关于圣诞节习俗的英语作文(推荐20篇)

Christmas is the day that Jesus Christ was born. People in the world celebrate and worship this day in his honor. The Santa Claus will come out and send presents for children. Christmas cards and decorated trees are all over the place. The caroling of Christmas songs echo through the air. I am not a Christian， but I also enjoy the atmosphere of Christmas. I wish everybody have a merry Charismas.

译文：

圣诞节是耶稣基督出生的那一天。人庆祝和崇拜这一天在他的荣誉。圣诞老人将出来,给孩子们送礼物。圣诞贺卡和装饰树木到处都是。圣诞颂歌的歌曲在空中回响。我不是一个基督徒,但是我也喜欢圣诞节的气氛。我希望每个人都有一个快乐的节日。

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一、我国五一劳动节的习俗：

First, Chinas five one labor Festival custom:

风俗就是以劳动为主。对于农村来说，五一劳动节意义重大，因为那时正值农忙时期(插秧等)，学校都注重放假,让假期间学生能为家具献出一份力，同时也锻炼了自己。我只知道这点，因为以前中学的时间每逢五一，收假回来后总是脸被晒成了炭般。

The custom is to labor. For rural areas, the five one day of great significance, because it was busy period (transplanting), schools are on holiday, so that students can have a holiday for the furniture, but also exercise their own. I only know this, because before school time every five one, closed off back always face was tanned carbon.

二、世界各国五一劳动节的习俗：

Two, the countries all over the world Labor Day customs:

欧洲

Europe

欧洲仍以示威庆祝“五一” 在英国和德国，当局担心示威恐怕会有无政府主义者闹事捣乱。在德国柏林，警方和无政府主义者半夜发生冲突，有多人被捕。不过，数千名工会活跃分子却和平地在市内游行。在法国和奥地利，反对退休金改革的人也上街参与游行。从土耳其国家电视台的新闻画面完全可以看见，警方用警棍打示威者，并扯着其中一人的头发把他拉走。

Europe is still in celebration of "five one" in the UK and Germany, the authorities worried that the protest would anarchists rioting. In Berlin, the police and the anarchist in the conflict, there have been many arrests. However, thousands of trade union activists and flat in the city parade. In France and Austria, against pension reforms in Shangjie to participate in the procession of people. From the Turkey national television news can be seen, the police beat protesters with batons, and pull one hair pulled him away.

意大利：不庆祝不放假

Italy: dont celebrate the holiday

英国、法国等欧洲国家都将“五一”确定为劳动节，不少国家都放假一天，还有的国家则根据情况将公共假期放在5月的第一个星期一。不过，和世界大多数国家不太一样的是，意大利尽管承认“五一”国际劳动节，政府也表示尊重劳工，但一般人并不举行专门的庆祝活动，也没有全国性的“五一”假期。

Britain, France and other European countries will be "five one" as the labor day, many countries have a day off, and countries are according to the public holiday on the first Monday of May. However, most of the country and the world are not the same, Italy while acknowledging that "five one" International Labor Day, the government also expressed respect for labor, but most people do not hold a special celebration, also does not have the national "five one" holiday.

美洲

America

秘鲁：国家规定5月1日为国家的劳动节，而且全国放假一天。

Peru: May 1st National Labor Day in the provisions of the state, and the National Day holiday.

The classroom was decorated very beautiful, the window is full of stars, like the stars. This is in preparation for the class team activities in the afternoon.

Class meeting began, violin, guitar, hulus play, and word games. But these are not neutral, the teacher buy cake is interested students do, the appearance of the students eat cake to make people more surprised. That is, some even cracked a joke to the teacher.

Though Christmas party was finished, but still very happy!

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Dear Christmas father:

Hello!

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

much.

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

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

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

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

are very well. We do exercises every morning.

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

much.

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

.

Thanks, Christmas father. Bye-bye!

Yuxin

第一篇

I like Christmas, it is just like our Spring Festival.

