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1、1.海外文化:圣诞节袜子的传说Itissaidthattherewasagoodnessmanwhowentbrokehisdomain.Helivedahardlifeandhehadthreedaughters.Thethreedaughterswerebeingmarriedbuthedidn'thavemoneytobuydowerforhisdaughters.OnthehappyChristmasEvethreegirlswenttobedearly.Theydidn'tknowthattheirfatherwassoworried

2、.AtlasttheChrismasfatherdecidedtohelpthem.Hebesprinkledgoldthroughthestackandthegoldfellintothesocksoftheman'sdaughters.Theylivedahappylifefromthenon...Christmassockswasoriginedbythis.传说有个心地善良的没落贵族，生活非常艰难。三个女儿快要出嫁了，他为自己没有钱给她们置办嫁妆而难过。喜庆的圣诞夜，三个姑娘早早地蜷在炕上睡觉了，剩下父亲在长吁短叹。圣诞老人决定帮助他们

3、。他在他们家的烟囱里撒下了许多金子，落进姑娘们烤在火炉旁的长筒丝袜里。从此，他们过上了幸福而快乐的生活。圣诞节的长筒袜就这样产生的。2.圣诞老人的传说ChrismasFatherwasthedescendantofadeitycalledOdin.It'salsosaidthatChrismasFathercomesfromSanNichola,soheisalsocalledSt.Nicholas.HewasthebishopofAsiaMinorcityofRafahandhewascalledamanofGodafterhisdeath.

4、Heisanoldmaninredclothesandhewearsaredhat.Hehaswhitemustache.HecomesfromthenorthonablowmobileeveryChrismasDay.Hewentintopeople'shousesbythetrackandheputthepresentsintochildren'ssocks.Soinwesterncountries,parentsputthegiftstotheirkidsinkids'socksandputthemontheheadofthebedonC

5、hrismasEve.Onthesecondday,thefirstthingafterkidswakeupistofindthepresentsfromChrismasFathers.圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔。也传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来，所以圣诞老人也称St.Nicholas。据说他原是小亚细亚每拉城的主教，名叫圣尼古拉，死后被尊为圣徒，是一位身穿红袍、头戴红帽的白胡子老头。每年圣诞节他驾着鹿拉的雪橇从北方而来，由烟囱进入各家，把圣诞礼物装在袜子里挂在孩子们的床头上或火炉前。所以，西方人过圣诞节时，父母把给孩子的圣诞礼物装在袜子里，圣诞夜时

6、挂在孩子们的床头上。第二天，孩子们醒来后的第一件事就是在床头上寻找圣诞老人送来的礼物。3.夏威夷印象HawaiiFormostofus,Hawaiibeginstoweaveherspell（魅力）withsomelittleglimmer（微光）ofawareness.Goldenbeachesandgoldenpeople.Sun,sand,sea,andsurf……Andsomewherebetweentheblueskiesandthepalmtrees（棕榈树）……we'rehooked（吸引）.　TheHawaiianIslands

7、areoneofthemostbeautifulplacesonearth.Theweatherisfriendly.Thetemperatureranges（在一定范围内变化）from60-90degreesallyearlong.It'salittlewarmerinsummer,andalittlecoolerinwinter,buteverydayisabeachdayforsomebody.　TherearenostrangersinParadise.PerhapsthemostbeautifulpartofHawaiiisthege

8、nuine（与生俱来的）warmthofpeople.Wecallitthespiritof5Aloha（爱）.Ithasallowedameltin