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274形容皮肤的英语单词汇总
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+ 加入清单导语:如果你想形容皮肤,你知道用英语怎么说吗?下面是yjbs作文网小编为您收集整理的素材,希望能够对您有所帮助。
1. fair: 白皙的
She has fair skin.
她皮肤白皙。
2. ruddy: 红润的
Her face was ruddy and healthy-looking.
她面色红润,看上去很健康。
3. dewy: 水润的
The make-up artist has revealed all her dewy skin secrets.
化妆师毫无保留地分享了她保持皮肤水润的秘诀。
4. peeling: 脱皮的,起皮的
His face was peeling from sunburn.
他的脸因日晒而脱皮。
5. rough: 粗糙的,不平滑的
My hands get very rough in the cold.
天一冷我的手就变得特别粗糙。
6. freckled: 有雀斑的
She had a young, freckled complexion.
她很年轻,皮肤有些雀斑。
7. cracked: 龟裂的
Using this, you can prevent cracked feet.
用这个可以防止脚裂。
8. wrinkled: 有皱纹的
The peasant is palming his wrinkled face.
老农抚摩着自己满是皱纹的脸。
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篇1:有关英语圣诞节
全文共 1524 字
+ 加入清单Christmas, annual Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Most members of the Roman Catholic Church and followers of Protestantism celebrate Christmas on December 25, and many celebrate on the evening of December 24 as well. Members of the Eastern Orthodox Church usually delay their most important seasonal ceremonies until January 6, when they celebrate Epiphany, a commemoration of the baptism of Jesus. Epiphany also traditionally commemorates the arrival of the Three Wise Men of the East in Bethlehem (near Jerusalem, Israel), where they adored the infant Jesus and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The official Christmas season, popularly known as either Christmastide or the Twelve Days of Christmas, extends from the anniversary of Christ’s birth on December 25 to the feast of Epiphany on January 6.
Christmas is based on the story of Jesus’ birth as described in the Gospel according to Matthew (see Matthew 1:18-2:12) and the Gospel according to Luke (see Luke 1:26-56). Roman Catholics first celebrated Christmas, then known as the Feast of the Nativity, as early as 336 ad. The word Christmas entered the English language sometime around 1050 as the Old English phrase Christes maesse, meaning “festival of Christ.” Scholars believe the frequently used shortened form of Christmas—Xmas—may have come into use in the 13th century. The X stands for the Greek letter chi, an abbreviation of Khristos (Christ), and also represents the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
篇2:圣诞节寄给朋友的一封信英语
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+ 加入清单The Yan family in the distance:
Hello, its New Year again. How are you doing?
Our school has carried out club activities. I signed up for a small host
club. Learned a lot of knowledge, know how to maintain the state of the stage.
Today is December 25th, our school held a club performance. I was joined by Liu
Zhengyan, Lin Qinbaiken and Zhang Ruyu. Lin Qinbaiken held the team flag, which
I made with a piece of yellow cloth. Liu Zhengyan, Lin Qinqiang you must
remember, is the first grade with you behind the small minions. Xi Xi, Zhang
Ruyu you must also recognize! Last time we quarreled, it was Chang Ruyu, the
peacemaker, who pulled us apart
What impressed me most about the club activity was the bookmark and flower
made by ZS Creative Workshop. The bookmark was rolled up with paper, pasted with
white glue, and then formed a circle to become a flower
The flower is made with filar socks, but lifelike! When we go in, see these
flowers, the first reaction is: good beautiful real flowers! It was only when
chang, out of breath, stopped to tell us it was a lie that we realized. Ha ha!
Thats funny!
When can you come back and see us again, Yan family? We all miss you and
look forward to your return.
I wish you the best
Happy New Year!
Your forever friend: Yu Jiayu
篇3:圣诞节送给老师的一封信英语翻译
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+ 加入清单Dear teacher,
Hello!
On the occasion of Christmas is approaching, I would like to send you the
most sincere greetings!
I will all kinds of respect and deep wishes woven into the text, with my
piety - bow to you! I silently pray, pray that this thin piece of writing paper
is a boat, with affectionate eyes, sailing into your dream bay, guard your
fatigue, comfort you lend...
Teacher, your hard work! Whenever you figure flashing in the night under
the window lattice, I remember, remember the sacred and ancient division,
remember what an amazing ChengChu exclamation topic...
