圣诞节的英文资料

1、圣诞节的英文资料Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of jesus Christ. no one knows the exact date of Christs birth, but most Christians observe Christmas on december 25. on this day, many go to church, where they take part in special religious services.during the Christmas season, they

2、 also exchange gifts and decorate their homes with holly, mistletoe, and Christmas trees. the word Christmas xxes from cristes maesse, an early english phrase that means mass of Christ. the story of Christmas xxes chiefly from the gospels of saint luke and saint matthew in the new testament.the hist

3、ory of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. the 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals with floats, carolers who sing while going from house to house, the holid

4、ay feasts, and the church processions can all be traced back to the early mesopotamians.many of these traditionsbegan with themesopotamian celebration of new years. the mesopotamians believed in many gods, and as their chief god-marduk. each year as winter arrived it was believed that marduk would d

5、o battle with the monsters of chaos. to assist marduk in his struggle the mesopotamians held a festival for the new year. this was zagmuk, the new years festival that lasted for 12 days.the persians and the babylonians celebrated a similar festival called the sacaea. part of that celebration include

6、d the exchanging of places, the slaves would bexxe the masters and the masters were to obey. the ancient greeks held a festival similar to that of the zagmuk/sacaea festivals to assist their god kronos who would battle the god zeus and his titans.the romans celebrated their god saturn. their festiva

7、l was called saturnalia which began the middle of december and ended january 1st. with cries of jo saturnalia! the celebration would include masquerades in the streets, big festive meals, visiting friends, and the exchange of good-luck gifts called strenae . the romans decked their halls with garlan

8、ds of laureland green trees lit with candles. again the masters and slaves would exchange places.jo saturnalia! was a fun and festive time for the romans, but the christians thought it an abomination to honor the pagan god. the early christians wanted to keep the birthday of their christ child a sol

9、emn and religious holiday, not one of cheer and merriment as was the pagan saturnalia.some legends claim that the christian christmas celebration was invented to xxpete against the pagan celebrations of december. the 25th was not only sacred to the romans but also the persians whose religion mithrai

10、sm was one of christianitys main rivals at that time. the church eventually was successful in taking the merriment, lights, and gifts from the saturaniliafestivaland bringingthem to thecelebrationofchristmas.the exact day of thechristchildsbirthhasneverbeen pinpointed.traditionssay thatithasbeencele

11、brated since the year 98 ad. in 137 ad the bishopof rome ordered the birthday of the christ childcelebrated as a solemn feast. in 350 ad another bishop of rome, julius i, choose december 25th as the observance of Christmas.the birth of jesus had a story: in nazareth, a city of galilee. the virgins n

12、ame was mary was betrothed to joseph. before they cametogether, she was found with child of the holy spirit. joseph her husband was minded to put her away secretly. while he thought about these things, gabriel, an angel of the lord appeared to him in a dream and told him did not be afraid to take ma

13、ry as wife. and mary will bring forth a son, and he shall call his name, jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.before jesus births, joseph and mary came to quirnius was governing syria. so all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. joseph also went up out of galilee, out of th

14、e city of nazareth, into judea, to the city of david, which 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 child. so it was that while they were there, the days were xxpleted for her to be delivered. and she

15、brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him inswaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, becausethere was no room for them in the inn.and that, Christmas is the feast of the nativityof jesus, is on 25th, december every year. but nobody knows the actual birthday of jesus. and the christmas has

16、bexxe popular when christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly santa claus was first made popular in nineteenth century.the custom of giving gifts to relatives and friends on a special day in winter probably began in ancient rome and northern europe. in these regions, people gave eac

17、h other small presents as part of their year-end celebrations.in the 1800s, two more christmas customs became popular-decorating christmas trees and sending christmas cards to relatives and friends. many well-known christmas carols, including silent night and hark! the herald angels sing, were xxposed during this period. in the united states and oth