关于圣诞节的英语作文六句话（汇编20篇）

In Boston,carol singing festivities are famous.The singers are accompanied by hand bells.

In New Orleans,a huge ox is paraded around the streets decorated with holly and with ribbons tied to its horns.

In Arizona,the Mexican ritual called Las Posadas is kept up.This is a ritual procession and play representing the search of Mary and Joseph for a room at the inn.Families play the parts and visit each others houses enacting and re-enacting the drama and,at the same time,having a look at each familys crib.

In Hawaii,Christmas starts with the coming of the Christmas Tree Ship,which is a ship bringing a great load of Christmas fare.Santa Claus also arrives by boat.

In California,Santa Claus sweeps in on a surf board.

In America the traditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey with vegetables and sauces.For dessert it is rich,fruity Christmas pudding with brandy sauce.Mince pies,pastry cases filled with a mixture of chopped dried fruit.

The majority of Americans celebrate Christmas with the exchange of gifts and greetings and with family visits.For many,the day begins on Christmas Eve with the Midnight Mass.At Christmas it snows in many states,so dinner is usually eaten indoors.Dinner usually is roast turkey,goose,duck or ham served with cranberry sauce,then plum pudding or pumpkin pie followed by nuts and fruit.

Christmas as a grand festival of the west, in addition to the Christmas tree, also cannot little taste delicious food. Before Christmas Turkey dinner is a case card main course, people might do in a microwave oven, the holidays a lot of people now is in outside restaurant to have dinner, merchants can also use the opportunity to make money out of customers, of course, there are many Christmas food, ginger bread, candy, and so on.

In addition, people also give gifts to each other, this is the childrens favorite, often can get lots of presents.

圣诞节作为西方的一个隆重庆祝节日，除了圣诞树，也不能少了好吃美味食品。圣诞节火鸡大餐就是例牌主菜了，以前的人们或许会用微波炉自己做，现在的人们过节好多就是在外面餐馆里用餐了，商家们也会利用机会赚顾客们的钱，当然还有许多圣诞节食品，姜饼、糖果等等了。

除此之外，人们还互相赠送礼物，这是孩子们最喜欢的了，常常能收到许许多多的礼物。

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.

In the evening, the families usually have pudding, sandwiches, apple pies

and some other desserts for dinner. After supper, the families always sing and

dance around the Christmas tree. Sometimes, they also go to church. Before going

to bed, the children often hang up their stockings beside their bed, so that

Father Christmas will fill them with presents. It is said that Father Christmas

always drives a deer to the human world and entering into each house from the

chimney. Now the children no longer believe in Father Christmas, but they still

hang up their stockings, because their parents will fill them with presents.

Dear Mr. X,

Hello!

You are the most respected teacher in my mind, although you are very strict, but you put your heart on us. You work from dawn to dusk, thinking about better teaching methods. You are like a candle, let me feel the infinite future of the bright, but burned themselves.

Trees cant grow without sunshine, rain and dew, only their selfless charity, will have a vibrant. The life of a flower is inseparable from the earth. With the nutrition provided by the earth, there will be a beautiful and moving flower. And our life, inseparable from the teacher, with your enthusiasm to help, with your inculcate, will have our healthy growth... Thank you so much, teacher! Shi-en is like a fish in water. In the past three years, you have taught us with great care. Every one of your epigrams is still vividly in my mind, which reminds me of a lot of things.

Teacher, I want to say to you: "You are really great! You are my best teacher! I like you!

It is because of your education, we can have todays knowledge, will have todays such a talent to learn, it is because of your care, we these "flowers of the motherland" to healthy growth, it is because of your little teachings, we understand the truth of life. You are like a tree, we thrive under your shade. You give us care like a mother, let me feel very happy, let me have the interest of learning, let me feel that you give endless strength, let me feel that you are my rely on, let me feel inseparable from you. Teacher, our good grades cannot do without your hard education, our good grades cannot do without your careful cultivation. Every step forward is inseparable from your hard sweat.

Yes, sometimes you are very strict with us, and often strict with us, and often teach us, serious and responsible for us, even if we have a little mistake, you will find. But I know, you are for us to be able to better further study, so that we can have great achievements in the future.

