六年级圣诞节作文英语(通用20篇)

Christmas Day

圣诞节

Christmas Day is the biggest festival in the western countries.It is on

December 25, the birthday of Jesus Christ.Before the festival, every family will

buy a Christmas tree, and put it in the middle of the living-room. And their

houses look more soft and beautiful.

圣诞节是西方国家最盛大的节日。节日在12月25日，是耶稣基督的生日。节日前，每个家庭都要买一颗圣诞树，放在起居室的中央，这样他们家看起来又温馨又漂亮。

On Christmas Eve, children always hang up their Christmas stockings and hope

Father Christmas will come to put presents in them. In fact, their parents put

the presents in their stockings.

在平安夜，孩子们总是把圣诞袜挂起来，希望圣诞老人会把礼物放到里面，实际上把礼物放到袜里面的是他们的父母。

How interesting it is! On Christmas Day, people say "Merry Christmas" to each

other.

你说有趣不有趣! 在圣诞节那天，人们互相祝贺“圣诞快乐”。

圣诞在中国是一个快乐，神圣而富有意义的象征，充满了童趣;而圣诞在国外却是过新年，放鞭炮，穿新衣，圣诞节无处不在。在圣诞节时许下一个心愿，圣诞老人便骑着小鹿来到你身旁，递给你一份意外的惊喜。

Christmas in China is a symbol of happiness, sacred and meaningful, full of childlike; and Christmas in a foreign country is the new year, setting off firecrackers, wearing new clothes, Christmas everywhere. At Christmas time, make a wish, Santa rode the deer came to your side, give you a surprise.

圣诞节的脚步越来越近，它满跚地向我们说：“圣诞快乐!”每逢圣诞节，它会送你一个祝福，一份礼物，他就是——家人。

Christmas steps more and more near, it is full Shandi to us said: "Merry Christmas!" every Christmas, it will send you a blessing, a gift, he is family.

我记得二年级时，我吵着奶奶要给我买一个书包，奶奶说：“再等等吧，明年给你买!”我很失望，一个人独自在房间里偷偷哭泣。

When I was in grade two, I had a quarrel with my grandmother to buy me a bag, grandma said: "and so on, next year to buy you!" I am very disappointed, a person alone in the room secretly crying.

圣诞前夕，我看着别的孩子高高兴兴地牵着爸爸妈妈的手，一同去买衣服，我却在墙角凝望;有的孩子和爸爸其乐融融的拿着自己心爱的礼物欢喜的跑回家，我仍旧倚在墙角凝望。

Christmas Eve, I watched the other children happily holding mom and dads hand, together to buy clothes, but I in the corner watching; some children and father enjoyable with his beloved gift of joy ran home, I still leaning in the corner watching.

泪水禁不住折腾，终于流下了眼泪，我哭着跑回家，偎依在奶奶的怀抱中尽情的放声大哭，哭累了奶奶唱着睡眠曲儿，把我哄睡了。

Tears couldnt help do sth over and over again, and finally shed tears, I cried and ran home, nestled in the embrace of her heartily burst into tears, tired of crying my grandmother sings sleep song son, lulled me to sleep.

我好似做了一个梦，梦见一个高大的身影走出家门。过了15分钟，奶奶捧者崭新的书包给我，越走越近……

I seem to have a dream, dream of a tall figure out of the house. After 15 minutes, my grandmother holding a new bag for me, the more the more close to the......

早上一起床，欣欣然睁开眼睛，发现柜子上真的放了一只红书包!这是幻觉吗?我揉揉眼睛，是真的，我高兴的又蹦又跳，这是我圣诞节收到的最好礼物!

Get out of bed in the morning, Xinxin ran opened his eyes and found cabinet really put a red schoolbag! This is a hallucination?? I rubbed my eyes, is really, I am happy and jumped up and down. This is the best gift I get for Christmas!

Nowadays we see supermodels on almost every magazine cover and one might wonder what life will be like being one of them. Such assumption may be painful for most of the magazine readers who are already over the age when they can get taller. In response to the ”Getting taller trend”, some goes so far as to pay doctors to cut their legs open and let surgeries do the job to get just two centimeters’ higher.

In spite of all these that are happening, some of my taller friends desire to give up this superiority for they just don’t want to be the center of the crowd, saying that they would kill to be a 4 feet child. Girls, maybe you can’t remember the time when you were younger and you need to jump really hard to catch a glimpse of up-the-table world? But being taller, even the upper world of the refrigerator top is no longer a myth and your mom and dad can’t hide your snacks up there any more! As time goes on, you can easily see on the table the beautiful lavenders or lilies stretching themselves in their own fragrant smell, the shining toaster popping out warm tasty toast, or the little drops of water glittering under bright sunshine after your mom wipes the table. Don’t you just love to see every phase of the moon even when they are not that high up in the sky?

