Question

有关圣诞节的英文小故事

Answer 1

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Answer 2

"Christmas" is the name of "Christ mass" abbreviation. Mass
is a liturgical
church. Christmas is a religious
festival. We regard it as to celebrate the birth of
Jesus, so also known as
christmas. On this day, all the Christian world would
have held a
special ceremony.
But there are many
activities to celebrate Christmas and do not have any religious association. The exchange of gifts,
sending Christmas cards, which make Christmas a time.
Christmas is a Christian holiday.
At the beginning of fourth Century, January 6th is the double festival,
Rome empire in the
Eastern churches
to commemorate the birth of Jesus and was known as "Epiphany"
Epiphany, also known as
"Epiphany"
is God himself
through Jesus to the world.
The only exception
to the Church of Jerusalem,
where only the
commemoration of the birth of Jesus not to commemorate the baptism of Jesus. Later historians in Rome with the Christian calendar in the year 354 ad was found in December 25th
the inside pages
of records: "Christ was born in Bethlehem of
Judah." After research, is generally believed that December 25th as Christmas may be the beginning of
the year
336 in the Church
of Rome. December 25th is the original
Persian Sun
God (the God of light) Mithra (Mithra) birthday, is a pagan holiday, at the same time the sun god Rome is the
state religion
of the gods. Rome is also the day calendar of the winter solstice
festival, the pagan sun god worship of all
this day as the
spring of hope, the beginning of recovery in all things. May be due to this reason, the Church of Rome was chosen as Christmas
day. This is the Church tried in the
early Christian
and pagan customs and habits of one of the measures. Later, though most of the church
accepted in
December 25th for
Christmas, but for use throughout the church calendar is different, the specific date can not be
uniform, so he took second years from December
24th to January
6th as the
Christmas festival
(Christmas Tide), the local churches according to the specific circumstances
of the Christmas
celebration
in this period of
the festival. With the wide dissemination of the Christian, Christmas has become an inter
denominational Christian, an important holiday even among non Christian people. In many countries in Europe, people attach great importance to the
festival, and it linked to the new
year, and the celebration of the
lively and well
over a grand new year, a festival of all the people. The main activities are related to December 25th legend of the birth of Jesus. Jesus was born there was a period of the
story, Jesus
is pregnant with
the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Maria. Garber messenger of God sent to him in a dream, and told him not to because
Maria unmarried
pregnancy and don't her, but with her marriage, the boy named "Jesus", meaning he is to save people from their sins. When Maria is about to give birth, Rome under the government
order, all people to
Bethlehem must
declare census register. Joseph and Maria had to obey orders. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the weather has been lost, but the two failed to find
the
hotel the
night, only one can stay
stable. At this time, Jesus was born to it! Then Maria only in the manger, gave birth to Jesus. Later generations to
commemorate the
birth of Jesus, the Christmas on December 25th, to commemorate the birth of
Jesus. But the real birth of the
day no one
knows. In nineteenth
Century, the
popularity of Christmas cards, Santa Claus, Christmas began to pop up.

Answer 3

(1)The story for the Christmas season

Most people know that the simple meaning of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God in the Christian religion. The word Christmas originated from an old English phrase, "Cristes Masse", meaningthe mass of Christ（基督弥撒）. The date, December 25, was established by Bishop Liberius of Rome in 354 AD. He selected the date to mark the official time for celebrating Christ's birth. Before then, the birth of Jesus was observed on different days and even to this day no one is certain the exact date of Christ's birth.

(2)Christmas celebrations
Cultural celebrations of Christmas include glittering light displays, the ever-present jolly oldSanta Claus（圣诞老人）, group celebrations and singing calledcarolling（圣诞颂歌）, baked holiday cookies and cakes, decorations ofmistletoe（槲寄生，装饰性植物）and pine wreaths, lighted, ornamented Christmas trees with wrapped presents displayed underneath. The spirit of Christmas at its heart is a festival to celebrate family, love, gratitude to others and giving presents to show appreciation to friends and loved ones.
In Europe, typically, family and friends gather together on Christmas Eve, on Dec 24, for a big turkeydinner, completed with Christmas pudding (a rich cake with brandy source). Everyone shares their stories of the year or brings a newsletter to read out for what has happened during the past year. Games are played after the dinner. On Christmas day, Dec 25, abrunch with family is the norm, followed by some light sporting events, such as a countrywalk, to digest the heavy food.
Dec 26 is called Boxing Day in the UK, which means everyone opens their box of presents - the most joyful day for the children. In the US, having just celebrated Thanksgiving with turkey, Christmas Eve dinner is more likely to have ham on the menu with a heavy dessert. Dec 25, the Christmas Day is normally the day all the presents are opened.