824. Teacher, I love you for you, for you are sharp in writing style in the
little room; In the quiet of night, with candle burning, you sit in the book
city; You too much hard work and grievance, you too little too little to obtain
and complain...
Ah, your cold and unrestrained, bearing the secular, bearing the
indifference, silently compose a high and vigorous life! Teacher, in your
students bid farewell to the campus that day, in your haoshoupaui that day, your
soul will be comforted, will laugh proud forever!
Teacher, I respect you! The ancients said, "The state will prosper, and
your teacher will be rewarded." China cant take off without you sowing fang Zhi
Xin, science and education to revitalize the country, cant leave you paving the
road and building stones! Look up todays Chinese, respect for teachers and
education, has become a trend. I am excited and excited! I wish every Chinese
respect teacher!
So dead! Several years of cold window, I cant remember how much I have
listened to your teachings! Often recall the old friendship between teachers and
students, often see the teacher todays face, I have a surge of excitement,
gratitude wanfen! "Who made the heart-inch grass, reported in the apartments?
Teacher, please once again accept my sincere blessing and infinite gratitude to
you! Best wishes to your teacher
Good health, happy holidays!
Your students:
敬爱的老师:
您好!
值此圣诞节翩然即至之际,谨向您致以无比诚挚的问候!
我将万般的敬意和深深的祝福编织成文字,带着我的虔诚——给您鞠躬!我默默祈望,祈望这张薄薄的信纸是只小船,载着深情的眼睛,驶进您的梦湾,守护您的劳累,给您慰藉藉……
老师,您辛苦了!每当您的身影在夜幕下的窗棂中闪动,我便记起,记起神圣而古老的师道,记起一个令人枨触感叹的话题……
老师,我热爱您——您,斗室中孜孜矻矻,励精笔耕;您,静夜中秉烛苦读,拥坐书城;您太多太多的辛劳与委屈,您太少太少的索取与抱怨……
啊,您的清寒与潇洒,背负着世俗,背负着冷漠,默默连缀励节高亢的人生!老师,在您的莘莘学子告别校园那天,在您皓首穷经那天,您心力交瘁的灵魂将获抚慰,将笑傲千古!
老师,我尊敬您!古人云:“国将兴,必将贵师重傅。”中华腾飞,离不开您播芳植馨,科教兴国,离不开您铺路筑石!举目当今华夏,尊师重教,蔚然成风。我欣喜感奋!我祝愿每位国人都敬重人师!
逝者如斯!几载寒窗,记不清我聆听过您多少教诲!每每回忆旧日师生情谊,每每再睹老师今日面容,我都心潮激越,感念万端!“谁言寸草心,报得三春晖?”老师,请您再一次接受我对您的真诚祝福和无限感激!敬祝老师您——
身体健康,节日愉快!
您的学生:
篇4:2024圣诞节英语作文
全文共 1198 字
+ 加入清单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.
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篇5:容易混淆的英语单词20组
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+ 加入清单下面这些单词,你都认对了吗?和小编一起来看看吧。
1. Altar:祭坛 / Alter :更改
2. Amoral :无道德的/ Immoral :邪恶的
3. Appraise :评估/ Apprise :告知
4. Assent:同意 / Ascent :上升
5. Brake :制动器/ Break :破坏
6. Breathe :呼吸/ Breath :气息
7. Capitol:国会大厦 / Capital :首都
8. Cite :引用/ Site :位置
9. Coarse:粗糙的 / Course :课程
10. Complement :补充/ Compliment:恭维
11. Council :委员会/ Counsel :劝告
12. Definite :明确的/ Definitive :决定性的
13. Desert :沙漠/ Dessert :甜点
14. Device:设备 / Devise :计划
15. Draft:草稿 / Draught :一饮
16. Elicit:引出 / Illicit :非法的
17. Eminent:受人尊崇的 / Imminent :即将发生的
18. Envelop:包围 / Envelope :信封
19. Faint:晕倒 / Feint :佯攻
20. Forth:计算机语言的一种 / Fourth:第四
篇6:快乐的圣诞节英语作文
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+ 加入清单快乐圣诞节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 it's really a happy season for shop owners. bout foreign culture.
