关于描写圣诞节的英语作文（合集20篇）

Christmas is coming, I have a lot of desire to achieve, to the snow outside the window I quietly pray:

Dear Santa Claus: please give me a time machine. I would be very happy, thank you! Do you see my smile will be very happy, right?

I also hope I can fly machine, fifty tea eggs, one hundred popsicles, a refrigerator, a picture of a lady Yang portraits, article 50 sausage, a rod and an automatic pencil. All of these things should be easy to tidy up, and sent to me, I will share with my friends, you say?

Who are you building? Is god? If its mom and dad posing as, I want to thank you. I want to have a read, dont worry mom and dad. My wishes in this Christmas.

圣诞节就要到了，我有很多愿望想实现，对着窗外的皑皑白雪我轻声的祈祷：

亲爱的圣诞老公公：请送给我一个时光机。我会非常高兴，谢谢你!你看到我的笑容一定会非常开心，对不对?

我还希望我有可以飞的机器、五十个茶叶蛋、一百个冰棒、一个冰箱、一幅杨贵妃肖像画、五十条香肠、一支鱼竿和一枝自动铅笔。这些东西应该都很容易整理好，送给我，我会跟我的朋友们一起分享，你说可好?

你是谁打造的?是上帝吗?如果是爸爸、妈妈假扮的，我要好好感谢你们。我要好好读书，不要再让爸爸、妈妈操心。在这个圣诞佳节献上我的祝福满满。

it is said that in the year of 300 ad, there was a kind old man and his name was saint nicholas. he was always ready to help the poor and often gave presents to them.

today, father christmas is an imaginary figure, but nearly all young children believe in him. they think he is a happy old man with a long white beard and a long red robe.

on the night of the twenty-fourth of december every year, father christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings. so when children go to bed that night, they hang up their stockings, and on christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents. of course, it‘s really their parents who fill the stockings.

another name for father christmas is santa claus.

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!

Ah! Christmas morning! Children like to wake up early while its still dark and sneak into the living room to check the presents----find any with their name on it, shake them to guess whats inside, and then maybe theyll go back to bed and pretend they are still asleep when their parents come to wake them with a "Merry Christmas!"

But almost no one I know gets completely dressed or eats a regular breakfast first thing Christmas morning. They just put on a robe or wear their pajamas and go to see whats under the Christmas tree. Some Christian families have a tradition of reading the Bible story of Jesus birth. Maybe its to remind the children that Christmas is Jesus birthday.

Someone will begin to take the presents out from under the tree, see whose name is on the package, and then pass them around. Some families wait until all the presents have been given out before opening any of them, while others open each one as it comes to them. There are many "thank you" to the ones who gave the gifts, new clothes are tried on to see if they fit, and of course the most interesting toys will immediately be played with.

Usually among the Christmas gifts will be some especially delicious candy or cake or cookies which everyone tastes. These sweet things may be the only breakfast many people eat Christmas morning. After the gifts have been opened, the room will be tidied up except where the children are playing with their toys. Everyone will wash and get dressed for the day.

Some people may go to a Christmas morning church service around ten oclock if their church didnt have one on Christmas Eve. But most people will just watch TV. Well, most men will. The children may play outside or inside with their new toys, but the mothers will be in the kitchen preparing Christmas Dinner.

啊!圣诞节的早晨!孩子们喜欢早起,它仍然是黑暗和溜进客厅去检查礼物——找到任何与他们的名字,动摇他们猜里面有什么,然后他们可能会回到床上,假装他们是还在睡觉当他们的父母叫他们“圣诞快乐!”