(3)Christmas trees & cards
The tradition of having a pine tree as a Christmas Tree is believed to come from Germany. Since the medieval time, lighting a candle on a tree is common to welcome guests. Such practice has evolved into the Christmas celebration.The formal Christmas Tree was introduced to England about 100 years ago when Queen Victoria married German Albert. The evidence of Victoria's love for Albert is not only expressed through inheriting the German tradition of having a Christmas Tree but also through the goldAlbert Statuesthat Victoria had ordered built for Albert, standing in many places in London. In America, the Christmas Tree idea was brought by German immigrants too.
The custom of sending Christmas cards was initiated in England around 1850. The first cards were decorated with elaborate designs of flowers, birds and landscapes.

(4)Christmas carols
The tradition of carol singing originated from the carolling practised by the Waits in the fourteenth century. Waits were royal singers who were sent by the court to perform. in selected homes for treats, pennies and/or fun. "Carol" means a circle dance accompanied by a song. Most Christmas carols we sing now were composed around 1400-1600's.

Answer 4

(1)The story for the Christmas season
Most people know that the simple meaning of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God in the Christian religion. The word Christmas originated from an old English phrase, "Cristes Masse", meaningthe mass of Christ（基督弥撒）. The date, December 25, was established by Bishop Liberius of Rome in 354 AD. He selected the date to mark the official time for celebrating Christ's birth. Before then, the birth of Jesus was observed on different days and even to this day no one is certain the exact date of Christ's birth.
(2)Christmas celebrations
Cultural celebrations of Christmas include glittering light displays, the ever-present jolly oldSanta Claus（圣诞老人）, group celebrations and singing calledcarolling（圣诞颂歌）, baked holiday cookies and cakes, decorations ofmistletoe（槲寄生，装饰性植物）and pine wreaths, lighted, ornamented Christmas trees with wrapped presents displayed underneath. The spirit of Christmas at its heart is a festival to celebrate family, love, gratitude to others and giving presents to show appreciation to friends and loved ones.
In Europe, typically, family and friends gather together on Christmas Eve, on Dec 24, for a big turkeydinner, completed with Christmas pudding (a rich cake with brandy source). Everyone shares their stories of the year or brings a newsletter to read out for what has happened during the past year. Games are played after the dinner. On Christmas day, Dec 25, abrunch with family is the norm, followed by some light sporting events, such as a countrywalk, to digest the heavy food.
Dec 26 is called Boxing Day in the UK, which means everyone opens their box of presents - the most joyful day for the children. In the US, having just celebrated Thanksgiving with turkey, Christmas Eve dinner is more likely to have ham on the menu with a heavy dessert. Dec 25, the Christmas Day is normally the day all the presents are opened.
(3)Christmas trees & cards
The tradition of having a pine tree as a Christmas Tree is believed to come from Germany. Since the medieval time, lighting a candle on a tree is common to welcome guests. Such practice has evolved into the Christmas celebration.The formal Christmas Tree was introduced to England about 100 years ago when Queen Victoria married German Albert. The evidence of Victoria's love for Albert is not only expressed through inheriting the German tradition of having a Christmas Tree but also through the goldAlbert Statuesthat Victoria had ordered built for Albert, standing in many places in London. In America, the Christmas Tree idea was brought by German immigrants too.
The custom of sending Christmas cards was initiated in England around 1850. The first cards were decorated with elaborate designs of flowers, birds and landscapes.
(4)Christmas carols
The tradition of carol singing originated from the carolling practised by the Waits in the fourteenth century. Waits were royal singers who were sent by the court to perform. in selected homes for treats, pennies and/or fun. "Carol" means a circle dance accompanied by a song. Most Christmas carols we sing now were composed around 1400-1600's.