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。
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篇7:描述圣诞节的英语
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+ 加入清单For many people Christmas is a very special time of year. It is a time filled with magic - this is especially true for Children. The gifts and toys, of course, are a big part of it ......
but it is much more than that. Christmas means many different things to different people but in its essence Christmas is about sharing joy and love with those who are dear to you, and then reaching out with that love to the world. May you and your loved ones have a very Merry Christmas!
篇8:2024年圣诞节英语作文及译文
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+ 加入清单And Christmas arrived a few days, schools, roads, home everywhere have the atmosphere of Christmas. Although I dont like Christmas, but because of the atmosphere, I also happy.
Its not on Saturday, we are in the classroom layout, you look Liu Jing, Wang Xiaoyuan are decorated with Christmas trees, this is a green Christmas tree, more than 2 meters high, although the tree is false, but still very beautiful, we will be a little Santa Claus, all kinds of candy are hung on the Christmas tree. Of course the most important thing is that our New Year wishes, his desire to write in a small bag, hang on the Christmas tree, wish the wish can be realized at an early date.
Decorated Christmas tree, we will again a bit of Santa Claus sticker stick on the glass window, looked at the Santa Claus we also happy smiling face.
Everything will be decorated, we went home, looking forward to Sundays party in the heart, it must be very exciting.
还有几天圣诞节就到了,学校里、道路上、家里到处有圣诞节的气氛。我虽然不是很喜欢圣诞节,但因为有了这样的气氛,我也高兴的过起来。
这不周六的时候,我们在教室里布置着,你看刘敬、王晓园正在装饰着圣诞树,这是一棵绿色的圣诞树,有2米多高,虽然这棵树是假的,但仍旧很漂亮,我们将小小的圣诞老人、各种糖果都挂在圣诞树上。当然最重要的是我们的新年心愿,将自己的心愿写好放在小小的布袋之中,挂在圣诞树上,祝愿着心愿可以早日实现。
圣诞树布置好后,我们又将一些圣诞老人的贴纸粘在窗子玻璃上,看着圣诞老人微笑的面孔我们也高兴起来。
将一切都布置好了,我们回家了,心中期待周日的联欢会,那一定十分精彩。
篇9:关于圣诞节的英语作文
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+ 加入清单Santa Claus was born in US in the 1860s he was named this as he had a white beard and a belly, so he was named Santa Claus as this was the Dutch word for St Nicholas, Sintaklaas. Although the Dutch had bought him with them in the 17th century, he did not become an important person at Christmas until the Novelist Washington Irving put him in a novel that he wrote in 1809. This first Santa Claus was still known as St. Nicholas, he did smoke a pipe, and fly around in a wagon without any reindeer, but he did not have his red suit or live at the North Pole, he did however bring presents to children every year.
In 1863 He was given the name Santa Claus and bore the red suit, pipe, and his reindeer and sleigh.
篇10:圣诞节英语作文:Christmas
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+ 加入清单Very long has not related! Recently fortunately? How studied? Thesuch long time not and you relate very are really embarrassed! Whenare you coming China? My father ,my mother and I all very much thinkof you!Christmasday is drawing near, has not fluttered in the snow andice,
The Christmas tree not long is also high,
The Christmas colored lantern has not shone,
The turkey has not been baked,
The sock has not hung up the window,
The gift has not prepared before,
Wishes your * Merry Christmas *
Again comes China time records comes my family place guest weto welcome you very much the arrival.
Yours
篇11:中国式的圣诞节英语作文
全文共 875 字
+ 加入清单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。
篇12:圣诞节英语作文300字
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+ 加入清单christmas is the most important festival in the western world. it falls on december 25th. when my mother and i stayed in america, we were invited by one of my mother‘s friends to have christmas with an american family. we bought some presents for our american friends on our way to their house.
they had prepared different kinds of gifts for their family and guests when we got to their house, such as christmas candles, cakes, cards, little toys, biscuits and so on. a christmas tree was placed in the comer of the brilliant hall. how beautiful it was! we were impressed by these. we had a big meal. after dinner, they told us some interesting stories about christmas. we learned that christmas had something to do with god. we went to bed at midnight. though we knew the santa claus was not true, we were still waiting for the santa claus with white beard to bring us presents.and we received many beautiful presents the next morning.
this christmas was really unforgettable. not only did i have a good time, but also i knew something about foreign culture.