但是我几乎没有人知道会完全打扮或吃普通的早餐圣诞节早晨的第一件事。他们只是穿上长袍或穿睡衣去看圣诞树下会有什么。一些基督教家庭的传统阅读圣经耶稣诞生的故事。也许是提醒孩子们,圣诞节是耶稣的生日。

有人会开始把礼物从树下,看到包装上是谁的名字,然后通过周围。一些家庭等到已经给所有的礼物之前打开其中任何一个,而其他人打开每一个涉及到他们。有很多“谢谢”的人给了礼物,新衣服试穿,看看是否合适,当然最有趣的玩具就会玩。

通常会在圣诞礼物一些特别美味的糖果、蛋糕或饼干,每个人的口味。这些甜食可能是唯一早餐很多人吃圣诞节的早晨。礼物被打开后,会整理房间除外孩子们玩他们的玩具。每个人都会洗干净,穿好衣服。

有些人可能会去一个圣诞节的早晨教堂服务大约10点钟如果他们的教会没有一个在圣诞前夜。但大多数人只会看电视。嗯,大多数人的意愿。孩子们可能会在外面玩或在他们的新玩具,但妈妈会在厨房里准备圣诞晚餐。

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。

Last vacation, I had a good time. I went to the beach with my sister.

It was beautiful. We sat on the beach and enjoyed the sun. Then we went to the aquarium. We saw many kinds of fish there. There were a lot of seals and dolphins.They are very cute. We watched a dolphin show.

They showed very well. Then we went to the Gift Shop and bought lots of gifts. Finally, we took the plane back to my home.

[描写上一个假期的英语作文

Autumn is Jin Gui fragrance, day high clouds, trivial season, let us into the autumn, to feel the beauty of autumn.

In the orchard, the fruit is ripe, the sweet fruit is the childrens feet are hooked it! That apple is big and red, covered with branches, pear fragrant, sweet pineapple, children holding a basket and ladder Pick it!

Autumn, maple leaves become red, red maple leaves like drunk people like, maple leaves very red and red, red like fire! Look at the red maple leaves I think of a poem "cream leaves in February Flowers. "A gust of wind blowing, maple leaves like a lot of red little hands to greet us!

Autumn, sweet-scented osmanthus opened, drifting thousands of miles. Waves of fragrance drift into my nose, I always can not help but take a deep breath, really fragrant! Osmanthus petals rolled out, that golden petals like a small gold it is not beautiful, but it is not beautiful Thick smell of refreshing. They are together to gather together, as if in a meeting, like a baby asleep, is doing sweet dreams!

Autumn, sentence chrysanthemum in full bloom, colorful red, white, yellow, there are many colors, chrysanthemum has a touch of fragrance? Chrysanthemum variety, and some like a hydrangea, and some like aunt Curls, and some want to fly down the waterfall.

I love the beautiful autumn!

The practice of cool breeze blowing, the slightest winter rain into a misty veil, looking up, the rain gently toward my cheek. Although the window is not a new green, but the faint dark yellow with the wind and rain figure tilted.

Suspected winter also magic, blue sky is also floating on a layer of vast gray. Fog the same rain falling in the piece of yellow leaves on the rain, the rain on the leaves rippling ... ... rain gradually big up, can still be gentle. At this time, the fine rain gently jump between heaven and earth, "tick - tick" to heaven and earth. Hand in the rain across a beautiful arc, but suddenly found a few flowers in the winter blooming lavender flowers: lavender petals surrounded by golden flowers, some petals were destroyed by the rain, still appears Tingting jade Stand. I have some points in the end is the spring rain or winter rain, but what is the relationship between it? No one felt cold biting, it felt very refreshing.

Rain is still under the rain, the slightest rain fly down, moisten the world thing. Reverie with the wind and rain drift, leaves caught in the rain, from my head slowly passing. Rain and gradually, gradually, small. Like a kindly grandmother, gently stroked my face, with infinite fantasy. The rain is like a naughty little brother, in my head sprinkled with thin sugar, but also kept saying: "eat, eat it!" I helplessly shrugged.

The rain is getting smaller and smaller, the horizon actually appeared in the golden sun, the rain gradually faded. The rain has a beautiful landscape, not a rainbow, but the sun! Rain is still under the rain from a layer of rain into a few rain Everything is clear and bright. The rain is no longer lightly bouncing, as if already tired, but not yet do, seize the time to play about, look at the winter scenery. The rain little by little to converge their own, only to see the distant Jisi naughty rain is still nostalgia, a long time do not want to reach the ground.