Maybe the Spring Festival is much more important and interesting than Christmas, but I like Christmas Day better. Because we can spend time with our friends and classmates during Christmas. When it is snowy,

Christmas becomes much more lovely, just like in fairytales. I can imagine I am in a fairytale, the girl who sold the matches is my friend, the ugly duck becoming more and more beautiful and so on. What a beautiful place! So we can also call Christmas “Snowy Lovely Day.”

On Christmas Day, shops are red and green. There are so many Christmas cards, Christmas hats, Christmas dolls and many colourful things. So shops look very beautiful. We can give a card or a doll to our friends and say “Merry Christmas.” By the way, I think studying can also become much more interesting.

Christmas is coming, it also means a new year will come. Let’s study harder to welcome

我喜欢圣诞节,它就像我们的春节。

也许春节比圣诞节更重要和有趣的,但我更喜欢圣诞节。因为我们可以花时间与我们的朋友和同学在圣诞节。当它下雪的,

圣诞节变得更加可爱,就像在童话。我可以想象我在童话中,卖火柴的女孩是我的朋友,丑鸭越来越漂亮等等。一个美丽的地方!我们也可以叫圣诞“雪可爱的一天。”

在圣诞节这一天,商店是红色和绿色。有很多圣诞卡,圣诞帽、圣诞娃娃和许多五颜六色的东西。所以商店看起来很漂亮。我们可以给我们的朋友和一个卡或一个娃娃说“圣诞快乐。“顺便说一下,我觉得学习也可以变得更有趣。

圣诞节即将来临,这也意味着新的一年。让我们更加努力地学习,欢迎

第二篇

Christmas is one of the most important celebrations of the year for the western countries. It falls on the twenty- fifth of December and has the same importance as Chinese New Year to people with English backgrounds. The celebration is for the birth of Jesus Christ, who is the son of God in Christianity. Now days Christmas is no longer only celebrated by the Christians, but by most people from all over the world.

On the twenty- fourth of December everyone gets excited for it’s the day before Christmas which is called Christmas Eve. The children are usually sent to bed early and are warned that “Santa Claus will only come and give you a present if you be good.” The younger kids actually believe that Santa will come down the chimney on the sleigh that’s pulled by his reindeers. Food like short bread and beer are prepared for Santa when he comes, however most times parents just eat them. Some children put socks and sacks up for the holding of the presents (that their parents put in).

Rise and shine on Christmas morning! The children are always the first ones to wake up, some even do at four. Present wrappers everywhere! They look into their presents with a big smile on their face and oh dear….I hope no one’s disappointed. I feel sorry for anyone that got pink underwear. Children play while dinner is prepared by the adults. The Christmas dinner are usually eaten together by relatives. The tradition of Christmas pudding and roosters are usually eaten with deserts afterwards. The rest of the day is usually games and fun before the good days all come to an end.

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

圣诞节是最重要的一个西方国家庆祝的一年。它落在12月20——第五和有相同的重要性,中国新年英语背景的人。庆祝耶稣基督的诞生,在基督教是神的儿子。现在天庆祝圣诞节不再是唯一的基督徒,但大多数人来自世界各地。

12月20——第四个圣诞节前每个人都激动的天被称为圣诞夜。孩子们通常把早睡,并警告说,“圣诞老人只会过来给你一份礼物,如果你是好的。“年轻的孩子们真的相信圣诞老人从烟囱下来他的驯鹿拉的雪橇。食物像短的面包和啤酒是准备圣诞老人时,他来了,不过大多数时候父母就吃。一些孩子把袜子和麻袋的拿着礼物(父母)。

早上起床喜洋洋在圣诞节!孩子们总是第一个起床的,有些人甚至在四个。现在包装无处不在!他们调查了他们的脸上挂着一个大大的笑容,哦亲爱的…。我希望没有人的失望。我觉得对不起任何人,粉红色的内衣。孩子们准备的晚饭是成年人。通常由亲戚一起吃圣诞晚餐。传统的圣诞布丁和公鸡通常吃沙漠之后。剩下的时间通常是游戏和乐趣之前,好日子结束。

祝大家圣诞快乐,新年快乐!

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.