Well, I do. Being a 5 ft 10 myself, I am also taking the advantage of buying a larger outfit at a same price. Also, I get a cleaner view of the blackboard even when sitting far away from it. I run faster, jump higher and can think positively. I am proud to say that I possess the ability to see the upside of almost everything. I guess it is because I am closer to the clear blue sky above our heads.

1 A cheery Christmas and the New Year hold lots of happiness for you!

2 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.

3 A Christmas greeting to cheer you from your daughters.

4 A Christmas greeting to cheer you, my good friend.

5 A Christmas wish from your nephew.

6 A holiday wish from your son Tom.

7 A Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

8 A merry Christmas from all of your students.

9 A merry yuletide!

10 A present from me is on the way. Hope youll like it.

11 A special card from your grandson.

12 A wish for a truly merry Christmas and may the joy of Christmas linger in your heart all the year!

13 At Christmas and always, may peace and love fill your heart, beauty fill your world, and contentment and joy fill your days.

14 Beautiful dream comes true.

15 Best of luck in the year to come.

16 Best wishes for a wonderful new year.

17 Best wishes from Mark, Janet and the kids.

18 Best wishes on this holiday season.

19 Bring you Good wishes of happiness. This Christmas and on the coming year.

20 Christmas comes but once a year. But when it comes it brings good cheer.

21 Christmas greetings and best wishes!

22 Christmas is the most human and kindly of season, as the month of June with sunshine and the balmy breath of roses.

23 Christmas should be a time of banked-up fines, the scent of flowers and wine, good talk, good memories and loyalties renewed. But if all else is lacking - love will do.

24 Christmas time is here. I hope you have a wonderful New Year. May every day hold happy hours for you.

25 Dont forget to hang up the sock!

When I was very small, I could see many birds flying in the sky when I looked at the sky, but as I grow up and move to the city, I find less birds in the sky. It is because the environment has been polluted and many birds are dying. We can do small things to protect the environment, so that the animals can live with us.

在我很小的时候，每当我仰望天空的时候，我都可以看到许多鸟在天上飞，但是当我长大后，搬到了城市，我几乎没见过有鸟儿在天空中飞。因为环境被污染了，许多鸟面临死亡。我们要做些小事来保护环境，让动物能和我们共存。

Chrismas Father was the descendant of a deity called Odin. Its also said that Chrismas Father comes from San Nichola, so he is also called St.Nicholas. He was the bishop of Asia

Minor city of Rafah and he was called a man of God after his death. He is an old man in red clothes and he wears a red hat.He has white mustache. He comes from the north on a blowmobile every Chrismas Day. He went into peoples houses by the track and he put the presents into childrens socks. So in western countries,parents put the gifts to their kids in kids socks and put them on the head of the bed on Chrismas Eve. On the second day, the first thing after kids wake up is to find the presents from Chrismas Fathers.

圣诞节的父亲是一个叫奥丁神的后裔。圣诞节还说,父亲来自圣尼古拉,所以他也被称为St.Nicholas。他是亚洲的主教

小城市拉法,他被称为一个上帝在他死后的人。他是一个穿红衣服的老人,他穿着一件红色的帽子。他有白色的胡子。他来自北方的雪撬上的每一个圣诞节。他走进人们的房屋的跟踪,他把礼物放在孩子们的袜子。在西方国家,父母把礼物送给他们的孩子在孩子们的袜子放在床头的圣诞节前夜。第二天,孩子们醒来后的第一件事就是去找父亲圣诞节的礼物。

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Spring comes,some people can do what they want to do.Look at the lake,the ducks swim in there.ther are laughing.I know they are very happy.Look at the trees,begin to turn green.Lot of pepole is working hard.And everywhere are so warm.Look at the sky,swallow is flying.They are Freedom.A year moment lies in spring,and Spring is very beautiful.So, I love Spring very much.How about you?

春天来了，有些人可以做他们想做的事情。看湖上，鸭子正在那游。他们在笑，我知道他们非常快乐。看树，开始变绿。很多人正在工作努力。到处都是温暖的。看看天空，燕子在飞。他们是自由的。。一年之际在于春，春天是很美丽的。所以，我很喜欢春天。你呢?