A Visit to the Flower Show

Last week Nature Park held a flower show. I went to visit it with my friends. I was very glad to see so many beautiful flowers in the park. I was really amazed to see a sea of colourful

flowers. They told me that some rare flowers came from Taiwan. Thousands of people stopped and watched them carefully. I took many pictures there. Taiwan has always been a part of our country. I am sure sooner or later we can go there to see many more beautiful flowers. What great fun it will be.

Turnip greens, all have love. Some people like to bounce the little rabbit, some people like well-behaved little cat, and I like my home that shaking his head and wagging the little black dog.

My dog has a pair of water Lingling, shiny, talking big eyes. In addition to the dog on the legs and belly hair is white, the other places are black. Every time we eat, it is lying on the door, waiting for the owner to feed it. I remember once, the dog did not eat a day, and at night when the grandfather to go, it was like a child holding the grandfather holding, until the grandfather said to give it to eat, it was down.

My puppy usually likes to sleep, like shaking the tail on the ground. You can not underestimate it all day lying on the ground, it has a pair of sensitive ears. Every time I go home from school very far away, it will run out to meet me. It put his legs on my lap, tongue licking my hand, or else licking my clothes, the kind of intimate strength unspeakable, often made me covered with dog hair.

Yesterday at noon school, it also wanted to follow me to school. I went back and said, "Ill go back to school in the afternoon." Do you want to run at home and know that? "It looked at me like a pair of eyes. When I went to the corner of the street, I saw it still standing there motionless ...

I like my dog!

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”。

Autumn is the harvest season, the field, full of a farmer harvest the peaceful scene, look, the fruit over there bent the waist, the baby in the jungle happy singing, the farmer uncle In the field of food, not bustling.

This is the harvest, there is indeed desolate, leaves falling, fell on the road in the country, fell on the field, fell in every corner of the world. Deciduous leaves are not bad things, it means that the tree will give birth to new leaves, and this is a start, leaves it is so long fall, fall again, a burst of autumn wind blowing, I feel very cool, autumn , The summer heat is frozen, people also put on a coat, know is not called, as if everything has been applied magic, no vitality.

God will not be unfair to the fall, so in the fall for the earth to add a bright color - chrysanthemum. During the National Day, in the park, the streets are filled with chrysanthemums everywhere, colorful chrysanthemums in the sun against the background is graceful, for the autumn to add some vitality.

The fall as a start, the fall is wonderful.

Winter, accompanied by roar of the cold wind, quietly came.

On the road, pedestrians are few, we all wrapped themselves tightly, in the biting cold in the hurry through. Only the roadside that bare tree greet the north of the whistling, enjoy the swing.

Field, the vitality of the green grass of the grass, can not afford the destruction of the frost, are low head - withered. There was a khaki in the field, and there was only the cucumber and the scarecrow who scared off the sparrow there, standing alone.

Small river, has formed a thick layer of ice, is so transparent, so crystal, like a crystal. Nature The great sculptor engraves many enchanting ice on the crystal clear ice. These contests and bustling ice, so that people will be a favorite of love, and some like proud of frosting snow plum, and some like slim lotus, and some like a flower in the gentleman - orchids, and some are like a Flowers Chaofeng map, in the middle there is only the beautiful Phoenix. That ice is so hard, even if you use a big brick to smash, presumably it does not help.

Ah, look fast, snow it! White flawless snowflakes like catkins, have numerous for us to hang up the vast sky through the snow curtain. Through the jitter of the snow looked away, that distant trees house, vague, as if in the fog, like in the clouds, it is particularly good looking.

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。

Dogs are friends of human beings.And it is known to us that dogs are very honest.They can help people do many things when people are out of home .For example ,dogs can take a good care of babies when people go to work.They also can watch the house to make sure that it is safe for his master.Dogs are friendly to people.

In a word, i love dogs better than cats.I prefer dogs because they are loyal to human,besides they are the best friend of humanity.these days ,dogs have become pets of us. they are not in the wild any more.they get put clothes on and wear bowknot.they have fogotten how to prey.as a human, I love dog as a pet but I feel much pity that dogs have lost so much of their instinct.

