关于描写圣诞节的英语作文【汇编20篇】

My familys name is white. The white snow is as clean and white as snow. Eyes like ruby dazzling, in vain and a pair of agile ears, four chubby little claws. Very cute!

I love it very much. I am responsible for all my meals. Every time I go to the meal time is the most happy when the white, every time I will give the best meal to eat in vain, I put it to the end of it, it will be happy to jump up, like a few days did not eat like , Greedy saliva have flowed out from the mouth, and see the white with relish to eat food, my heart Le opened the flowers! In vain has been raised my white fat!

Every time I came home from school, I ran back and forth in vain, as if to say: "little master, hug me." I quickly put down the bag to hold it, it is warm, so I felt the slightest Warm and infinite happiness. Every time I am upset, in vain to immediately ran over, amused me laugh! I saw my smile in vain, he was happy with it! I became a pair of the most friendly friend! In vain has become my home "blessed with the same Enjoy, there is a difficult when "a member of the!

Once, because the family of cabbage is not much, I want to eat slowly to eat, put the cabbage to the white mouth, may be too hungry, it accidentally to my hand to bite. Grandfather angry to kill in vain, rabbit meat has become a delicious food on the table, I was too sorry to eat, until now I still miss the lovely white.

In vain, may you live happier in paradise!

Winter rain, not to mention how familiar. Winter rain sister every day heaven, people happy people worry. The streets are both desolate and deserted, and are basically desolate. Winter sisters rain is rain, can choose the wind brother to trouble, the original beautiful and romantic winter rain in peoples mouth becomes annoying.

Once, I sat in the father of the battery car, just the sky floating drizzle, can be a big wind. I joked: "rain with the wind flurry, really a flower ed on the cow dung!" Dad smiled. Because the rain came, the sky became dark, and all the hearings were rain "ticking", the "rushing" sound of the rain, or the rocking of the leaves of the wind - The sound in the rain, "patronize" when it is too much! Every time the rain, everything becomes wet da da, it seems that the wind was a bath. Can snake, turtle, some hibernating animals can not accept the "bath task", just want to be over the hole in the cold winter.

There is no way, and can not hibernate, can only think of their own way to keep warm in the morning, no longer someone from morning to night out of morning practice; noon, although the day is the hottest time, to the winter, it does not meet the science; The coldest day, is like a forest silence ... ... the land is the most common puddle, and one foot down, they will splash countless small water, splashed on peoples clothes, pants, so a no Attention, clothes pants on the wet. Those small puddles, reflecting all things, the plot will even become a small tadpole swimming.

Winter rain, people happy to worry!

The river in my hometown has a beautiful name— Xiaoqing River.The water in the river is nice and clean just like its nice name.

Xiaoqing River usually shows us her kinds of beauty. When spring comes, grass and flowers will cover both of her banks. We find our Xiaoqing River is really like a girl in white clothes. To our children, we like the river in summer best.

We can enjoy ourselves during the holiday, like swimming, playing water games and so on.

[描写家乡小河的英语作文

the four seasons of chongqing!

for a small growth in chongqing, the four seasons of chongqing, i am no longer familiar, now let me introduce to you! the spring of chongqing. to tell the truth, the spring in chongqing is very fast, almost a month has passed, although over very quickly, but there is so littlebeauty. look! spring girl came, she was wearing colorfulclothes, dancing in the air, to the southeast northwest various shed a few drops of green pigment, the earth willchange from white to green, then sprinkle with flowers and grass, so the earth grow flowers and grass. springis so beautiful ah!

spring passed fast, ushered in a hot, long summer.summer, the sun to the earth are roasted, people in theshade under the cold, fan, say, next to the tree trunkcicada also know endlessly crying, it is really an idealrealm!

winter in chongqing is not what the mood in the snow,winter in chongqing is cold. so only from eat aspects to introduce. the cold winter, one family gathered together to eat hot pot, melt it, is what a wonderful thing!

this is the four seasons of chongqing!

Monkeys range in size from the Pygmy Marmoset,at 140 to 160 millimetres (5–6 in) long (plus tail) and 120 to 140 grams (4–5 oz) in weight,to the male Mandrill,almost 1 metre (3.3 ft) long and weighing 35 kilograms (77 lb).Some are arboreal (living in trees) while others live on the savanna; diets differ among the various species but may contain any of the following:fruit,leaves,seeds,nuts,flowers,eggs and small animals (including insects and spiders).

