圣诞节英语作文初三合集20篇

the name christmas is short for "christs mass". a mass is a kind of church service. christmas is a religious festival. it is the day we cele

ate as the birthday of jesus. there are special christmas services in christian churches all over the world. but many of the festivities of christmas do not have anything to do with religion. exchanging gifts and sending christmas cards are the modern ways of celeating the christmas in the world.

the birth of jesus had a story: in nazareth, a city of galilee. the virgins name was mary was betrothed to joseph. before they came together, she was found with child of the holy spirit. joseph her husband was minded to put her away secretly. while he thought about these things, gaiel, an angel of the lord appeared to him in a dream and told him did not be afraid to take mary as wife. and mary willing forth a son, and he shall call his name, jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.

before jesus births, joseph and mary came to quirnius was governing syria. so all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. joseph also went up out of galilee, out of the city of nazareth, into judea, to the city of david, which is called bethlehem, because he was of the house and of the lineage of david, to be registered with mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. so it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to bedelivered. and sheought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

On Christmas night, my mother took me to the street. I saw the streets and the sea of people. The goods in the shops, a superb collection of beautiful things beyond count, and high quality and inexpensive, people are busy purchasing the goods. At a small ornament shop, my mother bought me a Christmas hat for me as a Christmas gift.

I happily wear Christmas hat, continue to walk in the street, in a photo in front of my mother and I saw Mitch and Minnie respectively on both sides of the station in the door, put a different posture, to attract customers. The door also posted a variety of high-profile Santa avatar, infinite changes, children in different poses and with different expressions, the eyes are often attracted to the front of the scene, standing there all eyes looked for a moment to go with mom and dad. I wandered for a long time, and when my father and mother kept pressing, I was reluctant to go home.

This is my Christmas, and I hope I can get the gift of Santa Claus next year.

My Math Teacher Mr. Wu is my math teacher. He is tall and outgoing. He likes sports very much. Mr. Wu is a kind teacher. When I was in Grade One, my math was poor and I couldn’t work out the problems. He helped me with it and told me the good ways to learn math. He regarded me as his own child. Now my math is better and I often get good grades. I really thank him for his kind help. No matter where I go, I will remember I have an excellent teacher.

我的数学老师吴先生是我的数学老师。他又高又外向。他非常喜欢运动。吴先生是一位善良的老师。当我在一年级的时候，我的数学很差，我不能解决问题。他帮我学习，并告诉我学习数学的好方法。他把我当作他自己的孩子。现在我的数学成绩好了，我经常取得好成绩。我真的感谢他对我的帮助。无论我走到哪里，我都会记得我有一个优秀的老师。

[初三英语作文： Unforgettable person

Christmas as a grand festival of the west, in addition to the Christmas tree, also cannot little taste delicious food. Before Christmas Turkey dinner is a case card main course, people might do in a microwave oven, the holidays a lot of people now is in outside restaurant to have dinner, merchants can also use the opportunity to make money out of customers, of course, there are many Christmas food, ginger bread, candy, and so on.

In addition, people also give gifts to each other, this is the childrens favorite, often can get lots of presents.

圣诞节作为西方的一个隆重庆祝节日，除了圣诞树，也不能少了好吃美味食品。圣诞节火鸡大餐就是例牌主菜了，以前的人们或许会用微波炉自己做，现在的人们过节好多就是在外面餐馆里用餐了，商家们也会利用机会赚顾客们的钱，当然还有许多圣诞节食品，姜饼、糖果等等了。

除此之外，人们还互相赠送礼物，这是孩子们最喜欢的了，常常能收到许许多多的礼物。

201x is coming, we this a group of lovely children on holiday again!

Winter vacation coming, do you have any good plan? I have oh! In this cold winter holiday, I plan to continue here in shenzhen longgang. I also want to mom and dad, brother elder sister go to shenzhen window of the world! We are the window of the world spent a happy afternoon. In the evening, its a good time for a rising tide, this is my cousin told me oh!

So, when we had dinner in the evening go to the big plum sand for a swim. Swim there is super fun! Also recommend everyone out to play together! In the big plum sand there, we can play with sand, and picking up shells and sand building! Is really fun. After hearing what I said, do you have the idea of want to go to the big plum sand?

My winter holiday and plan! Im going to buy some books about learning. Well, I have put the drawing technology, painting a picture of the difficulty of general drawing every day. I have a winter holiday plan, that is the preparation in advance. Know what meaning be? What I mean is this: on the computer to find information related to the grade four part ii, the text... I prepare to "offer". In class, so I can answer the teacher asked the question a lot!

This is my winter vacation plan, do you like?

201x来临啦，我们这一群可爱的孩子们又放寒假啦!