Teacher, thank you for our serious and responsible education, thank you for your concern about us, thank you for teaching us a lot of knowledge, thank you for your selfless dedication to us, one thousand ten thousand "thank you" can not return your teaching to us.

merry

A healthy body

Your students

1.Hello everyone,my topic of the speech for today is "City Life and Country Life".

Why do people choose to live in the cities today?The reason is:in the cities,we have more opportunities.In cities there are many shops.There is no problem if you need to buy something.If it isnt in one shop you can go to another one.In the village there are usually only few shops and even the only one with the necessary foods.But cities arent only centres of shopping but there are also many offices.Of course all the good schools are in cities.People in the cities can find a now job more easily than people in the country.After all,a job opportunity is one of the most important reasons why to move to the city.But many people from cities say they would love living in the country.I agree with them.

2.Many citizens like to live in the city.City folks like the conveniences and comforts of the big city.It is convenient to get around in the city by bus or taxicab.There are many taxicabs in most cities.

Cities have many schools for children,young people and adults.Adults can go to class at night to learn to read and write better,and to be trained for better jobs.Every large city has at least one college.Adults as well as young people have the chance to go to college.

Citizens of cities have convenient medical services.There are many good doctors to give these medical services.There are many policemen in the cities.The police protect the citizens.

The city has many kinds of entertainment.There are film shows,plays,concerts,parades,and many other kinds of entertainment.There are many places to visit.Many adults like the entertainment and comforts found in a city.

But some of our citizens like the country better.They say the country has many comforts,too.Most homes in the country have electricity.They have electric ice boxes and electric stoves.The country has many more conveniences and comforts than it once had.

The country has space for people to do things.People who live in the country have space to plant flowers and space to keep animals.Some people like to have space in which they can move around freely.

People in the country get lots of exercise when they work on the land.Children get lots of exercise by working or riding their bicycles to school.In the country there are fewer accidents and people do not need so many policemen to protect them.Living in the country is clean and quiet.

Where would you rather live,in the city or country?

lwcool]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 the modern ways of celebrating the christmas in the world.

the birth of jesus had a story: in nazareth, a city of galilee. the virgin‘s name was mary was betrothed to joseph. before they came together, she was found with child of the holy spirit. joseph her husband was minded to put her away secretly. while he thought about these things, gabriel, an angel of the lord appeared to him in a dream and told him did not be afraid to take mary as wife. and mary will bring forth a son, and he shall call his name, jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.

before jesus births, joseph and mary came to quirnius was governing syria. so all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. joseph also went up out of galilee, out of the city of nazareth, into judea, to the city of david, which is called bethlehem, because he was of the house and of the lineage of david, to be registered with mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. so it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to bedelivered. and she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

and that, christmas is the feast of the nativity of jesus, is on 25th, december every year. but nobody know the actual birthday of jesus. and the christmaas has become popular when christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly santa claus was first made popular in nineteenth century.

“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督彌撒”的缩写。彌撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。耶诞节是一个宗教节。我们把它当作耶苏的诞辰來庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，世界所有的基督教会都举行特別的礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物，寄圣诞卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。

圣诞节是基督教世界最大的节日。4世纪初，1月6日是罗马帝国东部各教会纪念那稣降生和受洗的双重节日、称为“主显节”epiphany，亦称“显现节”即上帝通过那稣向世人显示自己。当时只有那路拉冷的教会例外，那里只纪念耶稣的诞生而不纪念那稣的受洗。后来历史学家们在罗马基督徒习用的日历中发现公元 354年12月25日页内记录着：“基督降生在犹大的伯利恒。”经过研究，一般认为12月25日伴为圣诞节可能开始于公元336年的罗马教会)约在公元375年传到小亚细亚的安提阿，公元 430年传到埃及的亚历山大里亚，那路撒冷的教会接受得最晚，而亚美尼亚的教会则仍然坚持1月6日主显节是那稣的诞辰。12月25日原来是波斯太阳神(即光明之神)密特拉(mithra)的诞辰，是一个异教徒节日，同时太阳神也是罗马国教众神之一。这一天又是罗马历书的冬至节，崇拜太阳神的异教徒都把这一天当作春天的希望，万物复苏的开始。可能由于这个原因，罗马教会才选择这一天作为圣诞节。这是教会初期力