篇13:圣诞节英语作文
全文共 1294 字
+ 加入清单This month is December. I like December a lot, because Christmas Day is on December 25th. Oh, Christmas Day is coming. I will do many things and get some presents. I think I will very happy.
On Christmas Day, I often play with my friends and go shopping with my parents. But, this year, I will do some other different things. In the morning, I want to listen to music and eat some good food with my sister. In the afternoon, I will go to my English school to have a good party with my classmates. Next, happy time is coming, the moon goes up. I will meet my friends in my house. We will play some happy games. We can dance, sing together and play with Father Christmas. We can also eat cakes, hamburgers and chicken. Health is important for us. So, we do some funny sports. We can jump, hop, turn around and so on…And this day is my best friend ___ Ren Yun’s birthday. I will feel happy.
Oh, my Christmas Day life is very colorful, busy and happy. I love Christmas Day.
译文:
这个月是12月。我很喜欢12月,因为圣诞节是12月25日。哦,圣诞节即将来临。我将做许多事情,得到一些礼物。我想我会很开心。
在圣诞节那天,我经常玩我的朋友和我的父母去购物。但是,今年,我将做一些不同的事情。在早上,我想听音乐和吃一些好的食物和我妹妹。在下午,我将去我的英语学校和我的同学有一个很好的聚会。接下来,快乐的时光即将到来,月亮上升。我将见到我的朋友在我的房子里。我们将玩一些快乐的游戏。我们可以跳舞,一起唱歌,玩圣诞老人。我们还可以吃蛋糕,汉堡包和鸡肉。健康对我们很重要。所以,我们做一些有趣的运动。我们能跳,跳,转身等等…这一天是我最好的朋友___任运的生日。我会感到快乐。
哦,我的圣诞节生活是非常丰富多彩的,忙碌和快乐。我喜欢圣诞节。
篇14:圣诞节的初一英语作文
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+ 加入清单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 United States.
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 p>
Although the exact date of the birth of Jesus nearly 2,000 years ago is not known, the calendar on the supposed date p>
圣诞节只是基督徒庆祝其信仰的耶稣基督(jīdū)诞生的庆祝日。圣诞节的庆祝与基督教同时产生,被推测始于西元1世纪。很长时间以来圣诞节的日期都是没有确定的,因为耶稣确切的出生日期是存在争议的,除了《新约》以外,没有任何记载提到过耶稣;《新约》不知道日期,当然就没有人知道确切日期了。在西元后的头三百年间,耶稣的生日是在不同的日子庆祝的。西元3世纪以前的作家们想把圣诞日定在春分日上下。直到西元3世纪中期,基督教在罗马合法化以后,西元354年罗马主教指定儒略历12月25日为耶稣诞生日。现在的圣诞节日期跟西元纪年的创制是密不可分的。
西元纪年创制于西元5世纪,后来圣诞节这一天就按格里高利历法,即西元纪年的“公历”来确定了,而日历按着假定日期把时间分为公元前(耶稣基督诞生前)和公元后(A. D. 是拉丁文缩写,意思是“有了我们主--耶稣的年代”)。后来,虽然普遍教会都接受12月25日为圣诞节,但又因各地教会使用的历书不同,具体日期不能统一,
篇15:圣诞节英语作文:圣诞节夜景_1500字
全文共 1625 字
+ 加入清单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.
篇16:圣诞节英语作文
全文共 1081 字
+ 加入清单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.
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篇17:小学英语圣诞节
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+ 加入清单December 25, Christmas day, is a foreigners New Year.
But I also had a happy Christmas, and my mother bought me a toy that I had been thinking about for a long time, a remote control plane. I was stunned when I received the gift. Because my mother had never promised to buy me before, it may be that I have done my homework these days to be more conscious, and I am very happy.
12月25日,是圣诞节,是外国人的新年。
但是我也过了快乐的圣诞节,妈妈给我买了我想了很久的玩具,一架遥控飞机。我收到礼物的时候,我都愣住了。因为妈妈以前从来都没有答应过给我买,可能是我这几天做作业比较自觉,才奖励我的,我开心极了。
篇18:圣诞节的来历英语作文
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+ 加入清单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.
篇19:圣诞节英语作文700字附带翻译
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+ 加入清单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。