用圣诞节写一篇英语作文(精品19篇)

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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祝圣诞平安，新年中有意想不到的收获!小编收集了2016年英语圣诞节祝福语，欢迎阅读。

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

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!

Christmas Day is very popular around the world, which originates in western

country, but now it is celebrated by the world. When this big day comes, there

will be a lot of products that sold in very low prices, and the Santa Clauss

image will be seen all the street. Shops will play Christmas songs. I always

spend this festival with my friends, because my parents dont take this day

seriously. We hang out the street and join the big crowd in the square, singing

with people and then wait for the time to count down. It is such a great moment

for me. I can feel the lively atmosphere, like the New Year. On the way home, we

share our wishes and talk about the happy incidents. Christmas activity brings

me unforgettable memories.

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!

For most western countries, Christmas Day is the biggest festival, and all the people will have the long vacation, just as Spring Festival in China. With the development of globalization, Christmas Day is celebrated by people around the world. When the day comes, Christmas trees can be seen in many shops and some products have the great discounts.

One of the main reasons for people to love Christmas is that they can get the great discounts from some products, which saves them a lot of money. For American people, Christmas Day is the great moment for the families to get together and enjoy the family hour, while for some people they just treat it as the shopping day.

对大多数西方国家来说，圣诞节是最大的节日，所有的人都会有一个长假，就像中国的春节一样。随着全球化的发展，世界各地的人们都在庆祝圣诞节。当这一天到来的时候可以在许多商店看到圣诞树，有些商品还会打上很大的折扣。

人们喜欢圣诞节的一个主要原因是他们可以从一些产品中获得很大的折扣，为他们节省很多钱。对美国人来说，圣诞节是全家人聚在一起享受家庭时光的美好时刻，而对于一些人来说，圣诞节就是购物日。

Dear Miss Luo,

hello

A year has slipped away from our laughter between our eyes, and we should say goodbye to you. Although we only wanted to work for a short year, you left me a deeper impression than the foreign teacher who taught me for five years.

I used to think that Chinese class is a boring thing, but since I know you, I like Chinese class.

First of all, I think you love to encourage classmates. When I answer questions in class, if the answer is right, you will look at me with happy eyes and ask me to make persistent efforts. If I got it wrong, you encouraged me with a gentle voice and spoke to the whole class about my problem. Whether I am right or wrong, I feel happy.

Secondly, I think you are very earnest and meticulous in doing things. For example, when we borrowed arrows from the grass boat, you not only let us learn the surface meaning, but also took us to study the text deeply. To my surprise, you also let us listen to the pingshu, to stimulate the interest of the students, so that the students learn more practical.

You still love to delay, I used to think that it is to deprive me of time to play, but a long time I understand the love for us then, let us learn more knowledge.

Finally, I think you are very concerned about the students, once, there was no meal in the canteen, the students had to be hungry, but you did not ignore, but to invite them to eat noodles.

All in all, you are wonderful, admirable and unforgettable. It seems that this is the main reason that you are better than my original teacher!

I wish you success in your work!

Your students

This month is December. I like December a lot, because Christmas Day is on December 25th. Oh, Christmas Day is coming. I will do many things and get some presents. I think I will very happy.

On Christmas Day, I often play with my friends and go shopping with my parents. But, this year, I will do some other different things. In the morning, I want to listen to music and eat some good food with my sister. In the afternoon, I will go to my English school to have a good party with my classmates. Next, happy time is coming, the moon goes up. I will meet my friends in my house. We will play some happy games. We can dance, sing together and play with Father Christmas. We can also eat cakes, hamburgers and chicken. Health is important for us. So, we do some funny sports. We can jump, hop, turn around and so on…And this day is my best friend ___ Ren Yun’s birthday. I will feel happy.

Oh, my Christmas Day life is very colorful, busy and happy. I love Christmas Day.

译文：

这个月是12月。我很喜欢12月,因为圣诞节是12月25日。哦,圣诞节即将来临。我将做许多事情,得到一些礼物。我想我会很开心。

在圣诞节那天,我经常玩我的朋友和我的父母去购物。但是,今年,我将做一些不同的事情。在早上,我想听音乐和吃一些好的食物和我妹妹。在下午,我将去我的英语学校和我的同学有一个很好的聚会。接下来,快乐的时光即将到来,月亮上升。我将见到我的朋友在我的房子里。我们将玩一些快乐的游戏。我们可以跳舞,一起唱歌,玩圣诞老人。我们还可以吃蛋糕,汉堡包和鸡肉。健康对我们很重要。所以,我们做一些有趣的运动。我们能跳,跳,转身等等…这一天是我最好的朋友___任运的生日。我会感到快乐。

哦,我的圣诞节生活是非常丰富多彩的,忙碌和快乐。我喜欢圣诞节。

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

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

Christmas is amazing looking forward to day, especially kids. We held a Christmas party at school, many of my friends to come to the party. After we said "merry Christmas", we began to sing Christmas songs, such as "edelweiss". Then we speak Christmas stories, such as "Santa Claus", we all had a good time. When the party is coming to an end, we wish each other "happy New Year".