图把异教徒的风俗习惯基督教化的措施之一。后来，虽然大多数教会都接受12月25日为圣诞节，但又固各地教会使用的历书不同，具体日期不能统一，于是就把12月24日到第二年的1月6日定为圣诞节节期(christmas tide)，各地教会可以根据当地具体情况在这段节期之内庆祝圣诞节。自从12月25日被大多数教会公认为圣诞节后，原来1月6日的主显节就只纪念耶稣受洗了，但天主教会又把1月6日定为“三王来朝节”，以纪念耶稣生时东方三王(即三位博士)来朝拜的故事。随着基督教的广泛传播，圣诞节已成为各教派基督徒，甚至广大非基督徒群众的一个重要节日。在欧美许多国家里，人们非常重视这个节日，把它和新年连在一起，而庆祝活动之热闹与隆重大大超过了新年，成为一个全民的节日。12月25日的主要纪念活动都与那稣降生的传说有关。

耶苏的出生是有一段故事的，耶苏是因着圣灵成孕，由童女马利亚所生的。神更派遣使者加伯列在梦中晓谕约瑟，叫他不要因为马利亚未婚怀孕而不要她，反而要与她成亲，把那孩子起名为“耶苏”，意思是要他把百姓从罪恶中救出來。

当马利亚快要临盆的时候，罗马政府下了命令，全部人民到伯利恒务必申报戶籍。约瑟和马利亚只好遵命。他们到达伯利恒时，天色已昏，无奈两人未能找到旅馆渡宿，只有一个马棚可以暫住。就在這时，耶苏要出生了!於是马利亚唯有在马槽上，生下耶苏。后人为纪念耶苏的诞生，便定十二月二十五为圣诞节，年年望彌撒，纪念耶苏的出世。

圣诞节便是於十二月二十五日纪念耶苏的诞生，但真实的诞生日就沒有人知道了。十九世紀，圣诞卡的流行、圣诞老人的出现，圣诞节也开始流行起來了。

[圣诞节英语作文700字附带翻译

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.

In the evening, the families usually have pudding, sandwiches, apple pies and some other desserts for dinner.After supper, the families always sing and dance around the Christmas tree.Sometimes, they also go to church.Before going to bed, the children often hang up their stockings beside their bed, so that Father Christmas will fill them with presents.It is said that Father Christmas always drives a deer to the human world and entering into each house from the chimney.Now the children no longer believe in Father Christmas, but they still hang up their stockings, because their parents will fill them with presents.

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The stars look forward to the moon, and at last we look forward to Christmas.

Christmas is a happy holiday. As soon as I think about it, my heart will bloom a brilliant flower, happy and excited.

On Christmas day, all the days of the cold, raining outside snow. But the cold weather could not stop the happy steps of Christmas. There are beautiful Christmas trees in front of the shops in the street, and the staff in the supermarket are also wearing a lovely Christmas hat.

This evening my cousin, aunt and uncle, walked out of the door, everywhere can see the "floating" in the window of the shop "Snow", shops on both sides of the Christmas tree full of Santa Claus and toys, and lights in a riotous with colour light, people crowded a bit crowded, people holding many to buy things, the car to and fro, The stream never stops flowing. We walked on the street and heard a lot of Christmas songs, and I started to humming.

We walked into the clothing store and the clerks were busy entertaining customers. I left the right choice, that is, I cant find my favorite clothes. Suddenly, my eyes found a red and blue dress, then uncle brought a look dark clothes, with funny tone: "good looking?" I see, head shaking like a rattle. I took this piece of blue and red clothes and said: "I have to dress." Uncle agreed without hesitation. But uncle saw the price, with the manager a lot of bargaining, finally put 450 yuan the price becomes 300 yuan. So I returned home with satisfaction.

At home, I couldnt wait to put my socks beside the pillow. I slept in bed, while I waited for Santa to hide the gift in my socks, close my eyes, and I fell asleep unconsciously.

