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Christmas ☆Do you know what’s the origin(起源) of Christmas? ◆That day was the day to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ.(纪念耶稣诞生的日子) ☆When you talk about Christmas, what can you imagine? ◆ Balloons, Christmas carols, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, snow, snowmen, Christmas stockings, presents, Father Christmas, snowball fights, turkey, Christmas cake Key words: Christmas Carol An indispensable program on Christmas Eve A team= twenty young people+ an angel +Santa Claus Sing familiar Christmas carols All of people pray Santa deliver the gifts Until four o’clock the next morning Christmas carols Silent Night ——《平安夜》 Jingle bells ring——《铃铛响铃铛》 Listen, Angel caroling——《听，天使 报佳音》 Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol is a?novel?，written by English author?Charles Dickens?first published by?Chapman Hall?on 19?December?1843. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. ◆ The book was written and published in early?Victorian era?Britain when it was experiencing a interest in its forgotten of Christmas traditions. ◆ At the time when new customs such as Christmas tree and greeting cards were being introduced. Dickenss sources for the tale appear to be varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor. Content In the middle 19th century, a nostalgic interest in pre-Cromwell Christmas traditions swept Victorian England following the publications of?Davies Gilberts?Some Ancient Christmas Carols?(1822),?William B. Sandyss?Selection of Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern?(1833), and?Thomas K. Herveys?The Book of Christmas?(1837). That interest was further stimulated by?Prince Alberts introduction of the?Christmas tree?in 1841, the first?Christmas card?in 1843, and a revival in?carol singing.Herveys study on Christmas customs attributed their passing to social change and the urbanization of England. Content ◆ Dickenss?Carol?was one of the