圣诞节是令人雀跃期待的日子，尤其是小孩子。我们在学校举办了圣诞晚会，我的许多朋友都来参加晚会。我们互道“圣诞快乐”后，开始唱圣诞歌，像“雪绒花”等。然后我们讲圣诞故事，如“圣诞老人”等，我们都玩得很开心。当晚会即将结束时，我们互祝“新年快乐”。

With the communication between nations, Christmas Day is more and more popular among people. Christmas Day is on 25th, December, which is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the United States.

Christmas Day celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity religion. “Christmas” means “celebration of Christ”. On that day, people decorate Christmas tree with candies and presents. There is a popular saying about Christmas tree. A farmer served a poor child with delicious food. When the child left, he put a branch into soil and the branch turned into a big tree at once. He pointed at the tree and said that the tree will be full of presents to reward you on that day every year.

Santa Claus is the most popular people on that day. It is a custom to act Santa Claus. Before children go to bed on Christmas Eve, they will put a sock on stove and wait the Santa Claus to put presents into it. So Christmas Day is one of the favorable festivals for children.

On Christmas Day, the whole families sit at a big table under Christmas tree to eat dinner. They value it very much. Christmas songs mainly include three songs: Jingle Bells, Silent Night and Hark! The Herald Angles sing.

Jingle Bells, Silent Night and Hark! The Herald Angles sing.

Now, we know more about the Christmas Day. Do you like that day?

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

Merry Christmas!

圣诞快乐!

Merry Christmas and a happy newyear.

圣诞快乐;恭贺新禧。

Best wishes on this holiday season.

致以圣诞节最诚挚的祝福。

merry christmas and happy new year!

圣诞快乐，恭贺新禧!

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

圣诞之际，祝你心中有首快乐的歌，新年快乐!

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

在圣诞和新年来临之际，祝福你平安、快乐、幸福!

thinking of you and wishing you a beautiful christmas season.

美丽的圣诞节之际，谨致我的思念与祝福。

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

致以热烈的祝贺和良好的祝福，圣诞快乐，新年快乐。

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

happiness and prosperity in the year ahead.

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

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

愿你圣诞和新年幸福无尽。

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

始终思念你，捎来圣诞佳节最美好的祝福，祝圣诞吉祥，新年如意。

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

在这辉煌快乐的圣诞佳节，献上一切美好的祝福!祝一切顺心如意!

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

祝圣诞快乐，新年充满幸福和成功。

a merry christmas and a wonderful new year.

圣诞快乐，新年好!

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

圣诞节一年只有一次，但每次来临都带来喜悦。

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

给你特别的祝福，愿圣诞和新年带给你无边的幸福、如意。

may you have the best christmas ever.

愿你度过最美好的圣诞节!

much joy to you in the up coming year.

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

让温馨的祝愿、幸福的思念和友好的祝福，在圣诞佳节来到你身边，伴你左右。

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A month ago, the golden child English cram school held a Christmas activities.

We just out of college to the golden boy of fifth grade classes, an enter a door to see is full of balloons, came into the classroom after see the seats are filled, so we had to stand to participate in the activities.

After 15 minutes of waiting, finally to 4 o clock, we began the first part: you like me to guess. Teacher asked several of the students go to guess, a minute, sun Dai Xu and Sun Hongsen (is our fifth grade) guess most, each had a big box.

The second part is a turnip squat, game six people, playing two innings, but didnt call me.

Next to the third step is to answer the question, I heard there are a lot of people complain about the teacher back to us, dont call us. This bureau the teacher finally told me that I easily right topic, get a big box.

This Christmas activities not only did I received many gifts, also received a lot of knowledge. Christmas activity is fun.

