黄石到浠水的汽车:用英文写的圣诞节气氛的短文

Christmas Day

Christmas Day falls on the twenty-fifth of December. It is a very happy day for many boys and girls . Before the term ends in some schools , the children act a nativity① or “birth” play, showing how Jesus② was born in a stable③.

On the twenty-fourth of December, all children are very excited. Usually they are sent to bed early so that their parents can get the presents ready. The younger children think that Father Christmas will come down the chimney or fireplace , so they hang up a sock for him to put presents in. The greedy ones even hang up a pillow-case④ or a sack⑤ to try to get more presents. Later that night, Father or Mother will put presents in the sock, and leave others at the side of the bed.

On Christmas morning, the children wake up very early. Some even turn on the light at two o'clock, and most of them are awake by six o'clock although it is not light in England for another hour or two at this time of the year.

Children look for their presents , and the young ones play while the dinner is prepared. At about one o'clock in the afternoon, the Christmas dinner is brought in . The turkey or chicken is quickly eaten . Children search in their Christmas pudding for new coins which are hidden in it . The rest of the day is full of games and eating until the happiest of all Christmas hollidays comes to an end.

于圣诞节的英文短文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！

Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
圣诞快乐，恭贺新禧！

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！
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。

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。

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。

A Christmas greeting to cheer you from your daughters.
愿女儿的圣诞祝福带给你快乐。

At Christmas and always, may peace and love fill your heart, beauty fill your world,
and contentment and joy fill your days.
圣诞的祝福，平日的希冀，愿你心境祥和、充满爱意，愿你的世界全是美满，
愿你一切称心如意，快乐无比。

May the joy of Christmas be with you throughout the year.
愿圣诞的快乐一年四季常在。

Peace and love for you at Christmas from all your students.
祝老师圣诞节充满平安和爱。

Wishing you a sparkling Christmas and bright happy New Year! May the season bring much pleasure to you.
愿你的圣诞光彩夺目，愿你的新年灿烂辉煌！佳节快乐！

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。

Hope all your Christmas dreams come true!
愿你所有的圣诞梦想都成真！

Hope you enjoy the happiness of Christmas and all the trimmings.
祝你享尽圣诞佳节的快乐和圣诞的礼品。

Warm hearted wishes for an old fashioned Christmas and a happy New Year filled with all your favorite things.
传统佳节之际，献上圣诞的殷殷祝福，祝新年万事如意！

I wish you a merry Christmas. All affection and best wishes to you and yours.
以我所有的爱心与真诚祝你及全家圣诞快乐。

In the season of joy I present my sincere wishes and kind thoughts. May the kind of Christmas outshine all the rest.
在这欢乐的时节给你我最真的祝福和亲切的思念，愿你今年的圣诞比往年更璀璨。

May the Christmas be a time of laughter and real enjoyment for you. Best wishes.
愿圣诞不仅是你欢笑的时刻，更是你欣喜的日子。祝福你。

May the glow of Christmas candle fill your heart with peace and pleasure and make your New Year bright.
Have a love filled Christmas and New Year!
愿圣诞的烛光带给你祥和与喜悦，祝你的圣诞和新年充满爱。

May the bright and festive glow of Christmas candle warm the days all the year through. Hoping you will
have a wonderful time enjoying Christmas Day and wishing you a New Year that is happy in every way.
愿明亮喜庆的圣诞烛光温暖一年中的每个日日夜夜，祝你欢欢喜喜度圣诞，
高高兴兴过新年！

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 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。

Let's say that on December 20 you were to meet a friendly space alien. That is, let's say that his space ship discreetly drops him off in your back yard while you are looking out your window. You walk outside to meet the visitor, and you find out he's a pretty nice guy. His name is Gorg, he is wearing a costume that makes him look passably human, he speaks reasonable English, and he explains that his goal is to spend a week on the planet to learn about its people. He asks if you would consider being his guide for the week, and you decide to take on the job.
So you take Gorg around and start showing him your town. Since it is December 20, one thing is for sure -- Gorg is going to ask about Christmas. And he is going to ask a LOT of questions, because Christmas is a pretty complicated tradition. Think about all the different questions Gorg might ask:

If Gorg can assimilate all of that and make sense of it in a week, then obviously he is a member of a highly advanced species! You may find that you yourself don't know the answers to half of these questions. Where DID Rudolf come from? And why DO we deck the halls with boughs of holly?

Holly is a common Christmas symbol -- but why?

