中西方节日(英文)

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1、westernFestivals节日FestivalsWesternFestivals新年NewYear’sDay1月1日情人节Valentine’sDay2月14日复活节Easter3月21日或此日后月圆的第一个星期日愚人节AllFool’sDay4月1日母亲节Mother’sDay5月的第二个星期日父亲节Father’sDay6月的第三个星期日劳动节LaborDay9月的第一个星期一万圣节前夕Halloween10月31日感恩节ThanksgivingDay11月的第四个星期四圣诞节ChristmasDay12月25日情人

2、节（Valentine’sDay）HowtoCelebrate?Whatgiftstogive?13999100Itisaholidayforthelovers.Whenonthe14thofFebruaryWhattodoLoversgivethecandy,theflowersorothergiftstoeachother,…Valentine’sDay情人节BackgroundDuringthethirdcentury,ValentineservedinRome.KingClaudiusIIoutlawedmarriag

3、eforyoungmen.Valentine,realizingtheunfairnessoftherule,disobeyedandcontinuedtoperformmarriagesinsecret.werediscovered,beputtodeathonFebruary14thA.D.270.FromA.D.496on,February14thwasestablishedasadaytohonorValentine.BR_ValentineTraditionsValentineTraditionsBR_Valenti

4、neTraditions_picture1IntheMiddleAges,youngmenandwomendrewnamesfromabowltoseewhotheirvalentineswouldbe.Theywouldwearthesenamesontheirsleevesforoneweek.“Wearyourheartonyoursleeve”nowmeansthatitiseasyforotherpeopletoknowhowyouarefeeling.Youshowyouremotionsopenlyandyoud

5、on’ttrytohideyourfeelings.BR_ValentineTraditions_picture2Ifyoucutanappleinhalfandcounthowmanyseedsareinside,youwillalsoknowhowmanychildrenyouwillhave.InWales,woodenlovespoonswerecarvedandgivenasgiftsonFebruary14th.Hearts,keysandkeyholeswerefavoritedecorationsonthesp

6、oons.Thedecorationmeant“Youunlockmyheart!”愚人节（AprilFool'sDay）AprilFool’sDay愚人节Itisadaytoplayjokesonothers.Whenonthe1stofAprilWhattodoplayjokesonothers,…OriginthefirstdayofApril.playsillybutharmlessjokesAvictimofoneofthesepranksiscalledanAprilfool.Justforfun.itorigin

7、atedinFrance.WhentheFrenchfirstadoptedtheGregorian(罗马教皇格列高利的)calendarin1564,somepeoplecontinuedtousetheoldcalendartocelebrateNewYear'sDayonApril1.ThesepeoplewerecalledAprilFools.ThecustomofplayingtricksonthisdaybecamepopularinFranceandthenspreadtomanyothercountries.

8、FunmakingEasterDay复活节Easter复活节WhenusuallyonSundayofMarchorAprilWhattodoputonthenewclothes，makealotofeggsandcolorthem，theparentshidetheeggs