一个月前，金童英语补习班举行了圣诞节活动。

我们五年级刚出校门就飞奔到金童补习班，一进门看到到处都是气球，进教室后看到座位上都坐满人了，我们只好站着参加活动。

等了十五分钟后，终于到四点钟了，我们开始了第一个环节：你来比划我来猜。老师叫了几个同学上去猜，一分钟时间，孙戴旭和孙洪森(都是我们五年级的)猜的最多，每人得了一个大礼盒。

第二个环节是萝卜蹲，一局六人，玩两局，可是没叫我。

第三个环节是回答问题，我听到旁边有许多人在抱怨老师背对着我们，根本不叫我们。这局老师终于叫我了，我很轻松的答对了题，得到了一个大礼盒。

这个圣诞节活动我不仅获得了许多礼物，还获得了许多知识。圣诞活动真好玩。

Dear teacher,

Hello!

On the occasion of Christmas is approaching, I would like to send you the

most sincere greetings!

I will all kinds of respect and deep wishes woven into the text, with my

piety - bow to you! I silently pray, pray that this thin piece of writing paper

is a boat, with affectionate eyes, sailing into your dream bay, guard your

fatigue, comfort you lend...

Teacher, your hard work! Whenever you figure flashing in the night under

the window lattice, I remember, remember the sacred and ancient division,

remember what an amazing ChengChu exclamation topic...

824. Teacher, I love you for you, for you are sharp in writing style in the

little room; In the quiet of night, with candle burning, you sit in the book

city; You too much hard work and grievance, you too little too little to obtain

and complain...

Ah, your cold and unrestrained, bearing the secular, bearing the

indifference, silently compose a high and vigorous life! Teacher, in your

students bid farewell to the campus that day, in your haoshoupaui that day, your

soul will be comforted, will laugh proud forever!

Teacher, I respect you! The ancients said, "The state will prosper, and

your teacher will be rewarded." China cant take off without you sowing fang Zhi

Xin, science and education to revitalize the country, cant leave you paving the

road and building stones! Look up todays Chinese, respect for teachers and

education, has become a trend. I am excited and excited! I wish every Chinese

respect teacher!

So dead! Several years of cold window, I cant remember how much I have

listened to your teachings! Often recall the old friendship between teachers and

students, often see the teacher todays face, I have a surge of excitement,

gratitude wanfen! "Who made the heart-inch grass, reported in the apartments?

Teacher, please once again accept my sincere blessing and infinite gratitude to

you! Best wishes to your teacher

Good health, happy holidays!

Your students:

敬爱的老师:

您好!

值此圣诞节翩然即至之际，谨向您致以无比诚挚的问候!

我将万般的敬意和深深的祝福编织成文字，带着我的虔诚——给您鞠躬!我默默祈望，祈望这张薄薄的信纸是只小船，载着深情的眼睛，驶进您的梦湾，守护您的劳累，给您慰藉藉……

老师，您辛苦了!每当您的身影在夜幕下的窗棂中闪动，我便记起，记起神圣而古老的师道，记起一个令人枨触感叹的话题……

老师，我热爱您——您，斗室中孜孜矻矻，励精笔耕;您，静夜中秉烛苦读，拥坐书城;您太多太多的辛劳与委屈，您太少太少的索取与抱怨……

啊，您的清寒与潇洒，背负着世俗，背负着冷漠，默默连缀励节高亢的人生!老师，在您的莘莘学子告别校园那天，在您皓首穷经那天，您心力交瘁的灵魂将获抚慰，将笑傲千古!

老师，我尊敬您!古人云:“国将兴，必将贵师重傅。”中华腾飞，离不开您播芳植馨，科教兴国，离不开您铺路筑石!举目当今华夏，尊师重教，蔚然成风。我欣喜感奋!我祝愿每位国人都敬重人师!

逝者如斯!几载寒窗，记不清我聆听过您多少教诲!每每回忆旧日师生情谊，每每再睹老师今日面容，我都心潮激越，感念万端!“谁言寸草心，报得三春晖?”老师，请您再一次接受我对您的真诚祝福和无限感激!敬祝老师您——

身体健康，节日愉快!

您的学生：

Christmas in a year， because I really want to know what Santa Claus looks like， so in the Christmas night secretly sleeping. Deep in the night， I heard someone push the door and know that Santa Claus came to give me a gift. At that time the Santa Claus to go out， I open my eyes to his look， I saw not Santa， but Dad back， he took a flashlight， ready to go out cautiously without any noise. It was not until that moment that I realized that many years of Christmas presents were given by my father and mother， and Santa Claus was just a legend.

This Christmas is coming， I use my weekdays saved money， bought a Christmas hat， Christmas boots， Christmas， ready to put himself into the Christmas of twenty-first Century youth， in this years Christmas for me as a Christmas gift to mom and dad......

Im looking forward to Christmas， and I think Christmas will be a very meaningful experience this year.