寒假来临，你们有什么好计划呢?我就有哦!在这个严寒的寒假，我打算继续在深圳龙岗这里过。我还要和爸爸妈妈，哥哥姐姐一起去深圳市的世界之窗哦!我们要在世界之窗度过一个快快乐乐的下午。晚上，正是涨潮的好时间，这是我的表姐告诉我的哦!

所以，我们晚上吃完饭的时候一起去大梅沙游泳。那里游泳超级好玩的哟!也推荐大家一起出玩玩哦!在大梅沙那里，我们可以玩踢沙子之战，还有沙子建筑和捡贝壳呢!的确是很好玩的。听我这么一说，你们有没有想去大梅沙的念头呢?

我寒假还有计划呢!我要去买一些关于学习的书本来看。还有呢，我还有把画画技术提高，每天画一幅难度一般般的画。我还有一个寒假计划呢，那就是提前预习。知道是什么意思吗?我的意思是这样的：在电脑上找到与四年级下册有关的资料、课文……来“提供”我预习。这样在课堂上，我就可以多多回答老师问的问题了!

这就是我的寒假计划，你们喜欢吗?

Now many students become crazy about collecting cards of heroes of the Three Kingdoms in my school. After one gets a card, he will share it with his friends. Being addicted to it, many students have changed a lot.

Some students even play the cards in class so that they have fallen behind in their study. The card is included as a gift in the bag of some food which costs 1.5 yuan. Therefore, to get these cards, many students try their best to get money, even steal money. Sometimes they would rather not eat breakfast than give up buying the food with that card.

It is not long before they collect a lot of cards. Without good care the cards can be stolen easily. Thus, many students fight for the cards, which damage their friendship.

SoDont be fascinated in collecting cards any longer. Study earnestly and become a good host of the new century!

[关于初三英语作文推荐：DontLetCardColl

Chrismas Father was the descendant of a deity called Odin. It‘s 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 people‘s houses by the track and he put the presents into children‘s 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.

It is said that there was a goodness man went broke his domain. He lived a hardlife and he has three daughters. The three daughters were being married but he didn‘t have money to buy dower for his daughters. On the happy Chrismas Eve three girls went to bed early. They didn‘t know that their father was so worried. At last the Chrismas father decided to help them . He besprinkled gold through the stack and the gold fell into the socks of the man‘s daughters. They lived a happy life from then on… Chrismas socks was origined by this.

In China, Mid-autumn Day is considered to be a symbol of family reunion. On this day, all the family members gather together at home to celebrate this special occasion. Last year, I could not celebrate the festival with my family because I was in university. However, this special day left a deep impression on me.

I still remember the atmosphere of that evening. All the students who could not go back home assembled in our classroom, having a party to celebrate this traditional festival. We tried our best to show our own enthusiasm. As an ethnic minority, I performed a peacock dance, which received warm applause. After the two-hour party, we went out to the playground and sat together to appreciate the moon because it is a tradition on Mid-autumn Day. We ate moon cakes, played cards, and listened to romantic poems recited by one of our classmates. In that harmonious atmosphere, nobody felt lonely or homesick even though we were far away from our homes.

Thanks to our classmates, I experienced such a colorful and interesting Mid-autumn Day at my university. Thus, I learned to value all the festivals I spent during my university life.

在中国,中秋节是家庭团聚的象征。在这一天,所有的家庭成员聚在一起在家里庆祝这特别的时刻。去年,我不能和我的家人庆祝节日,因为我在大学。然而,这个特殊的日子给我留下了深刻的印象。

我还记得那天晚上的气氛。所有的学生不能回家聚集在我们的教室,有一个派对庆祝这个传统节日。我们尝试努力显示自己的热情。作为少数民族,我进行了孔雀舞,热烈的掌声。两小时后,我们去操场,坐在一起欣赏月亮,因为它是一个传统的中秋节。我们吃月饼,打牌,听浪漫的诗就被我们的一个同学。在这种和谐的气氛,没有人感到孤独和想家,即使我们远离家园。

感谢我们的同学,我经历过这样一个多彩和有趣的中秋节在我的大学。因此,我学会了珍惜所有的节日期间,我花了我的大学生活。

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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敬爱的马老师：

I apologize that I cannot go to school today. Last night my mother had a high fever and coughed badly. I think that she has got flu. She didn t have a good sleep and is very weak today, so I will go to Tiantan Hospital with my mother, and then stay at home to attend her. Because of this I have to ask for leave. I will appreciate you very much if you can allow my leave.

很抱歉我今天不能去上学了。昨天夜里我妈妈发高烧，咳嗽得厉害，我想她可能是得了流感。昨天晚上她休息得不好，而且今天很虚弱，所以我陪妈妈去天坛医院，然后在家照顾她。因此我不得不请假。如果您能准假我会非常感激。

Yours,

Li Li

您的学生 李丽

[初三英语请假条模版

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!

