圣诞节 七个小雪人.ppt

* * 制作人：QUELLA Christmas or Christmas Day is a holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. It is traditionally celebrated on December 25 by most Western Christian churches. Although dating to probably as early as a.d. 200, the feast of Christmas did not become widespread until the Middle Ages. The word Christmas is derived from Middle English Christemasse. It is a contraction meaning Christs mass. 圣诞节是庆祝天主教中心人物耶稣诞生的节日，通常西方天主教堂在12月25日庆祝。圣诞节最早可追溯到公元200年，但直到中世纪才开始广泛流传。Christmas一词来源于中世纪英语Christemasse，大概的意思是耶稣的弥撒。 it is said that in the year of 300 ad, there was a kind old man and his name was Saint Nicholas(圣尼古拉斯 ). 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. Another name for father christmas is santa claus. On the night of the twenty-fourth 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. Of course, its really their parents who fill the 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. The Christmas tree was celebrating Christmas indispensable ornament, if the house without a Christmas tree, it greatly reduces the festive atmosphere.