2016圣诞节演讲稿英语

1 / 5 2016 圣诞节演讲稿英语 Christmas Day is more than a holiday Good evening, everyone: I am so glade to have the chance to give a speech here tonight. My topic is : Christmas Day is more than a holiday. Nowadays, more and more Chinese people are celebrating festivals which come from western countries, such as Christmas day, Halloween day, and valentine day. But very few people know- how these festivals began and what they mean. They seemed more interested in the party or holiday than the culture inside the festivals. As Christmas day is coming soon-, I would like to revive the history- of Christmas day with you. Christmas or Christmas Day is a holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. It is traditionally celebrated on Decemberby most Western Christian churches . Although dating to probably as early as00 AD, the feast of Christmas did not become widespread until the Middle Ages. Aspects of celebration may include gift-giving, Christmas trees, display of Nativity sets, church 2 / 5 attendance, Santa Claus myth, and family gatherings. Above is what I know about the Christmas Day.= I hope that= we could know more= cultural background of the festivals= whenever we are planning to celebrate them. Thank you. 2016圣诞节演讲稿英语 (范文二 ) Do you know? Origin of Chdstmas 圣诞由来 The name Christmas is short for“Christ s Mass”.A Mass is a kind of Church is a religious is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus. There are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the many of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with 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 vIrgin s name was Mary was betrothed to they came together， she was found with child of the Holy ， her husband was minded to put her away he thought about these things， Gabriel， an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a 3 / 5 dream and told hIm did not be afraid to take Mary as Mary， will bring forth a Son， and he shall call his name， Jesus,for he will save his people from their sins. Before Jesus and Mary came to Quintus was governing all went to be registered， everyone to his own also went up out of of the city of Judea， to the city of 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 it was that while they were days were completed for her to be she brought forth her firstborn wrapped him in swaddling laid him in a there was no room for them jn the IS the feast of the nativity of on5th， December every nobody know the acluaI birthday of the Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 14and the concept of a joily Santa Claus was first made popular in nineteenth Century. “ 圣诞节 ” 这个名称是 “ 基督弥撒 ” 的缩写。弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。耶诞节是一个宗节我们把它当作耶稣的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，世界所有的基督教会都举行特别的礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动4 / 5 和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物，寄圣个诞卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。 圣诞节是基督教世界最大的节 日。 4 世纪初， 1 月 6日是罗马帝国东部各教会纪念耶稣降生和受洗的双重节日、称为 “ 主显节 ”Epiphany ，亦称 “ 显现节 ” 即上帝通过耶稣向世人显示自己。当时只有耶路撒冷的教会例外，那里只纪念耶稣的诞生而不纪念耶稣的受洗。后来历史学家们在罗马基督徒习用的日历中发现公元 354年 12月 25日页内记录着：“ 基督降生在犹大的伯利恒。 ” 经过研究，一般认为 12 月25 日伴为圣诞节可能开始于公元 336 年的罗马教会 )约在公元 375年传到小亚细亚的安提阿，公元 430年传到埃及的亚历山大里亚，耶路撒冷的教会接受得最晚，而亚美尼亚的教会 则仍然坚持 1月 6 日主显节是耶稣的诞辰。 12 月 25 日原来是波斯太阳神 (即光明之神 )密特拉(Mithra)的诞辰，是一个异教徒节日，同时太阳神也是罗马国教众神之一。这一天又是罗马历书的冬至节，崇拜太阳神的异教徒都把这一天当作春天的希望，万物复苏的开始。可能由于这个原因，罗马教会才选择这一天作为圣诞节。这是教会初期力图把异教徒的风俗习惯基督教化的措施之一。 后来，虽然大多数教会都接受 12月 25日为圣诞节，但又固各地教会使用的历书不同，具体日期不能统一，于是就把 12 月 24 日到第二年的 1 月 6 日定 为圣诞节节期5 / 5 (Christmas Tide)，各地教会可以根据当地具体情况在这段节期之内庆祝圣诞节。自从 12月 25日被大多数教会公认为圣诞节后，原来 1 月 6 日的主显节就只纪念耶