英语写圣诞节的作文(合集20篇)

December 25th is Christmas day, my mother told me: Christmas is not a traditional Chinese festival, it is a festival in western countries the biggest, equivalent to the Spring Festival of our country.

Now our country Christmas is very grand. A few days before Christmas, go into the street, every corner lets a person feel the atmosphere of the festival. Most of the merchants, shopping malls with a Christmas tree and with a charming smile form to Santa Claus, some on the door, and some in the hall. The Christmas tree is tower, wearing a green dress, slow little taco bell, as long as gently touched, jingle, make beautiful sounds, all sorts of color of small lights like the stars in the sky blink of an eye, and as a small colorful lanterns, flash, beautiful!

Many merchants in order to attract customers eye, in a transparent glass door spew out all kinds of Christmas gifts of graphics, some direct hit "celebrate Christmas promotion" of all kinds of benefits of advertising. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, I hope every children want presents can have a big surprise, of course I was no exception.

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。

现在我们国家的圣诞节很隆重。圣诞节前几天，走到大街上，每个角落都让人感受到过节的气氛。大多数的商家、商场都摆着圣诞树和面带笑容形态可掬的圣诞老人，有的放在门口，有的摆在大厅。圣诞树呈塔形，穿着一件绿衣裳，身上挂慢了一个个小铃铛，只要轻轻一碰，叮当、叮当发出动听的声音，各种颜色的小灯好像天上眨眼的星星，又像五颜六色的小灯笼，一闪一闪的，美丽极了!

好多商家为了吸引顾客的眼睛，在透明的玻璃门上喷出各种圣诞礼物的图形，有的直接打出“庆圣诞大促销”的各种让利广告。明天就是平安夜，希望每个想得到礼物的小朋友都能有个特大的惊喜，当然我也不例外。

Christmas night, I had a beautiful dream.

I dreamed I went to the snowman village. There are lots of snow in waved to me. I see there are many beautiful little house. There are a lot of Christmas elf house. The elves are very friendly to me, they took me to see Santa Claus. Santa Claus said: "Im going to give you gifts, you and I go together." Said, "Santa Claus, a whistle, reindeer pull car, honk dalai, ga da ran, Santa Claus and I get in, the Santa Claus back gift, I get the list of the gifts. Deer car fly up, I start list, found that the list is too long, I use two arms and stretch the list, but still not long enough. As I read the list and send the Santa Claus as a gift. Everywhere on the streets, is permeated with the laughter of children, they are singing, some dancing, are all very happy.

When at last gift. And I returned to the Santa snowman village. I was just about to and they said goodbye, Santa Claus stopped me, old man from his pocket and took out the last gift, gave me. I thanked the Santa Claus after went home. I think this is my one of the most happy Christmas.

圣诞节的晚上，我做了一个美丽的梦。

我梦见我到了雪人村庄。那里有许多的大雪人在向我招手。我看见那里有许多非常漂亮的小房子。房子里有很多圣诞精灵。精灵们对我很友好，他们带我去见了圣诞老人。圣诞老人说：“我正要去给大家送礼物，你就和我一起去吧。”说罢，圣诞老人一吹口哨，驯鹿们拉着车，嘎哒，嘎哒的跑过来，我和圣诞老人坐上车，圣诞老人背上礼物，我拿着礼物的名单。鹿车飞了起来，我拉开名单，发现这个名单简直太长了，我用两臂使劲把名单伸展开，可还是不够长。我一边念着名单，圣诞老人一边发着礼物。街道上到处都洋溢着孩子们的笑声，他们有的唱歌，有的跳舞，都很高兴。

礼物终于发完了。我和圣诞老人回到了雪人村庄。我正要和他们道别时，圣诞老人叫住了我，老人从他的口袋里拿出了最后一份礼物，送给了我。我谢过圣诞老人后回家了。 我觉得这是我最快乐的一次圣诞节。

the history of christmas

christmas is a christian holiday that celebrates the birth of jesus christ. no one knows the exact date of christ‘s birth, but most christians observe christmas on december 25. on this day, many go to church, where they take part in special religious services. during the christmas season, they also exchange gifts and decorate their homes with holly, mistletoe, and christmas trees. the word christmas comes from cristes maesse, an early english phrase that means mass of christ. the story of christmas comes chiefly from the gospels of saint luke and saint matthew in the new testament.

the history of christmas dates back over 4000 years. many of our christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the christ child was born. the 12 days of christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals(parades) with floats, carolers who sing while going from house to house, the holiday feasts, and the church processions can all be traced back to the early mesopotamians.

many of these traditions began with the mesopotamian celebration of new years. the mesopotamians believed in many gods, and as their chief god-marduk. each year as winter arrived it was believed that marduk would do battle with the monsters of chaos. to assist marduk in his struggle the mesopotamians held a festival for the new year. this was zagmuk, the new year‘s festival that lasted for 12 days.