Some characteristics are shared am ong the groups; most New World monkeys have prehensile tails while Old World monkeys have non-prehensile tails or no visible tail at all.Some have trichromatic color vision like that of humans,others are dichromats or monochromats.Although both the New and Old World monkeys,like the apes,have forward-facing eyes,the faces of Old World and New World monkeys look very different,though again,each group shares some features such as the types of noses,cheeks and rumps.

猴种类的部分特征差不多,例如很多新世界猴会有缠卷的尾巴,这样当它们爬树时就可以用来抓着树枝,相反旧世界猴就没有缠卷的尾巴,而是有较小的鼻孔,鼻孔之间的距离也较近,部分的背部有硬皮,就像嵌入的座椅靠垫般；部分也像人类有三色的视力；其他则是两色视或单色视.虽然新旧世界猴,像猿,都有向前的眼睛,但二者的脸部却是不同的；而每种类的猴仔都有某些特征一样,例如鼻子,颚部和臀部的类型.因此如果要明白猴的话,必须去学习它们的个别不同的特征.

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

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

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

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

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

哈哈哈，我终于等到了圣诞节了，在今天，我要把我的五角星给花光。

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

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

买了心爱的东西，我便回了教室，玩了起来。

虽然我没有买到我最喜欢的东西，但是我还是得到了快乐。

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。

我并不喜欢冬天，但是看着一些商店卖出了圣诞节的商品，我才猛然意识到圣诞节近了。圣诞节，让我想起了雪花，我盼望圣诞节的太阳雪。我穿上了春装，又换上了裙子，换上了秋衣。现在有一个圣诞节到了!

在我认为太阳雪，是上天送给人类的圣诞礼物，它比什么都纯洁，比什么都珍贵。记得一天的傍晚，我和家人在逛街，突然有一个冰凉的的东西掉在的我的脸上，惊喜的发现下雪了。我的心情豁然开朗，便伸手捧几片雪花，像泡沫撮成的小球，迎着太阳轻轻地飘在这个世界上。柔柔的，暖暖的，飘在圣诞树上，和灯光融合在一起，我称它太阳雪。它是这一年的第一场雪

下太阳雪的景象真美啊!只见雪花簌簌地不断往下落，像柳絮，像蒲公英的种子，飘飘悠悠地落下来。乍一看，它又如烟一样轻，银一样白，玉一样润。一朵朵，冉冉飘落。雪，一个劲儿往我的脖子、手心儿里钻，那么清凉，使人顿时觉得心旷神怡，虽然雪不大，但我张开嘴，伸出舌头去舔那雪花，想尝尝雪花的滋味，有一种凉丝丝的感觉。

太阳雪越下越大，近处，一棵棵圣诞树上挂满了蓬松松、沉甸甸的雪球儿，真是“忽如一夜春风来，千树万树梨花开”。

我盼望下雪，圣诞节的太阳雪

In modern hectic society, people often need timely leisure activities to relieve the pressure of his tight and emotional. People borrow from leisure activities besides can improve work efficiency, medical also prove appropriate leisure activities can improve the bodys immune ability, visible in modern leisure activities to live we how important it is!

My favorite recreational activity is go to the riverside park ride a bicycle. When the holiday comes, my father often takes me to riverside park to ride a bicycle for bridge. Cycling is not only let me enjoy the driving pleasure, and glides gracefully in purple flowers and green trees, picturesque scenery greeted constantly! Tired, you can also to ride was sitting by the roadside landscape park, enjoying the natural beauty of the blue sky, green space, the stream, enjoying the mother prepared drinks and snacks, not only make the usual accumulation of learning pressure immediately eliminated, but also make me feel full of happiness!

But after the invention of smart phones, "down" the situation has become so common, we often can see either in a ride or walk, always hand a tablet or a mobile phone on the Internet or play games, such not only can let eyesight worse, possibly because look at the road lead to the occurrence of traffic accidents, this kind of leisure activities not only to physical and mental development, but also may have a bad influence. So when we engage in leisure activities, should have more contact with nature, let the body and mind to be able to lift, it can achieve the goal of leisure activities.

Riding a bike can not only eliminate fatigue, exercise fitness, fitness, body, also can appreciate the beautiful scenery, more can energy saving carbon reduction, protect the earth, is really a good leisure activity!