导语：慈母手中线，游子身上衣，你有没有写过信给妈妈呢?以下是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Dear mother,

I have been good at school. I often think of you when I go to bed because we always go for a walk before go to bed at home. So I miss you everyday. Do you miss me? Why don’t you call me? I’ve got a lot of things to tell you. One of the things is about foreign teacher’s daughter. Her name’s Skyler. She lives in Canada. She comes to our class to learn Chinese and English with me in my class. This afternoon, when it was art and craft class, our class were cleaning the gymnasium. And she did it with us too. So I usually talk to her when she doesn’t know what to do? But when the class is over, I always haven’t got enough time to talk to her. And I usually can’t find her. So we don’t have time to introduce to each other. But it is the first time that I have a foreign student. So I’m very happy! Mum, you often tell me, “If you are happy, I’ll be happy, too.” So you have to be happy, because I’m happy! I like you when you are happy!

In the end I wish you everything is just fine!

Yours,

Sophia.

翻译

亲爱的妈妈，

我一直在学校好。我经常在睡觉的时候想起你，因为我们总是在回家前散步。所以我每天都在想你。你想我吗?你为什么不打电话给我?我有很多事情要告诉你。其中一件事是关于外籍教师的女儿。她的名字是斯凯勒。她住在加拿大。她来我班学习汉语和英语与我在我的类。今天下午，当我们上美术课的时候，我们班正在打扫体育馆。她也和我们一起做了。所以当她不知道该怎么做时，我通常和她说话?但是当课结束的时候，我总是没有足够的时间和她说话。我通常找不到她。所以我们没有时间互相介绍。但这是我第一次有一个外国学生。所以我很高兴!妈妈，你经常告诉我，“如果你快乐，我也会快乐”，所以你必须快乐，因为我快乐!当你快乐的时候我喜欢你!

最后我希望你一切都好!

你的，

索菲亚。

The night when Jesus was born， the shepherd who watched the sheep in the wilderness heard a voice from the sky and told them the news of Jesuss birth. According to the Bible， Jesus came to the world to be king of the world， so the angels passed the news to more people through these shepherds.

Later， people imitated the angels， and on the night of Christmas Eve， they spread the news of Jesuss birth. Until today， it evolved into the good news. Although Christmas Eve is a festival for foreigners， we are also excited about this day.

On Christmas Eve， each family places a Christmas tree according to tradition. That night， the family gathered in the living room， surrounded by Christmas trees singing Christmas songs， exchanging gifts， sharing the joys and sorrows of life， expressing their inner blessings and love， and praying for happiness in the coming year. But we live on campus， we cant go home.

We went back to the dormitory， took out the apple， and replaced it with someone else. Our dormitory bless each other， give us some snacks， we before bed， wash the socks on the bed in the morning found in a sock gift， I know who is on， is my head， I also gave him a gift， our dormitory exchange gifts， we are while they were sleeping when it.....

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

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

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

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

I was so lucky today.

In the morning I lost my wallet on the way from home to school. I did not noticed this until I got into our classroom. There was almost 100 yuan in my wallet. I grew panic and decided to go back to find my wallet when I met my friend Xiao Ming. He told me he found a wallet exactly looks like mine on his way to school and it was mine.

How lucky I am today !

今天我是如此的幸运。

在早上我从家到学校的路上丢了钱包。我没有注意到这一点直到我进入我们的教室。有近100元的钱包。我是恐慌决定回去找我的钱包当我遇到我的朋友小明。他告诉我他发现一个钱包到底看起来像我在去学校的路上这是我的。

今天我是多么幸运啊!

新学期，我从城里的外国语学校又回到了家乡的那所学校。回想一年来在新学校的发生的件件事情，有一件让我非常难忘，就是去年圣诞节那天晚上，爸爸带给我们的惊喜。

去年，我随妈妈一起从乡下的小学来到了城里的外国语学校，每隔10天回家一次，这让从小就和爸爸妈妈在一起的我很不习惯。尽管爸爸平时对我很严厉，我不喜欢和他在一起。可忽然爸爸不在身边了，我又觉得生活好象少了一部分，在学校的时间里，我又开始想念着他。圣诞节那天晚上，学校张灯结彩，灯笼高挂，一派圣诞气息。晚自习后，看着别的小朋友有说有笑的挽着爸爸妈妈的手出去玩，而我只能跟着妈妈在办公室里，我心里真的别有一番滋味，要是今晚爸爸在这多好啊！