Everyone knows about Christmas! It is a western holiday, which can be compared with our Spring Festival. Christmas Eve is Christmas Eve, the equivalent of Chinese New Years eve. Christmas is the day christians celebrate the birth of Christ.

On Christmas Eve, I made a wish: since I am super ram niwas card number to make up for, get a super ram, then could I self can NONO Mimi card number to, get a beast NONO, go to outside? Looking at the warehouse for 10 meters, 100 sal gold beans? "I said to the wall.

Perhaps, my wish was heard by my mother, and early tomorrow morning, there was a Christmas tree that my mother bought, which is it -- the Christmas tree is in the background with the joy and wishes to bless me in obscurity all the time. It seems to say: master, you will succeed. I turned on the computer, found the self, hit 3571049, and I didnt expect it to be a success! The Christmas tree looks like a cheerful smile!

I love Christmas!

the chinese spring festival and the western christmas

evely nation has its own folk festivals. Those festivals give people a chance to be away from their regular work and everyday worries to enjoy themselves and to develop kindship and fiiendship. The spring festival is the chief holiday in china while christmas is the most important redletter day in the western world。

the spring festival and christmas have much in common. Both are prepared hefiorehand 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。

A month ago, the golden child English cram school held a Christmas activities.

We just out of college to the golden boy of fifth grade classes, an enter a door to see is full of balloons, came into the classroom after see the seats are filled, so we had to stand to participate in the activities.

After 15 minutes of waiting, finally to 4 o clock, we began the first part: you like me to guess. Teacher asked several of the students go to guess, a minute, sun Dai Xu and Sun Hongsen (is our fifth grade) guess most, each had a big box.

The second part is a turnip squat, game six people, playing two innings, but didnt call me.

Next to the third step is to answer the question, I heard there are a lot of people complain about the teacher back to us, dont call us. This bureau the teacher finally told me that I easily right topic, get a big box.

This Christmas activities not only did I received many gifts, also received a lot of knowledge. Christmas activity is fun.

一个月前，金童英语补习班举行了圣诞节活动。

我们五年级刚出校门就飞奔到金童补习班，一进门看到到处都是气球，进教室后看到座位上都坐满人了，我们只好站着参加活动。

等了十五分钟后，终于到四点钟了，我们开始了第一个环节：你来比划我来猜。老师叫了几个同学上去猜，一分钟时间，孙戴旭和孙洪森(都是我们五年级的)猜的最多，每人得了一个大礼盒。

第二个环节是萝卜蹲，一局六人，玩两局，可是没叫我。

第三个环节是回答问题，我听到旁边有许多人在抱怨老师背对着我们，根本不叫我们。这局老师终于叫我了，我很轻松的答对了题，得到了一个大礼盒。

这个圣诞节活动我不仅获得了许多礼物，还获得了许多知识。圣诞活动真好玩。

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.

Happiness in Chiristmas Day

Christmas is the biggest festival in the western world， which people all over the Christian countries celebrate. It is on the 25th day of each December. Christians consider it as the birthday of Jesus Christ. But now many customs and habits are beyond religious meaning， The Christmas season begins five or six weeks before the exact holiday. There is always a shopping boom during this period. So its really a happy season for shop owners. bout foreign culture.

快乐圣诞节

每年的12月25日，所有基督教国家的人们都欢庆圣诞节。一般认为圣诞节是耶稣诞生的日子。但是现在许多风俗和习惯都已超出了宗教意义。圣诞节季节在12月25日之前的5、6个星期就已经开始了。在这一时期总会出现一个购物潮。所以圣诞节确实是店主的快乐节日。

Christmas is annual festival in western world that is one of the most

important festivals for them. Previously, only westerners or Christians

celebrate it. But in recent years, more and more Chinese people celebrate it,

especially among young people. There are many activities in that day. I think

there are the following reasons that make Christmas popular in China. First,

it’s a western holiday and it’s new to Chinese. Second, with the development of

the world, the mutual influence between China and the west makes it work. Last,

the merchants make great contribution to its popularity.