在现代紧张忙碌的社会中，人们经常需要适时的休闲活动来纾解自己紧绷的压力及情绪。人们借由休闲活动除了可以提升工作效率之外，医学也证明适度的休闲活动可以提高身体的免疫能力，可见休闲活动对身处在现代的我们是多么的重要!

我最喜欢的休闲活动是去河滨公园骑脚踏车。每当假日来临时，爸爸经常会带我到永福桥下的河滨公园骑脚踏车。骑脚踏车不但让我享受到驾驭的快感，而且优游在奼紫嫣红的花朵和绿意盎然的树林间，如画的风景不断映入眼帘!骑累时，还可以坐在路旁的造景公园中，欣赏着由蓝天、绿地、小溪组成的自然美景，享受着妈妈准备的饮料和零嘴，不但使平时累积的学习压力顿时消除，而且也让我感受到满满的幸福呢!

然而自从智慧型手机发明之后，“低头族”的情况变得非常普遍，我们经常可以看到不管是在搭车或走路时，总是人手一台平板电脑或是手机在上网或玩游戏， 这样不但会让视力变差，还可能因为不看路而导致交通事故的发生，这种休闲活动不但对身心发展没有帮助，反而还可能有不良的影响。所以我们在从事休闲活动时，应该多接触大自然，让身心灵都能够向上提升，这才能达到从事休闲活动的目的。

骑脚踏车不但可以消除疲劳、锻练体能、强健体魄、舒展身心，还能欣赏美景，更可以节能减碳、保护地球，真是个好的休闲活动呢!

It seems that people always have a desire to compare: am I prettier than others? Are we living in a better age? Or, as the question goes, is our life easier and more enjoyable than it was several decades ago? I would say no, as I have witnessed the struggle and paradox of our generation.

First of all, we are now living in an age of revolution with no previous human experience that could be referred to. Living in such a fast-changing world would not be easy and comfortable at all; with everything keeps changing, everyone has to move fast in order to catch up with the majority. However, people were much more stable and care-free when our grandparents were children; they did not have to learn a second language in order to get a better job, or read a lot in order to get informed. Yet in our age, these are supposed to be the responsibility of young people.

Another discomfort of our age is that we are experiencing interpersonal alienation. With the development of communication technology, people in fact become alienated with friends and relatives since they could be so easily accessed via phone or email. Too often we feel that few of our friends are true friends, without the traditional feeling of mutual affection which could only be created by longtime apart. But several decades ago, people treasured their friends and maintained relatively close interpersonal relations, which is much more enjoyable than the estrangements we are experiencing.

The last factor that has made our age so uncomfortable is the abusive use of technology. Although it brings much convenience, it essentially changes human – we are no longer the master of tools, but instead the slaves of devices. We rush to metro station in order to catch an early train, sit in front of radioactive computers all day long in order to get our work done, and stay in air-conditioned rooms all summer without experiencing the natural changes outside thick cement walls. Several decades ago, people could still live closer to nature and make rational use of modern technology, which to me is the essence of human living experience.

However, the comparison between different times is itself ridiculous. The criteria could not be easily determined, and opinions are highly personal. Anyway, we have a longer life span, more advanced medical facilities, and easier traffic than our grandparent when they were children, and we should treasure the present experience. Imagination of the past might only be nostalgia – if I ask my grandparents the same question, they might as well say that our life is much better than the past generations. Who knows? As long as the world is still peaceful, life at any time would not become too difficult to handle.

[描写我们的生活的英语满分作文

Birds dont fly high up in the sky. The air is too thin.

It is hard for birds to breathe in thin air. Thin air doesnt hold them up.

Birds fly near the ground so that they can see where they are. The birds look for places they know. Then they do not get lost. Some birds fly so low over the ocean that the waves often hide them. Many birds fly a long distance in the spring and autumn.

鸟不在天空的高处飞。因为空气太薄。

鸟很难呼吸稀薄的空气。稀薄的空气让它们飞的并不持久。

鸟飞在地面附近,这样它们可以看到它们在哪里。鸟儿知道它们要寻找的地方，所以它们不会迷路。有些鸟飞得很低以致于海洋波浪经常淹没了他们。许多鸟类在春天和秋天可以飞行很长的距离。

I have gone through things like the stars in the sky, and some I sigh about, I have shame, I have great anger, I feel some of the majesty, I feel some fun, let me some experience The taste of success! On that occasion, I have a class students have bought a sachet, I put together into the nose to smell, thiophene wow, the aroma is pressing, I remained fresh in his memory. I would very much like to buy one, my mother will not let me buy it, had no choice but to own it.