I like dogs,because they are so clever、beautiful and cute.I can play with them,they are our good friends, and that is why I like him a lot.i regard dogs as better pets .first ,they are faithful to hosts.we have heard lots of stories about dogs faithfulness.second,they are lovely . there are many cute pictures of dogs on internet.besides,they are brave . when hosts are in danger , dogs often try to rescue their hosts.

My hometown is very beautiful, I love my hometown.

Spring, can enjoy the river scenery; Can be carefully listening to the sound of the wind blowing leaves; Can see the fish in the river play scene; Can see small bees busy mining nectar.

In the summer, we can help parents to water the flowers, but also can play with water. One day, I and other children playing with water, suddenly, a big dog saw us, it suddenly came to us, fortunately, the water flow is urgent, the dog didnt bite to us, it was washed away by the rapid flow, we saved.

Autumn, harvest season, like a little doll to cooked corn popped out from the cradle, rice smile bent the waist, the farmer uncle can be happy.

Winter, can see a a snowball, snowman, we can still skating, snowball fights, some schoolmates also all kinds of pictures on the playground, its a beautiful, is in the fairyland in general.

My hometown is beautiful, I love my home, love my hometown.

我的家乡很美丽，我爱我的家乡。

春天，可以欣赏河边的风景;可以仔细倾听风吹绿叶的声音;可以看见小河里的鱼儿嬉戏玩耍的场景;可以看见小蜜蜂忙碌的采着花蜜。

夏天，我们可以帮父母浇花，还可以玩泼水。有一天，我和小伙伴们正在玩水，忽然，一只大狗看见了我们，它一下子就向我们扑来，幸好，水流很急，狗还没咬到我们，就被迅速的水流冲走了，我们得救了。

秋天，收获的季节到了，玉米熟的像一个个小娃娃要从摇篮里蹦出来似的，稻子笑弯了腰，农民伯伯可高兴了。

冬天，可以看见一个一个的雪球、雪人，我们还能滑冰、打雪仗，有的同学还在操场上画各种各样的画，那真是美丽极了，令人置身于仙境一般。

我的家乡真美丽，我爱我的家，更爱我的家乡。

Yao teacher:

You are a red candle, burning the most passionate torch in our hearts. Just into the fourth grade, you are very strict with us, your face of seriousness in my opinion is not used to, because we from the first grade began to be spoiled, spoiled, often lawless. You come, such eyes, such majesty, as if to shock everyone. Everyone again. Also not noisy, after class no longer chase dozen, we are like a new man, we can no longer not be in a temper. We have come to understand that it is for our good that you are strict with us.

Spring silkworm to dead silk, candles into ash tears began to dry. Teacher, you have been working silently in your own ordinary job for 25 years. How many outstanding talents have you cultivated? No one can count. Someone said to see the word such as people, my words have been written not good, is your patience and write in my exercise book some words of encouragement to remind me, therefore, my words slowly beautiful. It gives me a lot of confidence. "A teacher is a true seed, a messenger of good, a banner of beauty, the embodiment of love." There is nothing wrong with this remark. You run between school and home every day.

Once, your sons severe fever caused pneumonia. In the afternoon, family members called to urge you to go to see, although you are anxious, but in order to dozens of students in the school, but still did not go. When you get off work, your husband asks you, "Is your student important or is your son important?" You say: "All important." Then you explained slowly to your husband, Its enough to take care of your son by yourself. But what if there were so many students at school? You walk out of the room and look at your son, who is sallow and coughing, with tears streaming down his face, and you say, "Jack, Ive been a bad mother." You always make choices in bitterness, and you make the choices that came before you. With the persistent pursuit of career and the sincere heart of loving students, you have composed an ordinary and moving song with consistent diligence and enterprising spirit. Teacher I know your health has been bad, for us you also have to take care of yourself. I will repay you with my progress in study and live up to your expectations. In the New Year, I sincerely wish you good health! Students all over the world!