Christmas approaching, every family to use red, green, white, these 3 kinds of color to decorate the Christmas.

Naturally, when it comes to red, red Christmas hat and the red Christmas stockings. On Christmas Eve, wear red Christmas hat, hang Christmas stockings on the fireplace, and then with a good wish to enter sweet dreamland, children believe that the second day will receive a full socks gift.

Certainly not also of a beautiful Christmas tree, Christmas tree is generally with the Chinese fir cypress and evergreen trees, symbol of life forever. Trees are decorated with all kinds of lamps, decorated, toys, stars, hang all kinds of Christmas gifts. But every tree there must be a tree at the top of the big stars, like the star that guided the magi find Jesus. On Christmas Eve, people dance and sing around Christmas tree merrymaking.

Of the Christmas tree has such a legend: it is said that there was a farmer in a wintry Christmas night received a hungry child, let him eat a sumptuous Christmas dinner, the child goodbye to fold a root fir branches stuck in the ground and blessing, said: "every year this day, gift full branch, leave the beautiful fir, repay your kindness." Child, farmers find that branch have become a small tree, he didnt understand his reception turned out to be a messenger of god. The story became the source of the Christmas tree.

Christmas is indeed an exciting look forward to the day of, especially children, they are looking forward to Christmas, that in a red coat and a white beard, red faces and benevolent Santa Claus, reindeer, pull a sleigh full of toys and gifts of the door to door brings presents to each child. They believe that the happy old elf will be at night from the big chimney down, bring them full socks gift.

圣诞节来临之际，家家户户都要用红、绿、白这三种圣诞色来装饰。

说到红色，自然会想到红红的圣诞帽，红红的圣诞袜了。平安夜，戴上红色的圣诞帽，在壁炉边挂上圣诞袜，然后带着美好的心愿进入甜美的梦乡，孩子们相信，第二天会收到满袜子的礼物。

圣诞节当然也少不了美丽的圣诞树，圣诞树一般是用杉柏之类的常绿树做成，象征生命长存。树上装饰着各种灯烛、彩花、玩具、星星，挂上各种圣诞礼物。但每棵树的顶端必定有一棵特大的星星，像征着那颗引导东方三博士找到耶稣的星星。圣诞之夜，人们围着圣诞树唱歌跳舞，尽情欢乐。

关于圣诞树有这样一个传说：据说有一位农民在一个风雪交加的圣诞夜里接待了一个饥寒交迫的小孩，让他吃了一顿丰盛的圣诞晚餐，这个孩子告别时折了一根杉树枝插在地上并祝福说：“年年此日，礼物满枝，留此美丽的杉树，报答你的好意。”小孩走后，农民发现那树枝竟变成了一棵小树，他才明白自己接待的原来是一位上帝的使者。这个故事就成为圣诞树的来源。

圣诞节的确是个令人雀跃期待的日子，尤其是小孩子，他们盼望着在圣诞节，那个穿着红色大衣，有着雪白胡须，红红脸膛，慈祥的圣诞老人，赶着驯鹿，拉着装满玩具的和礼物的雪橇挨家挨户给每个孩子带来礼物。他们相信这个快乐老精灵在夜里会从大烟囱下来，给他们带来满袜子的礼物。

Dear Santa Claus:

It is my great pleasure for me to write to you while the Christmas is

approaching.Since I love you so deeply and trust you so sincerely ,you are

always appearing in my dreams which make me excited and happy all the time.I

believe that you are so kind-hearted with geat magics to the young kids and all

the people as well.I am writing to you,telling you that the world nowadays are

totally a mess!Wars,disputes,pullutions and many natural disasters are torturing

the world and the people.It seems that the earth is coming to its end where the

human being cannot live any longer.Sincerely wish that you can help us and the

earth.

Sincerely,

Yours

Today is Christmas, I said to mother: "merry Christmas!" My mother said to me: "merry Christmas". I ran to the kitchen to grandma said: "merry Christmas!" , grandma also said to me: "merry Christmas!" .

I walked to the kitchen window and saw through the window there are many children with a Christmas hat on a snowman, children to raise the dog and cat with a Christmas hat, also they are in the snow to trash, like in the drawing!