I take out a lot of overflowing delicate fragrance of the petals in a variety of colors. Home to some of the first jet is very strong aroma of perfume. So that each petal is a damp, and then dry on the balcony.

In two days, the petals completely done, I order for another strong aroma, I have all the flower pot and pour it into the water, until completely soaked, I picked up and dried on the balcony.

Done, I have a lot of sprayed Perfume, a Huatai Xiang! Shannon was a sharp! Spent since resolved, it should address the package what the petals!

I would like to start using cloth bags to use later. After careful consideration, I decided to use plastic bags.

I am in a plastic bag inside and outside sprayed with perfume, and some of the color-and infected with green, and then the petals into a plastic bag, tied with lines, but also with a number of needle holes, so that the aroma to overflow! I Im told that thiophene wow! And buy it from top to bottom, regardless of the sachet! Seems to smell slightly better than to buy the sachet! Ha ha!

I am in the moment of completion of the sachet, I think the days are so blue, clouds are so white, the grass is so green. Now I learn to produce sachet is the most proud of a bright star! I really wanted to announce to the world: I succeed you!

At noon Saturday, Dad took a puppy, his eyes were small, his mouth was small, the puppys body and the head were white, the feet were black, the tail was yellow, the puppy was early To the night always love to call, so I gave the dog played a loud name called "bark".

Barking three months old, its sense of smell is very sensitive, and once, I was eating snacks at home, often from there ran around me, I gave him to share my snacks, it brought me A lot of fun.

Once again, my family stewed pork ribs, I was eating with relish, barking, it called me twice, I knew it was hungry, so gave it a large bones, barking chung Have relish, Mom and Dad read, smile from ear to ear.

Sunday, I am barking to go out to play, I took a disc, I put the disc thrown out, often ran immediately to find the disc, you say the boring reaction is not very sensitive.

Time is so fast, eyes, bark has been six months old, his running faster, but the father gave it to the people.

A year later, I still did not forget this partner.

Not long ago, my family came a "gentleman", it was covered with plush, much like marshmallow, so sometimes I called it marshmallow, did not think it, it is our new members, a puppy, Its name is called white, its long ears to cover half of the face, eyes round yo, like two black pearls. White happy time, always thrown the tail, making mistakes, always sandwiched tail under the table or under the bed, afraid of others to fight it.

Eat when the white is always the small head buried in the iron wrist, arching iron wrist straight circle. It is very greedy, like a goldfish, will only eat, do not know full, once, it eat too much, the whole stomach bulging, like a frog, had to obediently lying on the ground a move can not move. When we were not at home, it made a mess of the house and torn the paper at home. It shoes to other places or bite the shoes. Once, it took my sandals out to the door, causing me everywhere could not find.

White like to go with people, my father and mother called it with stooge. It also likes others to touch it, others touch it when it obediently lying on the ground to touch.

I like my familys puppy because its funny and it brings a lot of laughter to our house.

I am a small goldfish, beautiful and lovely. The head of a pair of eyes bulging, looks thriving. An "O" -shaped mouth is always cheerfully bubbling. Its belly chubby, the back inlaid with golden scales, like wearing a gold armor, swimming up glittering. Its two fins on the chest, like two oars, helping it to draw water and walk through the water. But the most beautiful but also the number of its tail, like a bright princess skirt, swimming is simply a blooming Golden Flower.

Small goldfish just bought back, fed it bait, it began to eat, it seems very shy, very afraid, and so we are familiar with the bluntly. Now whenever I go to feed it, it will swing the tail happy to swim to the surface, staring at big eyes, Zhang big mouth, while eating and greeting me. Sometimes the little goldfish eat a big mouth to spit out a bubble, and sometimes eat the fish and spit it out, like playing like. After eating, its mouth looked up, as if singing! But this little guy silly, never know what is "full". If you keep feeding it, it will eat it. So every time I can only feed it a little bit. In addition, I often let it to the sun in the sun, so that its color will be more vivid.

Sometimes I want to tease small goldfish, put his fingers into the water, small goldfish that is delicious things, then bit hard to bite my fingers, but found that this thing is very hard but can not eat, and no point Taste, just know fooled. At this time, the small goldfish will shake its big eyes, as if I rolled his eyes

Look, more lovely little goldfish! Looking at it in the water free to swim, I am happy!

