起了老师的那句话，就是，加油、加油一定是100分，啊！老师谢谢你对我的鼓励，当考试结束后，我果然是100分。

老师谢谢你，我爱你张老师。

the spring festival and christmas have much in common. Both are prepared to create a joyous atmosphere; both offer a family reunion with a square feast: and both satisfy the children with new clothes, lovely presents and delicious food. However, the chinese spring festival has no religious background while christmas has something to do with god and there is santa claus with white heard to bring children presents. The westerners send each other christmas cards for greetings while the chinese people pay a call on each other.

nowadays, some of the chinese youth has begun to celebrate christmas, following the example of the westerners. Perhaps they do so just for fun and out of curiosity.

春节和圣诞节有许多共同点。两个都准备营造一种欢乐的气氛；两个都提供一个团圆的家庭宴会，既满足了孩子们的新衣服，可爱的礼物和美味的食物。然而，中国的春节没有宗教背景，而圣诞节与上帝有关系，而圣诞老人则带着白色的礼物给孩子们带来礼物。西方人互相送圣诞卡问候，而中国人互相打电话。

如今，一些中国青年已经开始庆祝圣诞节，以西方人为榜样。也许他们这样做只是为了好玩，出于好奇。

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!

Although it is generally agreed that the Christmas tree in its current form came from Germany in the early 19th century, the tradition of decorating a tree to mark winter celebrations dates back hundreds of years to Roman times, when they used to decorate evergreen trees with small pieces of metal to celebrate Saturnalia.

In medieval times the Paradise Play was performed every year on 24 December. This depicted the creation of Man and the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and always included an evergreen hung with apples which represented the apple tree of temptation.

There is a legend that St Boniface, an English monk, came upon a group of pagans gathered around an oak tree who were preparing to sacrifice a child to the God Thor. In order to stop the sacrifice, and save the childs life, St Boniface is said to have felled the tree with one blow of his fist. Later on, a fir tree grew in place of the oak and this, St Boniface told the pagans, was the Tree of Life and represented the Christ Child.

Legend also suggests that, in the late 16th century, Martin Luther (the founder of the Protestant religion) was the first to decorate an indoor tree with candles when he attempted to recreate the stars shining over a forest of evergreens.

The first mention of decorated trees being taken indoors came in 1605 in Germany - a country with a long Christmas tree history! The trees were initially decorated with fruit and sweets together with hand made objects such as quilled snowflakes and stars. German Christmas Markets began to sell shaped gingerbreads and wax ornaments which people bought as souvenirs of the fair and took home to hang on their tree.

Tinsel was also invented in Germany in about 1610. Up until fairly recently real silver was used, which was pulled into wafer thin strips by special machines. This was durable but tarnished quickly and many experiments took place to try and find an alternative - including a mix of lead and tin, which was too heavy and kept breaking. It was only in the mid 20th century that a viable alternative was found.

Artificial trees were invented in the 1880s in a bid to try and stop some of the damage being caused to real trees due to people lopping the tip off large trees, thus preventing the trees from growing any further. It got so bad in Germany that laws had to be brought in to prevent people having more than one tree.

Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, is credited with being responsible for introducing the custom of the Christmas tree to the British public by decorating the first English Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1841 using candles, sweets, fruit and gingerbread.

The popularity of the Christmas tree grew in Britain during the first half of the 20th century, with trees becoming bigger and more elaborately decorated with bells, baubles and tinsel. However, the onset of the Second World War resulted in a ban on cutting down trees for decoration and people resorted to having small, artificial tabletop trees bearing home made decorations. These were often taken down into the air raid shelters when the sirens sounded to provide a bit of Christmas cheer!

This all changed following the war, and large trees were erected in many public places to celebrate Christmas. The most famous of these is the tree in Trafalgar Square, London which is an annual gift from the Norwegian government to give thanks for the help they received from Britain during the war.

My hometown is in guangzhou,there will also be like as foreign Christmas.On the day before Christmas will go to neighbours to candy,trick or treat.On Christmas night will eat a lot of delicious food,such as turkey,cake.Before you go to sleep in bed will hang a stocking,tomorrow morning there will be a gift.What a great day!