圣诞：thebirthdayofJesusChrist

圣诞节：Christmasday，Xm.，Xmas

圣诞歌：Christmascarol

圣诞卡：Christmascard

圣诞老人：SantaClaus

圣诞树：Christmastree

圣诞快乐：MerryChristmas

圣诞柴：yulelog(圣诞节原木形大蛋糕)

圣诞节的次日：BoxingDay

圣诞晚会：Christmasparty

圣诞节日历：menology

圣诞节前夕(12月24日)：ChristmasEve

圣诞节期：Christmastime

圣诞季节：yule，yuletide，yuletime

圣诞节快乐!MERRYCHRISTMAS!

圣诞祝贺：Christmasgreetings

圣诞采购：Christmasshopping

圣诞卡：Christmascard

驯鹿：reindeer

圣诞节前夕：ChristmasEve

糖果：candy

圣诞节：ChristmasDay

烟囱：chimney

圣诞节节日：Christmasseason

壁炉：fireplace

圣诞节假期(自十二月二十四日至一月一日或一月六日)：Christmastime

由东方来朝见初生的耶稣的三个贤人：Magi

蜡烛：candle

烛台：candlestick

圣诞大餐：Christmasfeast

包裹：package

圣诞大餐：Christmasdinner

圣诞红：poinsettia

灿烂耀眼的装饰物品：glitteringdecorations

伯利恒(耶稣降生地)：Bethlehem

圣诞礼物：Christmasgift

耶稣基督：JesusChrist

圣诞礼物：Christmaspresent

圣婴：ChristChild

圣诞树：Christmastree

圣诞颂歌：Christmascarol

圣诞气氛：Christmasspirit

马槽：manger

圣诞音乐：Christmasmusic

天使：angel

圣诞圣歌：Christmashymn

圣诞佳节：Christmasfestival

圣诞节用的装饰物品：Christmasornament

圣诞节暂停营业、上学、工作期间：Christmasrecess

子夜弥撒：midnightmass

望弥撒：tohearmass

圣诞节景象：Christmasscene

报佳音：togocaroling

圣诞节用的装饰：Christmasdecoration

金银丝：tinsel

圣诞节假期：Christmasholiday

圣诞老人：SantaClaus

常青树枝编的花环：evergreengarland

(英)圣诞老人：FatherChristmas

圣诞邮件：Christmasmail

常青树枝：evergreenbough

圣诞舞会：Christmasdance

花环：wreath

圣诞布丁：Christmaspudding

红丝带：redribbon

圣诞袜：Christmasstocking

烤火鸡：roastturkey

包装纸：wrappingpaper

小红莓果酱：cranberrysauce

玻璃纸：cellophane

番瓜饼：pumpkinpie

冰柱：icicle

干果布丁：plumpudding

雪橇铃(系于雪橇或拖雪橇之鹿上的小铃)：sleighbells

闪烁的电灯泡：twinklingelectriclight

(十二月廾五日亦为我国)行宪纪念日：ConstitutionDay

多彩多姿的装饰：colorfuldecorations

银色圣诞：WhiteChristmas

欢乐气氛：joyfulatmosphere

圣诞采购：Christmasshopping

圣诞玩具：Christmastoy

疯狂采购：shoppingmadness

庆祝圣诞：celebrateChristmas,to

慈善中心：charitycenter

Remember every December, I always took mom and dads hand and asked, mom and dad, Santa Claus will come this year?

Will, will, he will put the present on you of that smelly socks, Christmas will see as soon as you wake up!

I want a car, I want the Ottoman and ice-sugar gourd!

Well, there are! Santa Claus will satisfy you. Mother always says so.

Then, with a hidden desire, quietly waiting for the Santa Claus gift. On Christmas Eve that day evening, mother came to my bed, said to me, as long as my darling sleep, Santa Claus will come for my gifts. Then, the mother would say: ok, darling, darling to sleep. Mother put your dirty clothes to wash, clean tomorrow. Christmas day opened his sleepy eyes, will see a small socks hanging in my bed, it looks heavy. That containing all kinds of gifts, although not the same every year, but is in line with my desire.

Every time I received a Christmas present, always found with all kinds of labels on it. Im sure that is Santa Claus, know what I like, go to the store to buy me.

