December 25 each year, is the day Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus, known as Christmas.每年12月25日，這一天基督徒紀(jì)念耶穌的誕生，為圣誕節(jié)而聞名。

Christmas is the holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Although it is a religious holiday , many modern customs and practices associated with it were carried over from other festivals-some religious , some not. What follows is a little background , history and development of the American Christmas celebration.圣誕節(jié)是節(jié)日慶祝耶穌基督的誕生。雖然這是一個(gè)宗教節(jié)日，許多現(xiàn)代的習(xí)慣和做法進(jìn)行與之相關(guān)的其他節(jié)日，一些宗教，有的沒有結(jié)束。以下是一些背景，歷史和美國(guó)的圣誕節(jié)慶?；顒?dòng)的發(fā)展。

起源ORIGIN Of Christmas

ORIGIN OF CHCRISMASThe birth of Jesus in Bethlehem signaled the fulfillment of a long awaited promise that God would send someone , his personal representative, to remove the negative effects of personal evil in the world . Jesus was that representative. Thus his arrival on the human scene , announced by a night sky full of angels ( Luke2:9-14), was good news./耶穌在伯利恒誕生標(biāo)志著一場(chǎng)期待已久的承諾的履行，上帝會(huì)派一個(gè)人，他的個(gè)人代表，以消除世界上的個(gè)人邪惡的負(fù)面影響。耶穌是代表。因此，他的到來對(duì)人類的場(chǎng)景，由夜空的天使（路加福音2:9-14）全部公布，是個(gè)好消息。In A.D. 336 the of Christ's birth,obviously trying to reorient the holiday for Christians.When the Empire split between east and west,the church in the east(Eastern Orthodox)recognized January 6th as the celebration date.In many countries January 6th is still honored as the "official"birth date of Chist.The time between December 25th and January 6th forms what has become known as the "12Days of Christmas."/在公元336基督的誕生，顯然是想為基督教徒重新調(diào)整假期。當(dāng)?shù)蹏?guó)分裂為東部和西部,教會(huì)在東方(東正教)承認(rèn)1月6日的慶祝活動(dòng)日期。在許多國(guó)家1月6日仍譽(yù)為“官方”基督出生日期的12月25日之間的時(shí)間1月6日形式,已成為眾所周知的“12天的圣誕?！?/p>

特典CONTENT Of Christmas

Enhance the festive atmosphere（['?tm?,sfi?] 氣氛）Be made of evergreen such as cypress （['saipris]柏樹）Decorated with a variety of candles ,flowers ,toys ,stars…Christmas tree

Christmas treeWesterners with red, green and white color for the Christmas colors, Christmas comes every household is decorated with Christmas colors. RedColored with Christmas flowers and Christmas candles. Green is the Christmas tree. It is the main Christmas ornaments, with the cut to the cedar (['si:d?] 雪松）, cypress （['saipris]柏樹）tower was a class of decorated evergreen tree. Hanging above the colorful lights, gifts and paper flowers, but also lit the Christmas candles.西方人以紅、綠、白三色為圣誕色，圣誕節(jié)來臨時(shí)家家戶戶都要用圣誕色來裝飾。紅色的有圣誕花和圣誕蠟燭。綠色的是圣誕樹。它是圣誕節(jié)的主要裝飾品，用砍伐來的杉、 柏一類呈塔形的常青樹裝飾而成。上面懸掛著五顏六色的彩燈、禮物和紙花，還點(diǎn)燃著圣誕蠟燭。

Christmas carolsThe first Christmas hymns第一個(gè)圣誕節(jié)贊美詩NinghtFirstThe first Christmas hymns were written in the 5th Century .Originally composed in Latin,they contained primarily theological（ [θi:?'l?d?ik?l]神學(xué)的） topics. 第一個(gè)圣誕節(jié)贊美詩寫于公元前5世紀(jì)。原本用拉丁文組成，他們中主要神學(xué)議題。

Christmas carolsJingle Bells

Santa ClausOne specifically for the boy to send a gift on Christmas Eve the mysterious figure. Legend to December 24 every night, a mysterious people driving by the 12 reindeer sleigh, going door to door into the house from the chimney, and then secretly put presents under the bed of the socks boy, or heap under the Christmas tree near the fireplace. While no one really ever seen the man look like, but people often dress up as wearing a red Christmas hat, big white beard, a red coat, wearing red boots look like, because there are always gifts on Christmas Eve, so accustomed to call him "Santa Claus."

Santa Clausimaginary figureA happy old man with a long white beard and a long red robeSaint Nicholas Father Christmas (another name)

The specifics of family Christmas celebrations can have as many variations as there are families.Typically families will open presents either on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.Members may open them at the same time , one at a time, or have some other type of family tradition.Many Christian families will have a birthday cake for Jesus,and sing"Happy Birthday "to Him,in keeping with American birthday celebrations.Christmas is a season where humanity says"Thank you"for God's love by sharing it with and showing it to others.歡樂的圣誕慶?；顒?dòng)的細(xì)節(jié)可以有許多因?yàn)椴煌募彝?。典型的家庭就?huì)打開禮物或者在圣誕前夜或圣誕節(jié)的日子。成員可打開他們的同時(shí),一次一件,或者有一些其他類型的家庭的傳統(tǒng)很多基督徒家庭將舉辦一個(gè)生日蛋糕給耶穌,唱“生日快樂”,以保持他與美國(guó)生日慶祝圣誕節(jié)是一個(gè)人類中說“謝謝”因?yàn)樯竦膼?分享它、展示它給別人。CELEBRATIONSOFCHRISTMAS

Although the foods served for Christmas dinner may vary from family to family(and from country to country),typical items usually found at an American family's Christmas dinner would include turkey and dressing (or sometimes chicken,duck, goose or ham), potatoes and gravy,sweet potatoes,green vegetables,cranberry,sauce,nuts,fruits,fruit-cake,plum pudding,pumpkin and/or mincemeat pies and sweets.Eggnog is usually the favorite drink for the whole family.

For many Chineses,Christmas mean a time for joy and fun rather than a religious event.It’s popular with the young people and they are excited about shopping,eating ,dating and having parties and holding Christmas eve festivity.And of course,Children are eager to receive gifts from Santa Claus.It’s a good opportunity for restaurants,hotels and stores promote their products or services,so these places have been beautifully decorated with Christmas trees and ornament.Of course,it is also a good chance to futher promote service or products online through search engine optimization and marketing.Many hotels and restaurants offer reservations for Christmas eve dinners,and department stores have prepared enough festive goods to satisfy customers’ shopping needs in China.對(duì)于許多華人,圣誕節(jié)意味著時(shí)間喜悅和樂趣,而不是一種宗教活動(dòng)這是受年輕人和他們興奮的購(gòu)物、飲食、約會(huì)和參加聚會(huì),拿著圣誕夜節(jié)日當(dāng)然,孩子們很愿意收到禮物圣誕老人。這是一個(gè)很好的機(jī)會(huì)讓酒店、賓館、商店宣傳推銷它們的產(chǎn)品或服務(wù),所以這些地方都裝飾精美的用圣誕樹和點(diǎn)綴當(dāng)然這也是一個(gè)很好的機(jī)會(huì)來進(jìn)一步促進(jìn)服務(wù)或產(chǎn)品在網(wǎng)上通過搜索引擎優(yōu)化和銷售。許多酒店和餐館提供預(yù)訂了圣誕夜晚餐,百貨公司已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好了節(jié)日的貨物以滿足顧客的購(gòu)物需要在中國(guó)。CHRISTMASIn China

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