翻译

我的家乡在广州,会有像外国的圣诞节.在圣诞节的前一天去邻居家要糖果,不给糖果就捣蛋.在圣诞节的晚上会吃很多美味的食物,如火鸡、蛋糕.睡觉前,你在床上挂一个长袜,明天早上将会有一个礼物.多么美好的一天!

清明已经来临了，不知怎么的每年的这个时候都会下起大雨来。这正如杜牧所说的“清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。”

Qingming has arrived, this time I do not know how every year it began to rain heavily. Just as Du Mu said "Qingming Festival have rain, pedestrians deep sorrow."

这天，我们刚好去祭拜已经逝世的亲人。

On this day, we just go to worship the dead loved ones.

来到昌国寺，已满头大汗的我们望了望接下来的路，只见蜿蜒曲折山路泥泞不堪，看起来很不好走啊!但想想来这里的目的，我们还是鼓起信心，小心翼翼地向前走去。哎，泥和水，水和泥的路真滑呀!一不小心就可能成为一个“泥菩萨”。经过一段时间的艰难行走，终于来到了目的地。

Come to Chang temple, has been sweating we looked down the road, I saw the twists and turns of the muddy mountain road, dont look so good! But think about the purpose here, we still have confidence, gingerly walked forward. Hey, mud and water, water and mud road slippery! One not careful will become a "mud buddha". After a period of time is difficult to walk, and finally came to the destination.

这里鸟叫声声，空气新鲜。来到坟前，只见叔叔把准备好的食物拿了出来，把筷子摆好，接着拿出并点燃蜡烛、香和纸钱，然后再在坟前一个接一个地跪拜。轮到我时，不知怎么的忽然想起了奶奶在世时的一幕幕情景，眼角的空间被泪水占满了，此刻的我才明白什么是失去后才懂得珍惜……

Birds chirping sound, the air is fresh here. Came to the grave, I saw Uncle put to good food take out, put chopsticks set, then take out and lit candles, incense and paper money, and then in front of the grave after another bow. When it was my turn, I do not know how suddenly remembered the scenes grandmother alive, out of the corner of space is filled with tears, I understand what is lost only know how to cherish......

there is an aoyu in the picture. the aoyu has a green tail, two colorful horns and the silver skin. it’s a silver aoyu. it looks beautiful and lively.

aoyu dance is a traditional dance in shawan piaose. it means it can always get the first. it’s a good symbol. everyone likes it very much.

The name of Christmas is short for “Christ Mass”. Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. In 4th century is a holiday for the church. By the 12th century, Christmas had become the most important religious festival in Europe. In 19th century, two Christmas customs became popular-decorating Christmas trees and sending Christmas cards to relatives and friends. Many well-known Christmas songs were written during this period.

For most people who celebrate Christmas, this is a special holiday for gathering of family and friends, enjoying delicious foods, and giving gifts. A traditional Christmas dinner in American includes stuffed turkey, mashed potatoes and so on. One of the most important Christmas traditions is receiving gifts from Santa Claus. Today, Santa Claus brings presents to children in many countries, including the Unites States, Canada, Great Britain and Australia

Today is Christmas day, my family is very happy, I love Christmas.

Just in time for Christmas, dad said: "the evening 12:00, be sure to eat fruit." Waiting for ah, ah, I fast asleep, I just dont wait any longer. At this time, father and sister said to me: "your clean socks, on your bed, at night, Santa Claus will give you a Christmas present." Put the socks after, I will wait for the arrival of the 12:00, I go out, see a clock, ha ha! What a coincidence! Dad, dad eat fruit peace! "Oh, I know."

In the morning, I have a look at my socks, bulging, I see, hey! Really have a gift, elder sister, elder sister, LOOK! My socks gift, Christmas is Santa Claus, elder sister said: "the gift is not Santa Claus, is our mom and dad." "Oh, I know."

Christmas I know a secret, is that Santa Claus is not Santa Claus, but my mom and dad.