Christmas is coming! I whispered in my dream, and I enjoyed the joy of Christmas in my dream.

The house is full of bright, transparent, flower - shaped candles like a crystal. In the most eye-catching small hall stood a tree in a green pearl do "dress", and then set a "small yarn made of silk dress" decorated with the stars and the moon nine color flowers, a riot of colours will change forever, not snow, feels, not cold. Its still warm! The things in the world turned into crystal, and from time to time they made a pleasant sound.

The people who were worn out by their work were playing with their children on the day and flying in the air. All the toys have gained new life, and all the good people who have died are back.

Santa Claus gave us a gift with a beautiful reindeer and spilled sweet and delicious sweets on the path. How I wish Santa could send me a collection of articles from all the people in the world!

Christmas is so happy!

圣诞节来啦!我在梦中轻声唤道，美梦中我享受着圣诞的快乐。

家里到处挂满了像星星一般明亮，像水晶一样透明的花形蜡烛。在最醒目的小厅里放着一棵穿着绿珍珠做的“上衣”，再套上一件用丝绸做的“小纱裙”，上面缀着五彩缤纷的九色花、会变色的星星和月亮，永远不化的雪花，摸上去，一点儿也不冷，还热乎乎的呢！这个世界上的东西都变成水晶似的，不时地发出悦耳的声音。

被工作弄得疲惫不堪的大人们，在这一天都和孩子们一起玩耍，在空中飞舞。玩具们都获得了新生命，已经逝世的好人们都回到了从前。

圣诞老人架着美丽无比的驯鹿车给我们送礼，还不时把香甜可口的糖果洒在路过的小道上。我多么希望圣诞老人能送我一本世界上所有人的文章集啊!

圣诞节真有这么快乐就好了！

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”。

Christmas Day is on December the twenty-fifth.It is a western festival.On that day all the family dress up and give gifts to each other.They also prepare a beautiful tree and www.songfeng.com ome colorful lights .On that day they put their gifts under the tree and in the evening they give them to their family.Some delicious food will be certainly bought .They must say "Merry Christmas Day" to each other.

What can I do for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo?

We all know that the Expo 2010 will be held in Shanghai. Being citizens of Shanghai, we fell proud and responsible. It is said there will be 7,000 visitors from different countries coming to Shanghai. What can I do for the Expo 2010 at that time?

There is no doubt that I will be a volunteer to give services to the Expo 2010. I am good at English and I can communicate fluently with foreign guests. I must study English even harder so that I can introduce to them in English the rapid development of Shanghai and I can also help them. I can make them feel at home in Shanghai, such as showing them the way to their hotels or to the places of interest in Shanghai.

In a word, I will keep in mind the theme of the Expo 2010 “Better City, Better Life” and do my best for the great festival.

初三英语作文：Our School

Our school, which was set up in 1945, lies in the south of Changchun City. It is famous in our city.

It has 24 classes. 8 classes in each grade. The number of the students and teachers adds up to over 2,000. In the front of the school stands a high classroom building, behind which is a lab buiding. We have many of our chemistry and biology classes in it. Between them is a new library built 3 years ago. There are a large number of books there. After lunch a number of students like reading there.

On the right there is a football field and two basketball courts. They are our favorite places in our spare time. It is said that a swimming pool will be built to the left.

Our school is big and beautiful, covered with green trees and colorful flowers. Many piople call it a garden school. It’s really a good place for us to study in.

[关于Our School的初三英语作文

Hello, everyone!

My name is Winnie. I m a 15 years old girl. I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.

I m an active, lovely, and clever girl. In the school my favorite subject is math. Perhaps someone thinks it s difficult to study well. But I like it. I believe that if you try your best, everything can be done well.

I also like sports very much. Such as, running, volleyball and so on.

I m kind-hearted. If you need help, please come to me.

I hope we can be good friends!

OK. This is me .A sunny girl.

[最新初三英语作文:To introduce myself

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。

Happy Christmas, mother decided to let me to spend the day.

Get up in the morning, I received a mother for my Christmas gift: a pack of happy fruit and a bag of chocolate. Mother told me, gave me happy fruit is hope I happy every day!

Eaten lunch, mother took me to wanda plaza. As soon as I get there, I was impressed by the big screen on the wall, which played again and again on December 24, Christmas Eve, Santa Claus in Finland scenario to meet with you. Later, we went into the myriad department. At this moment, I found that there is a thick atmosphere of Christmas: the forms of the Christmas tree is put everywhere, green, silver, and gold,,,,,, a tree full of all sorts of small adorn article, Christmas Christmas songs from the radio constantly. I immersed in the festive atmosphere, with radio hum their Christmas songs, and feasted on all kinds of Christmas ornaments. Suddenly, mothers voice nearby the ear: "wow! How time flies! Its almost to the six o clock!" Suddenly, I feel good hungry! Hurriedly pull mother walked to the restaurant,,,,,,

Today I had a very happy, is really a happy Christmas!