Christmas Day is on December 25th. It was originated in the western

country, but today, this festival has been celebrated by the world. For the

manufacturers, they are very happy to make this day as a shopping day. I enjoy

the great atmosphere.

I had a very special Christmas day last year. I experienced the western

style festival. There was a new foreign teacher taught us the lesson. She was

about 50 years old and she was very kind and we all liked her. On Christmas Day,

she brought us the desserts she made early in the morning. We enjoyed the

home-made cakes. Whats more, she invited us to came to her house and spent the

day with her. Then for the first time, I ate big turkey, which was so delicious.

The turkey was filled with many stuffs and the flavor was so good. After dinner,

we sang songs and danced.

Thanks to my foreign teacher, I experienced the American style festival. It

was such funny for me. Though today many people enjoy shopping in all kinds of

festivals, the meaning of these festival should be remembered.

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!

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 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 the modern ways of celebrating 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, Gabriel, 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 will bring 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 Quintus 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 be delivered. And she brought 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. And that, Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus, is on 25th, December every year. But nobody know the actual birthday of Jesus. And the Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly Santa Claus was first made popular in nineteenth Century.

圣诞节的起源，圣诞节是基督徒庆祝耶稣基督诞生的庆祝日，圣诞节这个词的含义是指“基督的弥撒(Christs mass)”，即为“基督的一次聚餐”。这个仪式源自《新约》的“最后的晚餐”。

the holiday called christmas is an amalgam of many winter holidays from around the world. the name is designated as a celebration of the birth of jesus, although the date is not recorded in the bible, and people at that time did not place particular important on birth dates. scientists say the actual date was june 17th, 2bc because of the appearance of the star that beckoned the magi. december 25th was set as the date for christmas in the 4th century by pope julius i as an attempt to christianize midwinter pagan holidays such as solstice and saturnalia. customs such as bringing evergreens inside, eating fat-laden foods, and hanging lights are universal responses to the cold, dark winter season. some of the stranger christmas traditions are remnants of those older pagan holidays, and some have been changed over the centuries until their origins are hard to discern. others were just made up to boost business!

krampus st. nicholas, father christmas, or santa claus is the weirdest christmas tradition ever, but he is so well known and so well documented that his origins are beyond the scope of this particular post. as a tool to encourage good behavior in children, santa serves as the carrot, and krampus is the stick. krampus is the evil demon anti-santa, or maybe his evil twin. krampus night is celebrated on december 5th, the eve of st. nicholas day in austria and other parts of europe. people dress as krampus and roam the streets looking for someone to beat with a stick. since it is also a night for drinking, the beatings probably don’t hurt much. (image by flickr user salendron.)

圣诞节是全世界冬季节日的集合。之所以取名为圣诞节，是为着纪念耶稣的诞生，尽管《圣经中》并未记载耶稣诞生的具体日期，那个时期的人对出生日期也不甚重视。科学家说，具体日期实为公元前2年6月17日，因为为在那一天，昭示东方三博士的星星出现了。公元前4世纪，为了把一些冬至时期的异教徒节日（如冬至日和农神节）基督教化，教皇尤利西斯一世把12月25日定为基督诞生日。而一些传统，如在屋内摆置常绿树，吃油脂丰富的食物，挂小灯，则是在寒冷阴暗的冬季之时，人们的普遍做法。还有一些更为奇特习俗，是古老异教节日的遗留物；一些历经几个世纪后，变化颇大，已难以溯及其源头；另外一些则是受商业利益驱使而生。

(“krampus游行”是巴伐利亚地区和阿尔卑斯山其他一些地区的传统活动，每年12月前后举行。krampus是圣诞老人的原型——圣人尼古拉斯的助手，在当地的传说中，他肩背一个装着礼物的大袋子，手拿一根棍子，好孩子可以收到他的礼物，顽皮的孩子则会被棍子敲打。)

Christmas Day is important in western countries. It comes on December 25. People have several days off from their work. They go back home to get together for a big dinner. There is a Christmastree in each family. It is decorated with small things and brightlights. During Christmas Day, many shops are busy selling goodsas presents. On that day people often exchange presents. Childrenlike the festival because they can receive many beautiful presents.

圣诞节在西方国家是很重要的节日，它是指12月25日那天。人们有几天假期。他们回到家中举办一个家庭宴会。每个家庭都有一棵圣诞树，树上全是小的装饰品和亮亮的灯。圣诞节期间，许多商店忙着卖一些作礼物的商品，人们互相交换礼物。孩子们喜欢这个节日，因为他们可以收到许多美丽的礼物。

My christmas holiday 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  ho,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 gather to eat,play party games and watch the special Christmas programmes on TV.