记得每到12月，我总会拉着爸爸妈妈的手，问：爸爸妈妈，今年圣诞老人会来吗?

会的，一定会的，他会把礼物放在你那只臭烘烘的袜子里，圣诞节你一醒来就会看到拉!

我要小汽车，我要奥特曼，还有冰糖葫芦!

好好，都有!圣诞老人都会满足你的。妈妈总是这么说。

于是，怀着一个隐秘的愿望，静静地等待着圣诞老人的礼物。到了平安夜那一天晚上，妈妈来到我的床边，对我说，只要我乖乖睡觉，圣诞老人一定会来给我送礼物的。随后，妈妈就会说：好了，宝贝，乖乖睡。妈妈把你的脏衣服拿去洗洗，明天就干干净净的了。圣诞节那一天睁开惺忪的双眼，总会看见一只小袜子挂在我的床头，看起来沉甸甸的。那里面装着各种各样的礼物，虽然每年都不一样，但都是符合我心愿的。

每次收到圣诞礼物时，总会发现上面贴着各种标签。我想，肯定是圣诞老人知道我喜欢什么，特地到商店给我买的吧。

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

ones, and we wish you happiness and prosperity in the year ahead.

圣诞节转眼又到，又该迎接新的一年了。我们向你及你的亲人们致以最美好的圣诞祝福，愿你在新的一年里事业兴旺，幸福美满!

In the season of joy I present my sincere wishes and kind thoughts. May the kind of Christmas outshine all the rest.

在这欢乐的时节给你我最真的祝福和亲切的思念，愿你今年的圣诞比往年更璀璨。

Much joy to you in the up coming year.May the warmest wishes, happy thoughts and friendly greetings come at Christmas and stay with you all the year through.

让温馨的祝愿、幸福的思念和友好的祝福，在圣诞佳节来到你身边，伴你左右。

Warm hearted wishes for an old fashioned Christmas and a happy New Year filled with all your favorite things.

传统佳节之际，献上圣诞的殷殷祝福，祝新年万事如意!

May the bright and festive glow of Christmas candle warm the days all the year through. Hoping you will have a wonderful time enjoying Christmas Day and wishing you a New Year that is happy in every way.

愿明亮喜庆的圣诞烛光温暖一年中的每个日日夜夜，祝你欢欢喜喜度圣诞，高高兴兴过新年!

Hope all your Christmas dreams come true!

愿你所有的圣诞梦想都成真!

Hope you enjoy the happiness of Christmas and all the trimmings.

祝你享尽圣诞佳节的快乐和圣诞的礼品。

May peace，happiness and good fortune be with you always. 祝您年年阖第平安，岁岁满目吉祥。

Wishinbg you health and happiness in the year to come. 祝你在新的一年里健康，快乐。

Merry Christmas and a happy new year. 敬祝圣诞，恭贺新喜。

Warmest thoughts and best wishes form you. 寄上无限的思念和最美好的祝愿

Christmas Day

圣诞节

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

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

Dear teacher,

Hello!

It is also a harvest season and a safe season. On this special holiday, On behalf of all the students in the Class of Business School x, I would like to extend my most sincere holiday wishes to the teachers!

Time travel, the passage of time, in the blink of an eye we from a naughty child to sensible youth. Two years ago, it was the teacher who brought us to the university gate. In the past two years, we have felt the care of the teachers relatives.

As a Chinese saying goes, "teachers are teachers, so they impart knowledge and solve doubts". In the classroom, I can still see the busy figure of teachers. They impart their lifes knowledge to us without reservation and patiently teach us. I remember that one of our international trade professional teachers often give us lessons in sickness, listening to her hoarse voice so far I can not imagine; We did not have water to drink in the training room. She brought us water to drink by boiling it herself and took care of us like a kind mother.

"A day as a teacher, a lifetime as a mother," in the life of the teacher meticulous care to take care of us. Just entered the university we are not used to the university life, teachers often come to our dormitory to visit us and chat with us. I remember one time when a student in our dormitory got sick at 2 o clock in the evening. After dialing the teacher, the teacher immediately came to accompany him to the hospital. He didnt come back to school until 7 o clock in the morning. When we thank, the teacher said such a situation often happen, you do not need to thank, this is what we should do.

