Thespringfestivalandchristmasday

Other foods include a whole fish, to represent togetherness and abundance(富 余), and a chicken for prosperity（繁 荣）. The chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness. Noodles should be uncut, as they represent long life.
The dinner on New Year ’s Eve 年夜饭
Family reunion dinner
New year cake (nian-gao)
Merry Christmas
Christmas Day
Christmas is a traditional festival in western countries. It is the biggest festival celebrated in the Christian countries of the world. Christian countries regard this day as the birthday of Jesus Christ, but many of the customs and celebrations are not of a religious nature.
Traditional New Year Foods
On New Year’s Day, the Chinese family will eat dumplings , noodles and various fruits and vegetable . In south China, the favorite and most typical dishes were nian gao, sweet steamed glutinous rice(糯米糕）
the Christmas colors. Before the Christmas every family will prepare a Christmas tree in the drawing-room. They decorate it very beautiful. On Christmas Eve, the family will have a big dinner(turkey, roasted chicken), and the children hang up the stock and listen for Santa Claus.
Different kinds of cakesБайду номын сангаас
Christmas Cake
Chocolate and Almond Cake 巧克力果仁蛋糕 Whipping Cream Pound Cake 磅饼,重糖重油蛋糕 Mocha Pudding Cake 咖啡布丁蛋糕
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The Spring Festival
The Spring Festival like Christmas Day in the western countries, is the most important festival in China. Children like it very much because they can have delicious things to eat, pretty clothes to wear and many nice things to play with. When Spring Festival comes, people away from their hometowns usually come back and spend it with their families. People mainly do two things during the festival. One is eating, and the other is playing. They usually buy different kinds of food and make different kinds of delicious dishes, and play in different ways.
Some of the popular of Christmas Candy
• Christmas Candy Cane
圣诞棒棒糖
• Turkish Delight
土耳其软糖 • Christmas Jelly（果冻）Candy 圣诞果冻布丁糖
• Irish Potato Candy
爱尔兰土豆泥糖
Thank You!
More and more people are glad to celebrate Christmas.The spread of Christianity provide the opportunity to spread the Christmas. With the passage of time, the nature of Christmas celebration has undergone tremendous change and every year a new tradition begins. Christmas, celebrated to remember and honor the birth of holy Jesus, has evolved from a staunch religious affair into a merry hearted event that include carnivals, cookies and off course Santa Clause.
The Origin of Chinese New Year
The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of Spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coordination with the changes of Nature). Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means "year", was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.
Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the Christmas in the world.
The celebration :
• Red, green and white are
In a word, our family have a good time during the festivals.
I like festivals, no matter what festival it is. Because during the festival we can eat delicious food, meet family members who we do not see for a long time. Then we have a good time.
The origin:
The name Christmas is short for “Christ’s Mass(弥撒)”. A Mass is a kind of Church service(（教堂）礼拜（仪式）). Christmas is a religious festival.It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus（耶稣（基督教的创始人））. There are special christmas services in Christian churches all over the world.
Firecrackers ( people scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop)
Spring Festival couplets
people hang them on the door to express good wishes for the new year
Snow
Christmas has been widely associated with snow fun activities such as skiing, snowboarding, sled riding, snow mobile riding, or hiking with snowshoes.
Santa Claus
Santa Claus is the American name for ST. Nicholas. It was
his custom to go out at night
and bring gifts to the needy. He is a fat jolly(快乐的) man who wears a red suit, a red hat and has a long white beared. On Christmas morning, the first thing for many people is gather around the Christmas tree to exchange gifts and Merry Christmas greeting with each other. Then the Christmas Dinner is coming.
• Candy Mints
薄荷糖
Different kinds of cookies
Soft Raisin Cookies 软苹果酱－葡萄干饼干 Rolled Sugar Cookies 圆形糖果饼干 Walnut Crescents 核桃月牙形饼干 Gingerbread Cookies 轧姜饼饼干 Apricot Almond 葵花杏仁饼干
Comparison:
Differences: backgrounds, origins date gifts celebrate in different ways different food
Similarities: celebrated in winter the biggest festival in the east or west. Families celebrate the festival together.