今天是圣诞节，我们家人很开心，我很喜欢圣诞节。

在圣诞节的时候，爸爸说：“晚上12:00，一定要吃平安果。”我等呀等呀，等得我快睡着了，我实在等不下去了。这时，老爸对我和姐姐说：“把你们干净的袜子，放在你的床上，夜里，圣诞老人会给你圣诞礼物。”把袜子放好以后，我就等待12:00的到来，我一出去，就看钟表，呵呵!真巧!爸爸，爸爸吃平安果了!“哦，知道了。”

到了早上，我一看我的袜子，鼓鼓的，我一看，嘿!真有礼物，姐姐，姐姐，LOOK!我的袜子里有礼物，圣诞节真有圣诞老人，姐姐说：“送礼物的不是圣诞老人，是我们的爸爸妈妈。”“哦，知道了。”

过圣诞节我知道了一个秘密，是：圣诞老人不是圣诞老人，而是我的爸爸妈妈。

Today is Christmas day, early in the morning I cheerfully carrying bag, hands still carrying a big bag of gifts and props to school, because the school this afternoon to hold the annual Christmas activities and fancy dress party.

In the morning, we had no intention of the class, the students were all excited, unable to resist the excitement, quietly began to give gifts to each other. Mr. Zhu also entertained us with all kinds of masks and laughed in the classroom. At noon, the school specially prepared western food for us. In the afternoon, we split into three and a half hours, and in the first half hour we watched the wonderful programs for all the teachers and students. 1 to 3 second half an hour every grade class on the playground jump ballroom dancing, 4 to 6 class in their class activities, is the most interesting part of lucky draw, I take out to 6, and we also graffiti on the blackboard. The last one and a half hours are the rest of the class dancing in the playground. Its fun. Some of the students dressed up as monsters, some dressed as conan, some dressed as spider-man, and others dressed as angels. Angels are my favorite characters.

After school, I watched the students holding a bunch of presents and leaving school.

My favorite holiday is New Year.It;s a very important festival in Chinese cultrue.In fact,its the highlight of the year.

Everyone returns home for a family reunion.We have a big feast and chat about all the things that have happened in our lives.People also visit each other.We exchange gifts and good wishes for the next year.New Year is especially fun for kids.

Thats because we get presents and treats,including red envelopes filled with money.We also get to set off fireworks.But we never forget that this holiday is a time to give thanks.We feel grateful for our family and the things that we have.

Finally,we think about the future and the great year ahead.

我最喜欢的节日是新年。它,年代在中国文化一个非常重要的节日。事实上,它是一年中最好的(日子)。

每个人都回家与家人团聚。我们有一个比较大的盛会并且(与他人)畅聊所有发生在我们的生活中。人们总是互相拜访。我们交换礼物和良好祝愿明年。新年是一个特别快乐的孩子。

这是因为我们得到礼物和糖果,包括红包的钱。我们也可以放烟火。但我们永远不会忘记,这个假期是一个感恩的时候了。我们感到感激我们的家庭和我们所拥有的东西。

最后,我们考虑未来,伟大的未来一年。

Tinsel was also invented in Germany in about 1610. Up until fairly recently real silver was used, which was pulled into wafer thin strips by special machines. This was durable but tarnished quickly and mmany experiments took plaace to try and find an alternative - including a mix of lead and tin, which was too heavy and kept breaking. It was only in the mid 20th century that a viable alternative was found.

Artificial trees were invented in the 1880s in a bid to try and stop some of the damage being caused to real trees due to people lopping the tip off large trees, thus preventing the trees from growing any further. It got so bad in Germany that laws had to be brought in to prevent people having more than one tree.

Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, is credited with being responsible for introducing the custom of the Christmas tree to the British public by decorating the first English Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1841 using candles, sweets, fruit and gingerbread.

The popularity of the Christmas tree grew in Britain during the first half of the 20th century, with trees becoming bigger and more elaborately decorated with bells, baubles and tinsel. However, the onset of the Second World War resulted in a ban on cutting down trees for decoration and people resorted to having small, artificial tabletop trees bearing home made decorations. These were often taken down into the air raid shelters when the sirens sounded to provide a bit of Christmas cheer!