In this article, we will answer all of these questions so that you can understand how Christmas works and where all of these Christmas traditions come from!

What is Christmas?
The word Christmas comes from the words Cristes maesse, or "Christ's Mass." Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus for members of the Christian religion. Most historians peg the first celebration of Christmas to Rome in 336 A.D.

Christmas is both a holiday and a holy day. In America it is one of the biggest event of the year (especially for kids), and for members of the Christian religions it is an important day on the religious calendar.The federal government, all state governments, all schools/colleges/universities and the vast majority of businesses in America give employees one or two days off at Christmas, making it an important holiday (other federal holidays are: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving). In the Roman Catholic calendar, Christmas is one of six holy feast days celebrated in America, the others being: Circumcision (New Year's Day), Ascension, Assumption (Mary's assumption into heaven, August 15), All Saints (November 1), and the Immaculate Conception (December 8).

Why are stores and malls so geared up about this holiday?
As mentioned previously, stores and malls have been revved up about Christmas since the late 1800s. In America today, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are, by far, the biggest retail sales weeks of the year. The survival of most retail stores depends on the Christmas buying season. Therefore, retailers do whatever they can to whip people into a Christmas buying spirit and to attract them to their stores. Festive decorations, big ads, Santa's Villages and all the rest are a part of that process.

Why is Christmas sometimes spelled Xmas?
...especially when combined with the word "sale"?
According to the book Did you ever Wonder... by Jeff Rovin, the word for Christ in Greek is Xristos. The use of the shortened form "Xmas" became popular in Europe in the 1500s.

The word Xmas is so common in advertising most likely because "Xmas" and "sale" have the same number of letters, and "Xmas" is significantly shorter than Christmas.

Why is Christmas such a big deal?
There are two reasons why Christmas is such a big deal:
According to the 1994 "Britannica Book of the Year," there are 1.8 billion Christians in a total world population of 5.5 billion, making it the largest religion worldwide. In America, 241 million out of a total population of 281 million people are Christians -- that's 85 percent. Because Christians follow Jesus, the birth of Jesus is important to them.In America, the weeks leading up to Christmas are the biggest shopping weeks of the year. Many retailers make up to 70 percent of their annual revenue in the month preceding Christmas. Therefore, retailers hype the event beyond belief. According to Daniel Boorstin in his book "The Americans," Christmas was largely a non-event in America until the 1860s. 1867 was the first year that Macy's department store in New York City remained open until midnight on Christmas Eve. 1874 was the year of the first window displays with a Christmas theme at Macy's. It has snowballed from there.

Why do people give each other presents on Christmas day?The tradition of gifts seems to have started with the gifts that the wise men (the Magi) brought to Jesus. As recounted in the Bible's book of Matthew, "On coming to the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh."

Why do people give each other presents on Christmas day?The tradition of gifts seems to have started with the gifts that the wise men (the Magi) brought to Jesus. As recounted in the Bible's book of Matthew, "On coming to the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.

Is December 25 really the day Jesus was born?
No one really knows. What is known is that Christian leaders in 336 A.D. set the date to December 25 in an attempt to eclipse a popular pagan holiday in Rome (Saturnalia) that celebrated the winter solstice. Originally, the celebration of Christmas involved a simple mass, but over time Christmas has replaced a number of other holidays in many other countries, and a large number of traditions have been absorbed into the celebration in the process (as we will see in later sections).

Why is there a small evergreen tree in the living room?
This is a German tradition, started as early as 700 A.D. In the 1800s the tradition of a Christmas tree was widespread in Germany, then moved to England and then to America through Pennsylvanian German immigrants.

Why is mistletoe hanging over the front door?
For Scandinavians, the goddess of love (Frigga) is strongly associated with mistletoe. This link to romance may be where our tradition of kissing under mistletoe comes from.

Why are there poinsettias on the hearth?
Poinsettias were attached to Christmas starting in 1828. Joel Roberts Poinsett, then the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico, imported the plant from Mexico. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica:
In warm climates, the poinsettia grows outdoors as a winter-flowering leggy shrub about 3 metres (10 feet) high; as a potted plant in northern areas it rarely grows beyond 1 metre. What appear to be petals are actually coloured leaflike bracts that surround a central cluster of tiny yellow flowers. A milky latex in the stems and leaves can be irritating to persons or animals sensitive to it, but the claim that poinsettias are deadly poisonous is greatly exaggerated.