My neighbor is from USA. He is a professor in a university here. He always says "Hi" when he sees any people in the neighborhood. I went to his home this Christmas with my friends. I gave him a Christmas card. He was so happy. He took out some food and some drinks. And, we sang some Christmas songs with him and ate a little of food. He played the piano and we danced and played games. When it was getting late, we said goodbye to him. He thanked us for our visit and placed my Christmas card on his refrigerator. He also said, “Thanks, Little Cherry.” It was a good day.

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I do not know what time from the beginning every Saturday night orange Chau Tau will be fireworks attracted many residents and tourists.

On a Saturday this year summer vacation eating dinner mom and Dad took several brother and sister and I went to the Orange Isle fireworks. Came to Xiangjiang where people can really multi ah! Eight at night setting off the fireworks start on time. All the fireworks is a riot of colours resplendent with variegated coloration the crowd issued from time to time bursts of applause cheers. Especially the last fireworks it is beautiful.

Eight twenty fireworks over the crowd gradually dispersed we followed the crowd to ones hearts content to go home.

it was one of the last days before christmas, and the as sistants in the large store had their hands full serving eager christmas shoppers.

at one counter an old lady was choosing gloves red ones for her daugher in law, light blue ones for her niece, pink ones for her grand daughter, green ones for her sister and by the time she had found what she wanted, the counter was covered with pairs of all colors and sizes.

when the salesgirl had finally written out the bill and was about to turn to the next customer with a tired voice. "thank you very much, madam," the old lady suddenly cried out, "oh, i almost forgot..."——"anything else, madam?" said the girl, "yes," began the old lady, "id like to buy another pair, but i m not quite sure about what exactly i should cloose. i wonder if you could help me." "certainly, madam", was the girls reply. the old lady then went on to explain that what she was looking for was a pair of gloves for a girl of her age. she was not at ail sure what color to choose, and the design was a problem too.

the tired girl did her best to help the old lady make up her mind, showing her ail kinds of gloves.

at last the chosen pair of gloves were wrapped up and paid for as well, and as the girl was about to turn to the next customer, the old lady handed her a little parcel and said, "these now, dear, these are for you and thank you for being so patient. i do hope you have a merry christmas !"

"We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas…"Have you heard that song? Yup! Its Christmas time! This Christmas, I stayed with my "host family"1. It was an amazing experience to see how a typical American family would celebrate the biggest western festival of the year.

Christmas, like our Spring Festival, has a meaning in itself. Christmas Day, which is on December 25, is the birthday of Jesus Christ--the son of God. Thats why it is called Christmas. On that day, Christians would get together with their families to celebrate the birthday of Jesus. But nowadays, the religious meaning of Christmas has become less emphasized. To many families, it is just a time of family reunion and the ever-exciting present-giving.

Our school had been on winter vacation since December 11. I stayed at my friend, Stephen Stapczynskis house--his family was my "host family". Although Christmas was still more than ten days ahead, the festive spirit had already been teeming everywhere. The Christmas tree had already been set up, and on every windowsill, there were Christmas lights. On the first day I arrived at their house, Stephen and I helped Mrs. Stapczynski put decorations on the Christmas tree. The tree looked so nice with all the lights on and the beautiful ornaments dangling from its branches.

As Christmas came closer, the whole neighborhood had made preparations too. Some people would hold parties at their houses, inviting all their neighbors to come. So every night, if you went out, you would see a long line of cars parked in front of some house--a partys on!

Whats more, the Christmas decorations that some people put on their windows and in gardens were just amazing. On one night, we went out in our car for a "tour of lights". There was one street that was so famous for its lights that it got its way into the local paper. We had a hard time finding the well-hidden street, but it turned out to be worth the effort. Lights shone brightly in front of nearly every house, on trees, bushes, doors, windows…everywhere, taking different shapes, making it seem almost like daytime. Huge inflatable figures in the front gardens were waving to us: there were Santa Clauses2, of course, chuckling merrily away; and there were also other Christmas figures, like Rudolph3--the red-nosed reindeer--with his red nose gleaming ever so brightly; even Bart Simpson--a character in the famous comedy The Simpsons--had joined the jolly party, wearing a Santas hat. The street set off a lot of "ooh"s and "aah"s inside the car.4 When we left, there was a line of cars in the street, all there to see the lights.

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 modern ways of making the Christmas season merry.

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You might think that advertisements do not affect you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself: Why am I buying this particular product?