"Happy to go home, safe return to school" every holiday home, business school will be under the leadership of Secretary Xu visited each dormitory, exhort ten thousand safety first.

Out of the school, review the reading career bit by bit, campus events in mind. The heart of gratitude, the presence of exhibitors: do not forget the hard work of teachers, teachers do not respect the teachings. According to the preliminary understanding of the X class of business school internship situation is optimistic. Ask 13 classes of students, most of the number has been in the unit internship. There are internship in foreign trade companies, logistics companies internship also some in the factory tracking orders, like a large number of students chain classes are in the supermarket internship...... Different students are distributed across different industries. They are conscientious in their posts and study hard to live up to their teachers expectations.

Remember that President Wang once said to us: even if you go out of the school but the teachers and students love continuous, always depend on; On campus, you are proud of your school. On campus, the school is proud of you. We will return the teacher with excellent results, live up to the teachers expectations of us.

"Spring silkworm to the death of silk, wax torch ashes tears before dry", looking back yesterday, looking forward to the Ming Dynasty, we thank the teacher for our dedication. Finally to all the teacher sincere tunnel 1: "hard work, teacher!" And I would like to express my highest respect to you! May teachers flourish and peaches and plums fragrance all over the world!

advance

Salute!

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 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.

导语：端午节是中国的传统节日，历来有吃粽子和赛龙舟的习俗，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Over the years, the story of Qu’s demise transformed into the traditions of racing dragon boats and eating zongzi – a kind of rice wrapped in bamboo leaves. The races have certainly captured the imagination of people from all over the world. Every spring there are nearly 60 dragon boat races held outside of China in cities from Vancouver to Sydney, from Gdańsk, Poland to Cape Town, South Africa. Canada alone has nearly 50 dragon boat teams and Germany has nearly 30.

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多年来，屈原逝世的故事演变成了赛龙舟和吃粽子的传统--一种用竹叶包起来的米饭。民族当然吸引了来自世界各地的人们的想象力。每年春天有将近60场龙舟赛在中国举行的城市从温哥华到悉尼，从波兰到开普敦的SK，南非。仅加拿大就有近50支龙舟队，而德国队有近30支。

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 original santa claus, st. nicholas, was born in the ancient southeastern turkish town of lycia early in the fourth century. his generosity was legend, and he was particularly fond of children. we know this primarily through roman accounts of his patronage of youth, which eventually led to his becoming the patron saint of children. throughout the middle ages, and well beyond, he was referred to by many names none of them santa claus.

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

during the protestant reformation of the sixteenth century, st. nicholas was banished from most european countries. replacing him were more secular figures, who in general were not at center stage at that point in history..the dutch kept the st. nicholas tradition alive. as the "protector of sailors," st. nicholas graced the prow of the first dutch ship that arrived in america. and the first church built in new york city was named after him. the dutch brought with them to the new world two christmas items that were quickly americanized.

in sixteenth century holland, children placed wooden shoes by the hearth the night of st. nicholass arrival. the shoes were filled with straw, a meal for the saints gift laden donkey. in return, nicholas would insert a small treat into each clog. in america, the shoe was replaced with the stocking, hung by the chimney.

the dutch spelled st. nicholas "saint nikolass," which in the new world became "sinterklass". later changed to "santa claus".

much of modern day santa claus lore, including the reindeer drawn sleigh, originated in america. dr. clement clarke moore composed "the night before christmas" in 1822, to read to his children on christmas eve. the poem might have remained privately in the moore family if a friend had not mailed a copy of it (without authorial attribution) to a newspaper and became part of the santa legend.

it was in america that santa put on weight. the rosy-cheeked, roly-poly santa is credited to the influential nineteenth-century cartoonist thomas nast. from 1863 until 1886, nast created a series of christmas drawings for harpers weekly. these drawings, executed over twenty years, exhibit a gradual evolution in santa from the pudgy, diminutive, elf-like creature of dr. moores immortal poem to the bearded, potbellied, life-size bell ringer familiar on street corners across america today. nasts cartoons also showed the world how santa spent his entire year constructing toys, checking on childrens behavior, reading their requests for special gifts. his images were incorporated into the santa lore.

