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1、关于圣诞节的小短文【篇一:有关圣诞节的英语小短文christmas】有关圣诞节的英语小短文christmasthefeastofchristmasitisnoteasytopin-pointtheoriginsofthechristmasfeast,todaythemoreimportantfeastofthechristmasseasoninmostwesternchristianchurches.onecanonlysayforcertainthatthebirthofjesuschristwasbeingc
2、elebratedinromebytheyear336a.d.;afterwardsthefeastwascelebratedinotherchristianchurchesthroughouttheworld.whyitwascelebratedondecember25thisanotherquestion.nodateforthebirthofjesuscanbefoundinthenewtestament,whichisconcernedmorewiththequestionwhoisjesus?thant
3、hedateofhisbirth.earlychristianspeculationabouthisbirthdatewasinfluencedbythesymbolismofthechangingseasons,thenpopularinreligiousthought,whichpaidcarefulattentiontotheequinoxesandsolsticesofthesun.christianscholarsspeculatedthatjesuswasconceivedatthespringequ
4、inox(march25th)andthereforewasbornondecember25th,thedateofthewintersolstice.inmanyofthechristianchurches,march25thisstillthefeastoftheannunciation,whentheangelgabrielannouncedtomarythatshewastobethemotherofjesus.possibleimpluseforthefeastofchristmasmayhavecam
5、etoofromtheestablishmentofthepaganfeastoftheunconqueredsun-godbytheemperoraurelianin274a.d.tobecelebratedondecember25,thedayofthewintersolsticeinromeandthroughouttheempire.inresponse,christianscouldcelebratethefeastofthesunofrighteousness(malachi4,2),jesuschr
6、ist,whocalledhimselfthelightoftheworld.fatherchristmasitissaidthatintheyearof300ad,therewasakindoldmanandhisnamewassaintnicholas.hewasalwaysreadytohelpthepoorandoftengavepresentstothem.today,fatherchristmasisanimaginaryfigure,butnearlyallyoungchildrenbelievei
7、nhim.theythinkheisahappyoldmanwithalongwhitebeardandalongredrobe.onthenightofthetwenty-fourthofdecembereveryyear,fatherchristmasfromsomecoldnorthernlandcomesdownthechimneyofthefireplacetoputpresentsbythebedsofchildrenortofilltheirstockings.sowhenchildrengotob
8、edthatnight,theyhanguptheirstockings,andonchristmasmorningtheywaketofindthemfullofpresents.ofcourse,itsreallytheirparentswhofillthestockings.anothernameforfatherchristmasissantaclaus.fort