[圣诞节的来历英语作文

Christmas comes, sending gifts is the most let a person headache problem, is also a problem in desperation. Bad condition, the total white to other peoples gift. I really dont understand, those who havent economic source of the students how to spend money to show off, is to set up for later make social relationships or just to show off?

For Id rather you to the restaurant to eat a meal together, and then accounts to split, then who will want to show off, also feel happy.

Gifts have high and low, the so-called love hurt money talk.

Feelings can be measured with money.

In the present, money and feelings are not breaking up, no one will be to a dinner party and their own experience of diamond, you will not give the difference between life and death a piece of chocolate.

I hope next year Christmas can live easily

圣诞节来临，送礼物是最最让人头痛的问题，也是很出于无奈的问题。人情事故，总不好白要了别人的礼物。我实在不明白，那些还没有经济来源的学生怎么这么舍得花钱卖弄人情，是想借此为以后闯荡社会铺好人际关系还是只为了炫耀自己?

对于我，倒是宁愿大家一齐到餐馆吃一顿，然后帐目平分，到那时谁还想要炫耀自己的话，倒也其乐融融。

礼物也有高低贵贱，即所谓谈情伤钱。

感情是可以用钱来衡量的。

在当下，钱与感情是不分家的，没有人会送给只和自己经历一顿饭局的人钻石的，你也不会送给生死之交一块巧克力吧。

希望明年圣诞节可以活的轻松

Today is December 25, 2015. I am going to give the Christmas CARDS to my classmates in my schoolbag.

I dont know which classmate went to search my bag, the classmate of my schoolbag cried out: "wow. What a beautiful Christmas card." This voice has attracted many students. At the time, I was angry, but I felt that it was the happiest time to share Christmas with my classmates.

In the end, I distributed the Christmas CARDS to my classmates, and some also gave them to me.

Ah. Today is my happiest day.

今天是2015年12月25日，我准备送给同学们的圣诞卡还藏在书包里。

不知道哪位同学去搜我的书包的时候，搜我的书包的那个同学大叫一声：“哇。好漂亮的圣诞卡。”这一声，招引来了很多同学。当时，我很生气，但是我又觉得，和同学们一起分享圣诞节这个时候，是最快乐的时刻。

最后，我还是把圣诞卡分给了同学们，还有一些也送了给我。

啊。今天是我最快乐的一天。

My christmas holiday 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  ho,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 gather to eat,play party games and watch the special Christmas programmes on TV.

Christmas Day

圣诞节

Christmas Day falls on the twenty-fifth of December. It is a very happy day for many boys and girls. Before the term ends in some schools, the children act a nativity or “birth” play, showing how Jesus was born in a stable.

12月25日是圣诞节。对许多男孩和女孩来说，这天是个非常开心的日子。在某些学校，学期结束前，孩子们会表演有关（耶稣）诞生或出生的戏剧，用来（向大家）展示耶稣是如何在马厩里出生的。

On the twenty-fourth of December, all children are very excited. Usually they are sent to bed early so that their parents can get the presents ready. The younger children think that Father Christmas will come down the chimney or fireplace, so they hang up a sock for him to put presents in. The greedy ones even hang up a pillow-case or a sack to try to get more presents. Later that night, father or mother will put presents in the sock, and leave others at the side of the bed.

在12月24日这天，所有的小孩都很兴奋。他们常常被（父母）早早地赶上床去睡觉，以便他们的父母能准备好礼物。年幼一点的小孩认为圣诞老人将从烟囱或壁炉里下来，所以他们挂起袜子，方便圣诞老人把礼物放进去。有些贪心的人，为了能得到更多的礼物，甚至把枕套或布袋挂起来。晚一些时候，爸爸或妈妈将礼物放进袜子，并把其他礼物放在（孩子们的）床边。

On Christmas morning, the children wake up very early. Some even turn on the light at two oclock, and most of them are awake by six oclock, and the young ones play while the dinner is prepared. At about one oclock in the afternoon, the Christmas dinner is brought in. The turkey or chicken is quickly eaten. Children search in their Christmas pudding for new coins which are hidden in it. The rest of the day is full of games and eating until the happiest of all Christmas holidays comes to an end.

圣诞节的早上，小孩们很早就醒来了。一些人甚至在凌晨两点开灯，但大多数小孩会在六点醒来，孩子们在（大人们）准备晚餐的时候玩耍。下午一点，圣诞大餐出炉了。火鸡或鸡腿总是很快被抢光。孩子们寻找着属于他们的圣诞布丁是为了确认金币是否有藏在里面。在剩余的时间里，（人们）便是玩游戏和吃食物直到最开心幸福的圣诞节结束。

The Christmas party

It was Christmas Day yesterday. We had a Christmas party at school. Many friends of mine came to the party. After we said"Merry Christmas", we began to sing Christmas songs, such as Edelweiss, andso on. Then we told some Christmas stories, such as Christmas Father. Then I danced and laughted with my friends. We all had a good time. When the party came to the end,we said "Happy New Year" to each other.