忽然，妈妈的电话响了，是爸爸！他告诉妈妈他骑摩托车已到学校大门口了，妈妈问他来时为什么没有告诉她一声，爸爸说要给我们惊喜，是的，那天晚上，爸爸的到来给了我们很大的惊喜。坐在爸爸的摩托车上，我心里别提有多高兴了，我们首先来到饭店，进了饭店，就见里面的服务员都带着圣诞老人的帽子，墙上也贴满了圣诞老人的图画，电视里还播放着圣诞节目，让我感觉就像进了圣诞老人的家。爸爸为我们点了丰盛的饭菜，我们在一起吃饭、聊天，还讨论着圣诞节的话题。

吃完了饭，爸爸带我们去了超市，为我们买了很多东西，有吃的、日常用的，我和妈妈的手都有些提不住了，到了宿舍，爸爸没有走，和我们又聊了很多……从爸爸质朴的话语中，我感觉到了发自他内心的浓浓爱意。那晚，我永远忘不了！

There was a kindly nobleman whose wife had died of an illness leaving the nobleman and his three daughters in despair. After losing all his money in useless and bad inventions the family had to move into a peasants cottage, where the daughters did their own cooking, sewing and cleaning.When it came time for the daughters to marry, the father became even more depressed as his daughters could not marry without dowries, money and property given to the new husbands family.One night after the daughters had washed out their clothing they hung their stockings over the fireplace to dry. That night Saint Nicholas, knowing the despair of the father, stopped by the noblemans house. Looking in the window Saint Nicholas saw that the family had gone to bed. He also noticed the daughters stockings. Inspiration struck Saint Nicholas and he took three small bags of gold from his pouch and threw them one by one down the chimney and they landed in the stockings.The next morning when the daughters awoke they found their stockings contained enough gold for them to get married. The nobleman was able to see his three daughters marry and he lived a long and happy life.Children all over the world continue the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings. In some countries children have similar customs, in France the children place their shoes by the fireplace, a tradition dating back to when children wore wooden peasant shoes.

译文：

关于圣诞节在火炉边悬挂圣诞袜也有一个有趣的传说。很久很久以前有一个心地善良的贵族，他的妻子因病去逝，抛下他和他的三个女儿。这个贵族尝试了不少发明，都失败了，但也因此耗尽了钱财，所以他们不得不搬到一家农舍里生活，他的女儿们也只得亲自烧煮、缝纫和打扫。

一晃几年过去，女儿们陆续到了出嫁的年龄，父亲却变得更加沮丧，因为他没钱给女儿们买嫁妆。

一天晚上，女儿们洗完衣服后将长统袜挂在壁炉前烘干。圣人Nicholas知道了她们父亲的境况后，就在那天晚上，来到她们的家门前。他从窗口看到一家人都已睡着了，同时也注意到了女孩们的长统袜。随即，他从口袋里掏出三小包黄金从烟囱上一个个投下去，刚好掉在女孩们的长统袜里。

第二天早上，女儿们醒来发现她们的长统袜里装满了金子，足够供她们买嫁妆了。这个贵族也因此能亲眼看到他的女儿们结婚，从此便过上了幸福快乐的生活。  后来，世界各地的孩子们都继承了悬挂圣诞袜的传统。有些国家的孩子则有其它类似的风俗，如在法国，孩子们将鞋子放在壁炉旁。

Chinese new year is a chinese traditional festival. we also call it the spring festival. it is on lunar january 1st.

on new year’s eve, all the people sit around the desk and have a big family dinner. there are some vegetables, some fish, some meat, some fruits and some drink like juice, coke, pepsi and some nice wine. overall, this is a good and delicious dinner. after dinner, we always watch tv new year progammes. we have a wonderful evening on new year’s eve.

on the first day of the spring festival, most of people get up early and say “happy new year” to each other. for breakfast, people often eat dumplings and baozi. after breakfast, people often make many delicious foods, and children often play cards, computer games and fireworks. on the second and third day, we visit friends and relatives.

everyone is busy on chinese new year, and everyone is happy, too.

春节是中国的传统节日。我们也称它为春节。它是在农历1月1日。

在新年前夕,所有人围坐在桌子上,有一个大的家庭晚餐。有一些蔬菜,一些鱼,一些肉,一些水果和一些喝果汁、可口可乐、百事可乐和一些不错的葡萄酒。总的来说,这是一个很好的和美味的晚餐。晚饭后,我们总是看电视节目。我们有一个美好的晚上在新年前夕。

在春节的第一天,大部分的人早起,说“新年快乐”。早餐,人们经常吃饺子和包子。早餐后,人们常常做出许多美味的食物,和孩子经常打牌,电脑游戏和烟火。第二和第三天,我们拜访亲戚、朋友。

在中国新年每个人都很忙,每个人都是快乐的,也是。

圣诞节英语作文1

Chritmas 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 carolling of Christmas songs echo through the air. I am not a Chirstian, but I also enjoy the atmosphere of Chrismas. I wish everybody have a merry Chirismas.