So I walked out of the house, I saw the square have many children, some in a snowman, some in the snowball fights.

I also want to a beautiful snowman, so I put on the ground of snow to rub into two snowball, made of black glass ball eyes again, made from carrot nose, hand broom, finally gives a snowman Christmas hat, wow! What a beautiful snowman!

At this moment, I looked at the sky, ah! Its not late, I should go home.

At home, before going to bed I put my socks on my bed and wake up in the morning, wow, all of my socks is are Santa Claus gave me a gift, have wood ultimate dragon king toys, 36 color crayons, Hamburg. I said in my heart silently: "thank you Christmas grandpa!" .

今天是圣诞节，我对妈妈说：“圣诞快乐!”妈妈对我说：“圣诞快乐”。我又跑到厨房对奶奶说：“圣诞快乐!”，奶奶也对我说：“圣诞快乐!”。

我走到厨窗边，透过窗户看到有许多带着圣诞帽的小朋友在堆雪人，小朋友们养着小狗、小猫也带着圣诞帽，它们在雪地上踩来踩去，好像在画画呢!

于是我走出家，我看到广场上有许多小朋友，有的在堆雪人，有的在打雪仗。

我也想堆一个漂亮的雪人，于是，我先把地上的雪搓成两个雪球，再用黑色的玻璃球做眼睛，用红萝卜做鼻子，用扫帚做手，最后给雪人带上圣诞帽，哇!多漂亮的雪人啊!

这时，我望了望天空，呀!天色不早了，我该回家啦。

回到家，睡觉前我把我的袜子挂我在我的床边，早晨醒来，哇，我的袜子是全是圣诞老人送给我的礼物，有木拉多终极龙王的玩具，36色水彩笔，汉堡。我在心里默默的说：“谢谢圣诞老爷爷!”。

Christmas is a Christian holiday held on December 25 which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. Eastern Orthodox Churches, which use the Julian Calendar to determine feast days, celebrate on January 7 by the Gregorian Calendar. Both dates are merely traditional and neither is thought to be the actual birthdate of Jesus. Christs birth, or nativity, is said to fulfill Old Testament prophecies concerning the coming of a messiah, or savior.

The word Christmas is derived Middle English Christemasse and from Old English Cristes m?sse.[1] It is a contraction meaning "Christs mass". The name of the holiday is often shortened to Xmas because Roman letter "X" resembles the Greek letter (chi), an abbreviation for Christ .

In Western countries, Christmas has become the most economically significant holiday of the year. The popularity of Christmas can be traced in part to its status as a winter festival. Many cultures have their most important holiday in winter because there is less agricultural work to do at this time. Examples of winter festivals that are believed by some to have influenced Christmas include the pre-Christian festivals of Yule and Saturnalia.

In Western culture, the holiday is characterized by the exchange of gifts among friends and family members, some of the gifts being attributed to Santa Claus (also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Father Frost). However, various local and regional Christmas traditions are still practiced, despite the widespread influence of American, British and Australian Christmas motifs disseminated by film, popular literature, television, and other media.

Christmas is the biggest festival in the western world, which people all over the Christian countries celebrate. It is on the 25th day of each December. Christians consider it as the birthday of Jesus Christ. But now many customs and habits are beyond religious meaning, The Christmas season begins five or six weeks before the exact holiday. There is always a shopping boom during this period. So its really a happy season for shop owners.

Dear ___,

Christmas is coming,I think it is the largest festival in your

country,which just is as grand as chinas spring festival.At this nice

moment,let me say happy to you,and also say hello to all your family.hope you

and your family have the best festival.

yours,

sincerely ___

That was the first time that I celebated Christmas Day. My friend aksed me to take part in Christmas party. At the party we danced and celebrated with carols. I knew some new friends. We exchanged gifts and said best wishes to each other. I had a pleasant time.

那是我第一次过圣诞节，朋友带我去参加圣诞舞会，在舞会上我们跳舞、唱圣诞歌，我也认识了一些其他朋友，我们相互交换礼物并互道祝福，我过得很愉快。