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1、西方重要节日的英文介绍 1.Valentine'sDayisasaintsdaycommemoratingSaintValentineonFebruary14.Itisthetraditionaldayonwhichloversexpresstheirloveforeachother.Theholidayisnamedaftertwomen,bothChristianmartyrsamongthenumerousEarlyChristianmartyrsnamedValentine.Thedaybecameassocia
2、tedwithromanticloveinthecircleofGeoffreyChaucerinHighMiddleAges,whenthetraditionofcourtlyloveflourished. 2.Easter,Pascha,orResurrectionDay,isanimportantreligiousfeastintheChristianliturgicalyear.ItcelebratestheresurrectionofJesus,whichChristiansbelieveoccurredont
3、hethirddayafterhiscrucifixionsometimeintheperiodAD27to33. 3.IntheUnitedStates,ThanksgivingorThanksgivingDayisanannualone-dayholidaytogivethankstoGod,forthethingsonehasattheendoftheharvestseason.ItiscelebratedonthefourthThursdayofNovember(TheperiodfromThanksgiving
4、DaytoNewYear'sDayisoftencollectivelyreferredtoasthe"holidayseason,"andtheholidayitselfisoftennicknamedTurkeyDay.Thanksgivingisgenerallyconsideredasecularholiday,andisnotdirectlybasedinreligiouscanonordogma. 4.Christmas,alsoreferredtoasChristmasDayorChristmastide,
5、isanannualholidayfallingonDecember25orJanuary6.[1]thathonorsandcelebratesthebirthofJesusofNazareth.Hisbirth,whichisthebasisforthetransculturalWesterncalendar,hasbeendeterminedbymodernhistoriansashavingoccurredbetween8–4BC,andistraditionallytoldtohavetakenplaceinas
6、tablewithinthecityofBethlehem. 5.Halloween,orHallowe'en,isaholidaycelebratedonthenightofOctober31.Traditionalactivitiesincludetrick-or-treating,bonfires,costumeparties,visiting"hauntedhouses"andcarvingjack-o-lanterns.ThetermHalloween(anditsalternativerenderingHal
7、lowe'en)isshortenedfromAll-hallow-even,asitistheeveof"AllHallows'Day",[1]whichisnowalsoknownasAllSaints'Day.IrishandScottishimmigrantscarriedversionsofthetraditiontoNorthAmericainthenineteenthcentury.Otherwesterncountriesembracedtheholidayinthelatetwentiethcentury
8、.HalloweeniscelebratedinseveralpartsoftheWesternworld,mostcommonlyinIreland,theUnitedStates,Canada,PuertoRicoandtheUnitedKingdomandoccasionallyinpartsof
