关于圣诞节的介绍英文版.ppt

Merry Christmas,The origin of Christmas Day,Christmas is a religious festival.It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus.“Christmas“ is abbreviation of“Christs mass“ (基督弥撒)A mass is a kind of church service. Christmas is a religious festival. We regard it as the birthday of Jesus to celebrate, so also known as Christmas.（耶诞节） On this day, all over the world have special Christmas services in Christian churches . But many of the festivities do not have relation to religion.,An important custom of Christmas is to send and receive Christmas cards, which are meant to help express the sentiment of the season. Americans begin sending Christmas cards early in December to friends, acquaintances, and co-workers. The post office advises customers to mail early in the season and avoid the Christmas rush. Some people heed the advice; others wait until the last minute and then are upset when their loved ones have not received the greeting card or the present which they sent.,Customs of Christmas Day,Symbols,How to celebrate,Night of the Christmas, the people gather round the Christmas tree to sing and dance, is heartily happy. Different countries have different ways to celebrate.,Britain,They think they should eat a lot in this festival.So christmas dinner is extremely rich.inculding pork and roast turky,Christmas pudding,Christmas break hamburger and so on.Everyone hasa gift ,even servents gifts were dispense at Christmas morning.,Santas origin,圣诞老人原来的名字叫做尼古拉，在第四世纪的时候，出生在小亚细亚巴大拉城，家庭富有，父母亲是非常热心的天主教友，不幸他的父母早逝。尼古拉长大以后，便把丰富的财产，全部捐送给贫苦可怜的人，自己则出家修道，献身教会，终生为社会服务。尼古拉后来作了神父，而且还升为主教。他一生当中，做了很多慈善的工作，他最喜欢在暗中帮助穷人，圣诞老人是他后来的别号，这个名字是出自他暗中送钱，帮助三个女孩子的故事。据说在尼古拉不远的地方，住着三个美丽的少女，他们分别是二十、十八、十六岁。父亲是一位清寒的学者，经常靠借贷来过日子。有一次，因为没有能力还债，只好狠心把美丽健康的三女儿，卖给债主带到非洲去做女仆人。三个女儿知道了这件事情，便拥抱在一起伤心的痛哭着，家中悲伤的情形，是可以想象得到的。尼古拉知道了这件事，跑到她们家中，安慰了一番。到了夜里，尼古拉就装了三长袜子的金子，偷偷地挂在三个少女的窗前。他们有了金子，还了父亲的债，三女儿也就脱免了作女仆的命运。第二天正是圣诞节，她们知道是尼古拉作的好事，便请他来一面庆祝一面感谢。以后每到圣延节，这三个少女就讲这个故事。孩子们听了，非常的羡慕，也希望圣诞老人，来送给他一袜子礼物。就有了圣诞老人夜晚送孩子们礼物的形象。,The origin of Christmas tree,One of them is that: about in the sixteenth Century, the Christmas tree first appeared in Germany, the Germans use it to decorate the house. Later, the German who named Martin Ruud put the candle on the tree , and then lit a candle to make it look like a guide lead people to bethlehem.（伯利恒） Another legend : long time ago, there was a farmer, he met a poor child on Christmas day, he received the children. Before the child leave ,he folded under a pine root inserted in the ground, immediately turned into a pine tree, the trees above are covered with gifts, to farmers in return for its good intentions.,Main food,As a grand festival to celebrate Christmas, delicious food play an important role in this day.Chr