2010年圣诞节英语短文
圣诞节英语短文
Christmas
the feast of christmas
it is not easy to pinpoint the origins of the christmas feast today the more important feast of the christmas season in most western christian churches one can only say for certain that the birth of jesus christ was being celebrated in rome by the year 336 ad afterwards the feast was celebrated in other christian churches throughout the world
why it was celebrated on december 25th is another question no date for the birth of jesus can be found in the new testament which is concerned more with the question who is jesus than the date of his birth early christian speculation about his birth date was influenced by the symbolism of the changing seasons then popular in religious thought which paid careful attention to the equinoxes and solstices of the sun christian scholars speculated that jesus was conceived at the spring equinox (march 25th) and therefore was born on december 25th the date of the winter solstice
in many of the christian churches march 25th is still the feast of the annunciation when the angel gabriel announced to mary that she was to be the mother of jesus
possible impluse for the feast of christmas may have came too from the establishment of the pagan feast of the unconquered sungod by the emperor aurelian in 274 ad to be celebrated on december 25 the day of the winter solstice in rome and throughout the empire in response christians could celebrate the feast of the sun of righteousness (malachi 42) jesus christ who called himself the light of the world
father christmas
it is said that in the year of 300 ad there was a kind old man and his name was saint nicholas he was always ready to help the poor and often gave presents to them
today father christmas is an imaginary figure but nearly all young children believe in him they think he is a happy old man with a long white beard and a long red robe
on the night of the twentyfourth of december every year father christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings so when children go to bed that night they hang up their stockings and on christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents of course it＇s really their parents who fill the stockings
another name for father christmas is santa claus
for today＇s christian the origin of christmas is and should be the birth of jesus christ as recorded in the bible nothing more and nothing less however most of what we witness on december 25th each year has absolutely nothing to do with that blessed day which probably occurred in late summer or early fall about 2000 years ago in fact most of the customs and traditions of christmas actually predate the birth of jesus and many of them are downright deceptive in their meaning and origin anyway who cares when christ was born
christmas daythe 25th of decemberis the biggest festival(节日)celebrated in the christian countries of the worldalthough everyone enjoys christmas dayit is particularly enjoyed by childrenwho get very excited because of the presents they know they are going to receivesmall children believe that their presents are brought by father christmas(圣诞老)father christmas is a kind of old man whothe children are toldlives at the north polehe travels through the sky on a sleigh(雪撬) which is pulled by reindeers(驯鹿) and loaded with(装满) presentsstopping on the roof of houseshe enters by climbing the chimney(烟囱)when small children go to bed on christmas evethey hang a stocking at the end of their bedstheir parents warn them not to try to look at father christmasor he will not leave them anythingwhen they wakethey find their stockings filled with presentschildren are very excited on christmas morning and always wake up early
christmas is also a family celebrationas any members of the family as possible gather to eatplay party games and watch the special christmas programmes on tv
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圣诞节英语短文
Christmas
the feast of christmas
it is not easy to pinpoint the origins of the christmas feast today the more important feast of the christmas season in most western christian churches one can only say for certain that the birth of jesus christ was being celebrated in rome by the year 336 ad afterwards the feast was celebrated in other christian churches throughout the world
why it was celebrated on december 25th is another question no date for the birth of jesus can be found in the new testament which is concerned more with the question who is jesus than the date of his birth early christian speculation about his birth date was influenced by the symbolism of the changing seasons then popular in religious thought which paid careful attention to the equinoxes and solstices of the sun christian scholars speculated that jesus was conceived at the spring equinox (march 25th) and therefore was born on december 25th the date of the winter solstice
in many of the christian churches march 25th is still the feast of the annunciation when the angel gabriel announced to mary that she was to be the mother of jesus
possible impluse for the feast of christmas may have came too from the establishment of the pagan feast of the unconquered sungod by the emperor aurelian in 274 ad to be celebrated on december 25 the day of the winter solstice in rome and throughout the empire in response christians could celebrate the feast of the sun of righteousness (malachi 42) jesus christ who called himself the light of the world
father christmas
it is said that in the year of 300 ad there was a kind old man and his name was saint nicholas he was always ready to help the poor and often gave presents to them
today father christmas is an imaginary figure but nearly all young children believe in him they think he is a happy old man with a long white beard and a long red robe
on the night of the twentyfourth of december every year father christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings so when children go to bed that night they hang up their stockings and on christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents of course it＇s really their parents who fill the stockings
another name for father christmas is santa claus
for today＇s christian the origin of christmas is and should be the birth of jesus christ as recorded in the bible nothing more and nothing less however most of what we witness on december 25th each year has absolutely nothing to do with that blessed day which probably occurred in late summer or early fall about 2000 years ago in fact most of the customs and traditions of christmas actually predate the birth of jesus and many of them are downright deceptive in their meaning and origin anyway who cares when christ was born
christmas daythe 25th of decemberis the biggest festival(节日)celebrated in the christian countries of the worldalthough everyone enjoys christmas dayit is particularly enjoyed by childrenwho get very excited because of the presents they know they are going to receivesmall children believe that their presents are brought by father christmas(圣诞老)father christmas is a kind of old man whothe children are toldlives at the north polehe travels through the sky on a sleigh(雪撬) which is pulled by reindeers(驯鹿) and loaded with(装满) presentsstopping on the roof of houseshe enters by climbing the chimney(烟囱)when small children go to bed on christmas evethey hang a stocking at the end of their bedstheir parents warn them not to try to look at father christmasor he will not leave them anythingwhen they wakethey find their stockings filled with presentschildren are very excited on christmas morning and always wake up early
christmas is also a family celebrationas any members of the family as possible gather to eatplay party games and watch the special christmas programmes on tv
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