译文：圣诞晚会

昨天是圣诞节，我们在学校举办了圣诞晚会，我的许多朋友都来参加晚会。我们互道“圣诞快乐”后，开始唱圣诞歌，像“雪绒花”等。然后我们讲圣诞故事，如“圣诞老人”等，我们都玩得很开心。当晚会即将结束时，我们互祝“新年快乐”。

Ha ha ha, I finally got Christmas, today, I want to spend my five-pointed star.

Class, the teacher sent us the book, I do not know for how many days and so on and so on today, and that the integrity of the discount supermarket today, I forget again and again, a total of four times to forget, but I feel it, and then We put their cents on out, I was 228 five-pointed star, to the later, the teacher wish us a happy holiday, gave us added a 250-pointed star, when we heard the news cheered together.

Suddenly, a male teacher came over and said: Taipan has bought, should we buy, we immediately rushed past, only 20 minutes, so we have to race against time, I immediately rushed into the integrity of the supermarket, ha ha, how not, I most want to buy toilet did not, certainly was Taipan away, so sad, ah, I have nothing to buy. Suddenly, I saw a lot of fun things, finally I bought a pen, a hand clasp and a Spiderman.

Favorite things to buy, I went back to the classroom, playing up.

Although I did not get my favorite thing, but I still got happy.

哈哈哈，我终于等到了圣诞节了，在今天，我要把我的五角星给花光。

上课了，老师把本子发给了我们，我不知为了等今天等了多少天，而且，诚信超市在今天打折，我算了一遍又一遍，总共算了4遍，可是我觉的可以了，然后我们便把自己的分报了出来，我的是228个五角星，到了后来，老师祝我们节日快乐，又给我们加了250个五角星，当大家听到这个消息后，一齐欢呼起来。

突然，一个男老师走过来说：大班已经买好了，应该我们去买了，我们立马冲了过去，只有20分钟，所以我们要争分夺秒，我立马冲进了诚信超市，哈哈，怎么没有了，我最想买的马桶没了，肯定被大班拿走了，好悲哀啊，我也没什么好买了。突然，我又看到了很多好玩的东西，最后我买了一支笔，一个手扣和一个蜘蛛侠。

买了心爱的东西，我便回了教室，玩了起来。

虽然我没有买到我最喜欢的东西，但是我还是得到了快乐。

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。

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。

Today is Christmas day。Although this is the festival of foreigners。But I still have a very meaningful。The wind，not bit off my enthusiasm。I gazed eyed ，looking forward to celebrate this special day。Soon，I received a gift from Santa Claus。I dressed as Santa and companions，gifts and blessings from door to door。We are jumping and dancing around the Christmas，green branches hung with all kinds of lights，flashing like little stars。We also played games together，make all sorts of mischief，screaming cheers echoed over the us。Enjoy we passed each other a nice present， the frequent laughter，not only to present a more profound friendship，heat in everyone‘s heart。we love Christmas day。

This is a memorable day。

今天是圣诞节。虽然这是外国人的节日。但对我而言，仍然是一个非常有意义的节日。风阻挡不了我的热情。我静静地期待着庆祝这个特殊的日子。不久，我收到了一份从圣克劳斯寄来的圣诞礼物。我和朋友打扮成圣诞老人的样子，带着礼物挨家挨户地去祝福邻居。我们在圣诞节跳舞。绿色的树枝上挂着各种装饰，灯光闪烁，像小星星。我们也在一起玩游戏，各种恶作剧，尖叫欢呼回荡在我们周围。我们收到了彼此的礼物，渴望建立一个更深厚的友谊，在每个人的心里，我们非常热爱圣诞节。

这是一个值得纪念的日子。

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.

It is said that around sixteenth Century, the German evergreen pine branches to the furnishings in the house, and later, the German missionary Martin Ruud put the candle on the fir tree in the woods, and then lit, it looks like to guide people to the Bethlehem stars, like two thousand years ago, the three Magi found Jesus in accordance with the stars in general. Today, people have used small light bulbs instead of candles.