圣诞节到了，妈妈决定让我快快乐乐地度过这一天。

早上一起床，我就收到了妈妈给我准备的圣诞节礼物：一包开心果和一袋巧克力。妈妈告诉我，送我开心果是希望我天天开心!

吃过中午饭，妈妈带我来到了万达广场。一到那里，我就被墙壁上的大屏幕给吸引住了，上面一次次地播放着12月24日，也就是平安夜，芬兰圣诞老人和大家见面会的场景。后来，我们进了万千百货。这时，我才发现这里充满了浓浓的圣诞节气氛：到处都摆放着形态各异的圣诞树，有绿色的、银色的、还有金色的••••••树上挂满了各种各样的圣诞节小饰品，广播里不断地传来圣诞节的歌声。我沉浸在这节日的气氛中，一边跟着广播哼唱着圣诞节歌曲，一边尽情地欣赏着各种各样的圣诞节装饰物。忽然，耳边响起妈妈的声音："哇!时间过得真快!已经快到六点了!"我一下子回过神来，感觉肚子好饿呀!赶紧拉着妈妈向餐厅走去••••••

今天我过得很快乐，真是一个快乐的圣诞节啊!

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"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, windowseverywhere, 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.

Christmas is the time for exchanging presents. Stephen and Niko had been thinking about their Christmas lists (a list of things they wish "Santa"to give them for Christmas) for a long time. I didnt want to ask for anything, but the Stapczynskis were so kind to "force"me make one list as well (Mr. Stapczynski told me if I didnt make one he would chop off my legs). So I wrote down a couple of things that I would like to have, and gave the list to them--sorry, my mistake--to Santa.

Finally, Christmas Eve came. There was a special Christmas service at the church at 6 p.m. It was certainly a very interesting experience for me. The priest started the service reading and sang out extractions from a holy book--The Divine Liturgy. For several times, we would stand up and pray.

Sometimes, the church choir would start singing. The atmosphere was very quiet and holy. Then there was a ceremony called "The Receiving Communion". People waited in line to "receive"a spoonful of food from the priest. It was a very special Christmas tradition. The food was made from bread and wine. The bread represents the body of Jesus, and the wine represents his blood. After this ceremony, the priest had a speech. He reminded us not to forget the true meaning of Christmas, and let Jesus really live inside us--that is, to love the people around us wholeheartedly. I think that no matter if you are a Christian or not, this principle should be part of our lives. After the priest finished his speech, the part that I enjoyed most came: Christmas carols5. Christmas carols are songs that people sing at Christmas, such as "Jingle Bells", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Silent Night"and so on. Some were very merry, others sounded quite holy, but all of them were beautiful. I closed my eyes, and let all the peacefulness and happiness that were in the songs flow through me. What a feeling it was!

We went to sleep earlier that day for we had to get up early on Christmas Day to open our presents. Sure enough, when I was still half-way during a sweet dream, Stephen burst into my room and told me to get up and open presents. There were a huge pile of presents under the Christmas tree, and there was such a mysterious mist shrouding them that made me eager to see what they all were. So one by one, we went through all the presents. Mr. and Mrs. Stapczynski had bought me everything I had written on my Christmas list--and a lot more! I got music CDs, film DVDs, clothes, books I was very happy, and I didnt know how to express my appreciation for what they had done for me.

Stephen and Niko had gotten a lot of presents too, and they had already been trying out their new games!

In the afternoon, we went to Mrs. Stapczynskis brother, Uncle Stans house. They had prepared a marvelous meal for us. A lot of their friends and relatives also came. I saw Stephen and Nikos grandparents, Yiayia and Papou (words of grandma and grandpa in Greek--Mrs. Stapczynskis parents came from Greece, so they like the boys using Greek words to call them). They were very kind to me, and treated me just like one of their family members. We had a very luxurious meal, consisting of turkey, beef, pork, and all sorts of other food.

After the meal, when all the stomachs were full and everyone was feeling drowsy6 from all the food, we just sat around the table and chatted, just like what we Chinese people do at the Spring Festival. After all, Christmas, like the Spring Festival, is a time for us to get away from our busy lives, a time for family gathering, and a time to have some fun.

Dear Santa Claus:

It is my great pleasure for me to write to you while the Christmas is

approaching.Since I love you so deeply and trust you so sincerely ,you are

always appearing in my dreams which make me excited and happy all the time.I

believe that you are so kind-hearted with geat magics to the young kids and all

the people as well.I am writing to you,telling you that the world nowadays are

totally a mess!Wars,disputes,pullutions and many natural disasters are torturing

the world and the people.It seems that the earth is coming to its end where the

human being cannot live any longer.Sincerely wish that you can help us and the

earth.

Sincerely,

Yours