圣诞节这一天，是耶稣基督诞生的日子。在他的荣耀下，世界各地的人们庆祝并敬仰这一天。圣塔克劳斯来为孩子们发礼物。到处都是圣诞卡和装饰过的树。圣诞颂歌回响在空气中。我不是一个基督教徒，但是我也喜欢圣诞节的气氛。我祝每个人有一个美好得圣诞节。

圣诞节英语作文2

It is said that there was a farmer served a poor boy on a cold windy Chrismas Eve and gave him a big chrisemas meal. The boy cut a Fir trees branch and ed it into the earth.He said, "every year this time. There will be many presents in this branch. I wish I can pay back to your favor by this beautiful Fir tree. " After the boy left, the farmer discovered that the branch had grow up as a big tree. Then he realized that the boy was an envoy of the god. This is the origin of the chrismas day. In western countries, Whatever you are, everyone will prepare a chrismas tree to increase the happiness of the chrismas day.Chrismas trees are made of evergreen tree like Fir trees and they represent the long lives.People put candles,flowers,toys,stars on the tree and they put chrismas present on thetree. On Chrismas Eve,people sing and dance happily and they enjoy themselves around the tree.

圣诞节英语作文3

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.

（译文）：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。

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.

Happiness in Chiristmas Day

快乐圣诞节

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.

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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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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Christmas is a happy day. Come to think about it, I will be a bright flower in full bloom in the heart happy and excited.

On Christmas day, the day very cold. But the cold weather also can not hold up against the footsteps of merry Christmas. The streets are placed in front of the shop in the beautiful Christmas tree, in the supermarket employees also have a lovely Christmas cap. Look at these, our these little heart. Therefore, the idea of a special Christmas party.

Through planning, in the afternoon, we draw on the blackboard on the beard Santa Claus, spray on the Windows on the white snow, is still in the middle of the classroom on a tree with the stars of the Christmas tree. Students around the Christmas tree ah, jump ah, can be happy, the classroom immediately with a festival festival atmosphere.

The arrival of the good is not easy to look forward to the party. The first show is the flute ensemble songs friendship. The flute melodious sound, so that we could not help singing gently on the audience. Unconsciously, the show at the end of the students in the thunderous applause. Then, we hurriedly out beautiful snowflake ribbons for the next program - a joke. The performer is tall zhang zhen yu gong guan and troublemakers. Their conversation humorous and funny action performances, provoked we all laughed.

The party in a happy atmosphere, the actors use all ways, to make the audience laugh and applause. The audience all smiled blushing all, slap pain film. Close to the end of the party, we took out the last of the whole classs secret weapon - the colorful petals, thrown into the air and into the actors...

Look at these beautiful petals, I thought: in this special day, Santa Claus has become our most lovely people.

圣诞节是一个开心的日子。一想起来，我的心里就会盛开一朵灿烂的花，快乐而激动。

圣诞节那天，天格外寒冷。但寒冷的天气丝毫也挡不住圣诞节快乐的脚步。街上的商店门前都摆上了美丽的圣诞树，超市里的员工也戴上了可爱的圣诞帽。看着这些，我们这些小鬼心里乐开了花。因而，举办一场别开生面的圣诞庆祝会的想法便油然而生。

经过策划，下午我们在黑板上画上了大胡子圣诞老人，在窗户上喷上了洁白的雪花，还在教室中央放上了一棵缀满星星的圣诞树。同学们围着圣诞树转啊，跳啊，可高兴了，教室里顿时洋溢出节日喜庆的气氛。

好不容易盼到了晚会的到来。第一个节目是笛子合奏《友谊歌》。笛声悠扬动听，使我们也忍不住在观众席上轻轻吟唱起来。不知不觉，这个节目在同学们雷鸣般的掌声中结束了。接着，我们连忙喷出美丽的雪花彩带迎接着下一个节目——笑话。表演者是高个子龚关和捣蛋鬼张振宇。他们风趣幽默的对话和滑稽的动作表演，惹得我们个个捧腹大笑。

晚会在欢乐的气氛中进行着，演员们使出全身解数，来博得观众的笑声和掌声。观众们个个笑得脸红通通的，巴掌都拍痛了。晚会接近尾声时，我们全班同学拿出了最后的秘密武器——五颜六色的花瓣，抛向空中，抛向演员们……

看着这些美丽的花瓣，我想：在这个特殊的日子里，圣诞老人成了我们最可爱的人。

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.