A long time ago, a farmer, met a poor child on Christmas day, he received a child, the child when he left pine root inserted in the ground and immediately turned into a pine tree, hung above a gift to farmers in return for the kindness.

the christmas day is the christianity world greatest holiday.why can decide as december 25 christmas day? because december 25 is jesuss birthday. the westerner take red, green, white tricolor as the christmas color. what is red is the christmas flower and the christmas candle. what green is the christmas tree. what red and white intersection is santa claus, he is the character who the christmas day moves most receives welcome. in the west, acts santa claus is also one kind of custom. the christmas song mainly has three, one is "christmas eve"; one is "listens, angel newspaper good news"; third is "bell makes a sound dingdong". the foreign countrys christmas day is equal to chinas spring festival is equally important.。

译文:

在圣诞节是基督教世界最大的holiday.why可定为12月25日圣诞节吗?由于12月25日是耶稣的生日。西方人以圣诞色红，绿，白三色。什么是粉红色的有圣诞花和圣诞蜡烛。什么绿色的是圣诞树。什么是红色和白色相交圣诞老人，他是字符谁是圣诞节活动中最受欢迎的人物。在西方，扮演圣诞老人也是一种习俗。圣诞歌曲主要有三个，一个是“平安夜”，一个是“听，天使报喜讯”，三是“贝尔发出声音叮咚”。外国的圣诞节相当于中国的春节也同样重要。

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。

The origin of the Christmas

Christmas Day-December 25-which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of the Christian religion, is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the Christian World.

According to the Bible, the holy book of Christians, God decided to allow his only son, Jesus Christ, to be born to a human mother and live on earth so that people could understand God better and learn to love God and each other more. "Christmas"- meaning "celebration of Christ "- honors the time when Jesus was born to a young Jewish woman Mary.

Mary was engaged to be married to Joseph, a carpenter, but before they came together, she was found to be with child. Because Joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

Although the exact date of the birth of Jesus nearly 2,000 years ago is not known, the calendar on the supposed date divides all time into B.C. (Before Christ )and A.D. ( a Latin phrase, Anno Domini, "in the year of our Lord.") For the first 300 years, Jesus birthday was celebrated on different dates. Finally, in the year 354, church leaders chose December 25 as his birthday.

译文：圣诞节的由来

十二月二十五日圣诞节庆祝耶稣基督的诞生,基督教的创始人,基督教世界最大和最受人喜爱的节日。

根据圣经,圣经的基督徒,上帝决定让他唯一的儿子,耶稣基督,出生,母亲是人类,生活在地球上,这样人们能更好地了解上帝,学习热爱上帝和彼此更多。“圣诞节”——意思是“庆祝基督”——纪念耶稣诞生的时候,一个年轻的犹太妇女玛丽。

玛丽约瑟夫订婚,一个木匠,但他们同居之前,约瑟夫发现了她和孩子。约瑟夫,因为她的丈夫是一个正派的人,又不想把这件事说出去让她丢脸,所以他想悄悄地和她分手。

但他认为这后,耶和华的使者在梦中向他显现,说,“不要害怕把玛丽带回家作为你的妻子,因为她怀孕是圣灵。她将生下一个儿子,你要给他起名叫耶稣,因为他将从罪恶中拯救他的人。”

虽然耶稣诞生的确切日期将近2000年前不知道,应该上的日历日期时间分为公元前公元(公元前)和(拉丁短语,老年,“我们的主。”)300年第一,庆祝耶稣的生日是在不同的日期。最后,在354年,教会领袖选择12月25日定为耶稣基督的生日。

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.

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。

Today is Christmas day, in my impression, Christmas is a western festival, whenever the night of Christmas, Santa Claus will be riding a reindeer gave gifts to children around the world.

The thought of these, I cant wait to open the presents in Christmas stockings over there, I seem to see a kind of Santa Claus slide the sleigh fly like generally to our door to give me a gift... To sum up, my head what about Christmas has a legend, day, again a Christmas stocking, strange, just like mom about my favorite gift is the same, I just suddenly realize, that Santa Claus is actually his own mother! These exquisite gift, is mother prepared.

I held my beloved gift, a thick float to a mothers love towards me, I will hold my mother was moved to tears.

今天是圣诞节，在我的印象中，圣诞节是西方人的节日，每当圣诞节的夜晚来临的时候，圣诞老人就要骑着驯鹿把礼物送给世界各地的小朋友。

一想到这些，我就迫不及待的想打开圣诞袜翻里面的礼物，我仿佛看到一位和蔼可亲的圣诞老人滑着雪橇像飞一般地滑到我们家门口来给我送礼物……总而言之，我的脑子里什么关于圣诞的传说都有，高兴得不得了，再一翻圣诞袜，奇怪了，竟然跟妈妈谈起我最喜欢的礼物是一样的，这下我才恍然大悟，所谓的圣诞老人其实就是自己的妈妈!这些精美的礼物，都是妈妈精心准备的。

我捧着我心爱的礼物，一股浓浓的母爱朝我飘来，我就抱着妈妈感动的哭了。

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