There are all kinds of animals in the world . My favorite animal is rabbits. It has two long ears, a pair of red eyes, and a short tail. It likes jumping. It likes eating carrots and cabbages. It is one of the worlds most lovely animals.

圣诞快乐!愿圣诞的喜悦整年萦绕你心间，小编收集了2016年圣诞节祝福语(英语版)，欢迎阅读。

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

圣诞来临，祝新年快乐，愿你时时刻刻幸福欢乐!

May your Christmas be filled with special moment, warmth, peace and happiness, the joy of covered ones near,

and wishing you all the joys of Christmas and a year of happiness.

愿你的圣诞充满温馨，祥和，与亲人团聚的快乐，祝圣诞乐陶陶，新年乐无限。

Warm greetings and best wishes for happiness and good luck in the coming year.

衷心祝福来年快乐、幸运!

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.

圣诞是这样美好的时光：炉火熊熊，花儿芬芳，醇酒飘香，殷殷祝福，美好回忆，

恩爱日新。即便没有一切，只要有爱便足矣。

May the beauty and joy of Christmas remain with you throughout the new year!

愿圣诞美景与欢乐常伴随你!

merry christmas! 圣诞快乐!

merry christmas and a happy new year.敬祝圣诞，恭贺新喜。

best wishes on this holiday season. 献上最诚挚的节日祝福。

wishing you and yours a merry christmas this holiday season.值此佳节，祝你全家圣诞快乐。

we wish you a merry christmas. 我们祝你圣诞快乐。

wishing you a beautiful holiday season.节日愉快。

happy holidays! 节日快乐!

seasons greetings.顺颂时祺。

wishing you a white christmas.愿你有一个银白色的圣诞。

have you been naughty or nice this year? 你今年乖不乖?

dont forget to hang up the sock! 别忘了挂上袜子!

weve had a rather uneventful year! 我们度过了平安无事的一年

may the holidays fill your heart with happiness.祝您节日快乐。

给父母亲的祝福语.

mom and dad: thank you for everything this holiday season!

爸爸妈妈：值此佳节，感谢您们所给予的一切。

ill be home to enjoy this christmas with you.

我将回家与你们共度佳节。

a present from me is on the way. hope youll like it.

寄上一份礼物，希望你们会喜欢。

i wish i were home for the holidays.

但愿我能回家共度佳节。

thinking of you at christmas time.

圣诞佳节，我想念你们。

Christmas greetings and best wishes!

致圣诞贺忱与最美好的祝福!

Wishing you every happiness when Christmas is near, and expressing appreciation for your cares and

concerns during the year.

圣诞即将来临，祝你快乐幸福，对你一年来的关心和照顾表示衷心的感谢。

Thinking of you at Christmas with a wish that is warm and sincere. Have a wonderful Christmas and

joyous New Year!

以真挚热诚的祝福，在圣诞之际思念你。祝圣诞快乐，新年快乐!

Forget, forgive, for who may say that Christmas day may ever come to host or guest again. Touch hands!

愿知道圣诞节会不断来临的人们，忘却和宽恕以往的一切不快，让我们携手共进吧!

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

圣诞快乐!愿圣诞的喜悦整年萦绕你心间。

Wishing you a blessed Christmas and a New Year filled with happy surprises.

祝圣诞平安，新年中有意想不到的收获!

With the old wish that is ever new, may the greeting do its share toward making your Christmas a pleasant one.

老的祝福，却又常新，原此祝福，使你的圣诞更加愉快圆满。

Numerous loving wishes for my wife who will always be my valuable Christmas gift and everything to me.

无尽的爱恋与祝福，献给我的爱妻，你永远是我珍贵的圣诞礼物和我的一切!

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

圣诞最有人情味，充满仁爱的时节，它如同阳光明媚、玫瑰吐露芬芳的六月。

Wishing you a Christmas of happy time and a New Year of happy days.

愿圣诞是你快乐的时节，愿新年是你幸福的日子

Wishing you all the blessings of a beautiful Christmas season.

愿你拥有圣诞节所有美好的祝福。

Wishing you all the happiness of the holiday season.