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

saint nikolaas (sinter klaas), from the dutch father christmas, from the english kris kringle, from the germans befana, from the italians bobouschka, from the russians (a grand motherly figure instead of a male)

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So what is it about the Dragon Boat Festival that appeals to foreigners? “It’s an unusual sport,” says one racer from Germany. “It’s not like everybody’s doing it. That’s one of the reasons that there’s such great team spirit in a dragon boat team – everybody feels like we’re doing something special.” And what about the zongzi? “Ehhh, they’re not bad, I guess,” he says. “Something of an acquired taste. I just haven’t really acquired it yet.”

那么，为什么端午节赛龙舟会吸引外国人呢？“这是一项不寻常的运动。”一位来自德国的参赛者说，“这并不是所有的人都在从事的运动。这正是龙舟队的团队精神如此高昂的原因之一，每个人都觉得自己在做一件很特别的事。”那么粽子呢？“喔，我觉得它不难吃。”他说，“那是一种需要后天培养的品味。我只是还没培养出来罢了。”

[英语作文端午节习俗的美丽

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

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

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

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

快乐的圣诞夜就要来了，我的心情十分激动，因为圣诞老人来了

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

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

我听到这句话，我在也不想着放假了!!谢谢你圣诞老人!

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， 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.

在这辉煌快乐的圣诞佳节，献上一切美好的祝福!以下是小编带来的圣诞节祝福语，希望对你有帮助。

Merry Christmas!

圣诞快乐!

Merry Christmas and a happy newyear.

圣诞快乐;恭贺新禧。

Best wishes on this holiday season.

致以圣诞节最诚挚的祝福。

merry christmas and happy new year!

圣诞快乐，恭贺新禧!

wishing you a song in your heart at christmas and blessings all year long.

圣诞之际，祝你心中有首快乐的歌，新年快乐!

wishing you peace, joy and happiness through christmas and the coming year.

在圣诞和新年来临之际，祝福你平安、快乐、幸福!

thinking of you and wishing you a beautiful christmas season.

美丽的圣诞节之际，谨致我的思念与祝福。

warm greetings and best wishes for christmas and the new year!

致以热烈的祝贺和良好的祝福，圣诞快乐，新年快乐。

it seems that christmas time is here once again, and it is time again to bring in the new year. we wish the merriest of christmas to you and your loved ones, and we wish you

happiness and prosperity in the year ahead.

圣诞节转眼又到，又该迎接新的一年了。我们向你及你的亲人们致以最美好的圣诞祝福，愿你在新的一年里事业兴旺，幸福美满!

may christmas and the new year be filled with happiness for you.

愿你圣诞和新年幸福无尽。

a christmas greeting and good wishes to you who is thought about all the year through. have a beautiful christmas and a happy new year.

始终思念你，捎来圣诞佳节最美好的祝福，祝圣诞吉祥，新年如意。

with all good wishes for a brilliant and happy christmas season. hope things are going all right with you.

在这辉煌快乐的圣诞佳节，献上一切美好的祝福!祝一切顺心如意!

here is wishing you all a merry christmas and a new year bright with joy and success.

祝圣诞快乐，新年充满幸福和成功。

a merry christmas and a wonderful new year.

圣诞快乐，新年好!

christmas comes but once a year. but when it comes it brings good cheer.

圣诞节一年只有一次，但每次来临都带来喜悦。

a cheery christmas and the new year hold lots of happiness for you!

给你特别的祝福，愿圣诞和新年带给你无边的幸福、如意。

may you have the best christmas ever.

愿你度过最美好的圣诞节!

much joy to you in the up coming year.

may the warmest wishes, happy thoughts and friendly greetings come at christmas and stay with you all the year through.

让温馨的祝愿、幸福的思念和友好的祝福，在圣诞佳节来到你身边，伴你左右。

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