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世界各地圣诞节

英文介绍


Christmas in the UK
英式圣诞节

An American Christmas
美式圣诞节

A Spanish Christmas
西班牙圣诞节

Christmas in Other Countries
其他国家圣诞节





Christmas in the UK
英式圣诞节

In Britain, Christmas Day is normally spent at home, with the family, and it is
regarded as a celebration of the family and its continuity. Preparations start well in
advance, with the sending of Christmas cards and installation of a decorated
Christmas tree in a prominent place in the home. Although it is now a firmly
established tradition, the Christmas tree was first popularised by Queen Victoria’s
husband, Prince Albert, who introduced the custom from his native Germany in 1840.




在英国,圣诞节往往在家和家人一起过,且被视为对家庭和睦的一种庆
祝。准备工作很早就开始了, 大家寄贺卡且在家最显眼的地方装饰圣诞树。尽
管这已经成为了根深蒂固的传统,圣诞树最早是由维多利 亚女王的丈夫,阿尔
伯特王子在
1840
年从德国引入这一风俗,且开始流行起来。< br>



Some houses are decorated with evergreens (plants which do not lose their leaves
in winter); a wreath of holly on the front door and garlands of holly, ivy and fir
indoors. Bunches of mistletoe are often hung above doorways - any couple passing
underneath must exchange kisses! Traditional food is prepared: sweet mince pies, a
rich Christmas cake and the Christmas pudding. Everyone has their own favourite
recipe, but they’re all packed full of spices, nuts, dried fruit and brandy.




Presents are bought and wrapped, and traditionally placed under the Christmas
tree on Christmas Eve. Christmas is both a secular and a religious holiday, and many
families like to attend a midnight service at church on Christmas Eve, or celebrate
Christmas in church on Christmas morning.




一些房子用常青植物(冬天不会掉叶子的植物)装点;前门挂圣洁的花
圈,屋内用圣洁的花冠,常春藤和皮毛装饰。一捆捆的槲寄生经常放在门口上
方——任何从下走 过的情侣都必须互吻!要准备的传统食物:甜馅的派,一个
花式的圣诞蛋糕和圣诞布丁。人人都有自己喜 爱的食谱,但都用足了香料,坚
果,干果和白兰地。礼物是买来包好的,通常都是在圣诞夜摆放在圣诞树 下
的。圣诞节也是世俗的宗教节日,许多家庭喜欢在圣诞夜去教堂参加午夜活
动,或者在圣诞节 早上去教堂庆祝圣诞。




The excitement begins for children on Christmas Eve, when they hang up their
stockings (an old sock or, more ambitiously, pillow cases) around the fireplace or at
the foot of the bed for Father Christmas to fill with presents. The English Father
Christmas or Santa Claus is first recorded in his traditional red and white outfit in a
woodcut of 1653, but the story of Santa arriving in his reindeer-drawn sleigh and
descending down the chimney to fill children’s stockings with presents derives from
the USA.




圣诞节最兴奋的要属孩子了,他们在壁炉边或者床 角挂起袜子(一只旧袜
子,或者贪心点,一个枕头)
,来装圣诞老人的礼物。英国的圣诞老人或 者叫
Santa Claus
最先在
1653
年被木刻下来,穿着传统的红白 服饰,但是关于圣诞老
人坐驯鹿拉的雪撬来,并且下到烟囱里给孩子送礼物的故事却是来源于美国
的。




Practically everyone sits down to a Christmas dinner in the early afternoon of
Christmas Day, traditionally roast turkey, but some families prefer goose or roast beef.
The turkey is followed by the Christmas pudding, brought to the table flaming hot.
Brandy is poured over the pudding, then lit. After dinner, everyone relaxes by going
for a walk, playing games, enjoying their presents or watching television.




实际上,人人都在圣诞节那天下午早早地坐下吃圣诞晚餐,烤火鸡是传统
食物,但有 些家庭更喜欢鹅或者烤牛肉。在圣诞布丁之后上的菜就是热气腾腾
的火鸡。白兰地斟在布丁上,然后点燃 。晚饭后,所有人都去散散步放松一
下,玩玩游戏,赏玩他们的礼物或者看看电视。
An American Christmas
美式圣
诞节


that song? Yup! It's Christmas time! This Christmas, I stayed with my
It was an amazing experience to see how a typical American family would celebrate
the biggest western festival of the year.


An American Christmas
美式圣诞节




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. That's 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 Stapczynski's house--his family was my
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 party's on!




What's 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
lights
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 Santa's hat. The street set off a lot of

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
Christmas) for a long time. I didn't want to ask for anything, but the Stapczynskis
were so kind to
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
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

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

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