祝节日幸福如意。

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)

圣诞老人的传说在数千年前的斯堪的纳维亚半岛即出现。北欧神话中司智慧，艺术，诗词，战争的奥丁神，寒冬时节，骑上他那八脚马坐骑驰骋于天涯海角，惩恶扬善，分发礼物。与此同时，其子雷神着红衣以闪电为武器与冰雪诸神昏天黑地恶战一场，最终战胜寒冷。据异教传说，圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔。也有传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来，所以圣诞老人也称St.Nicholas.因这些故事大多弘扬基督精神，其出处，故事情节大多被淡忘，然而圣诞老人却永驻人们精神世界。

每年圣诞日，圣诞老人骑在白羊星座上，圣童手持圣诞树降临人间，随着世事变迁，作家和艺术家开始把圣诞老人描述成我们今日熟悉的着红装，留白胡子的形象。同时不同的国度和文化对圣诞老人也有了不同的解释。在德国，传说他扮成圣童把坚果和苹果放在孩子们鞋里。他乘双轮马车四处漫游，观察人们的行为，尤其是小孩，如果表现好，将会得到苹果、坚果、糖等诸多奖品。坏孩子则得一鞭子。家长们灵机一动纷纷采用此传说来鼓励孩子们听话。大大超过了新年，成为一个全民的节日。圣诞老人已经成为圣诞节最受喜爱的象征和传统。他赶 着驯鹿，拉着装满玩具和礼物的雪橇挨家挨户给每个孩子送礼物的快乐老精灵的形象已深深地留在人们的记忆中。

11世纪末来自意大利的宗教士兵将Nicholas圣人的遗物带回意大利，并在港口城市Bari建造了一座教堂来纪念他。很快世界各地的基督教徒纷至沓来朝圣这位圣人。这些朝圣者将圣人Nicholas的故事带回他们的本土，所以有关圣诞老人的传说在各个国家都各具特色。

12世纪欧洲出现了圣人Nicholas纪念日，以互赠礼物和慈善活动为主。德国、法国、荷兰则将12月6日作为宗教纪念日，给孩子和穷人们赠送礼物。

荷兰殖民者来到美洲时，将他们的Sintirklass主教也带了去，Sintirklass身着红袈裟，骑着一匹白马。Sintirklass的美国形象后来逐渐演变成一个快乐的老精灵。起初美国作家华盛顿.欧文在他的喜剧《纽约的历史》中将他描述成一个又圆又胖的荷兰老人。1823年，诗人Clement Moore在他的诗歌《St.Nicholas印象》中继续将Sintirklass/Saint Nicholas的形象戏剧化，这就是各位在本篇开头看到的圣诞老人。

19世纪60年代卡通制作者Thomas Nash画了一幅胖胖的、慈祥的圣诞老人作为《Harper的一周》的插图。这个圣诞老人的形象开始深深地扎根于美国人民的脑海中。随着时间的推移，圣诞老人的形象传回欧洲，传到南美洲，传遍世界各地。

许多国家都保存了他们自己有关圣诞老人的风俗和传说。在荷兰的传说中，圣诞老人Sintirklass还带了一个叫Black Peter的助手，乘着一艘船于12月6日来到。他带着一本大书，书中描述了所有荷兰小孩在过去一年中的表现。表现好的小孩就送礼物给他们，不好的小孩便让他的助手带走。

德国的圣诞老人也带着一个叫做Knecht Ruprecht、Krampus或Pelzebock的助手，肩上背着个装着礼物的大袋子，手上拿着一根棍子。好孩子可收到他的礼物，顽皮的孩子却要给教训几棍子。

意大利的圣诞老人叫La Befana ;法国的圣诞老人叫Father Christmas或Pere Noel ;瑞士的圣诞老人叫Christkindl或Christ Child;斯勘的纳维亚地区的圣诞人叫julenisse 或 juletomte ;而英国的圣诞老人和法国一样也叫Father Christmas(圣诞之父)，他的形象比其它圣诞老人更庄严，更清瘦一些。北美的圣诞老人便是乘着驯鹿拉的雪橇来给孩子们送礼物的。

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 who,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.