西方节日介绍(中英文版ppt)

土豆泥 Mashed Potato
火鸡 Turkey
水果蛋糕 Fruit cake
越橘酱 Cranberry sauce
蛋奶酒 Egg Nog
圣诞节的传统活动
For most people who celebrate Christmas,
the holiday season is an occasion for gatherings
Santa Claus.Many young children believe that 孩子相信自己在圣诞节收到的礼
the presents they receive at Christmas are given 物来自圣诞老人。
by Santa Claus.
A Sunday between March 22 and April 25 The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Christianity. All in some way or another are a "salute to spring," marking re-birth. The white Easter lily has come to capture the glory of the holiday. The word "Easter" is named after Easter, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring. A festival was held in her honor every year at the vernal equinox （春分）. People celebrate the holiday according to their beliefs and their religious denominations （命名）. Christians commemorate Good Friday as the day that Jesus Christ died and Easter Sunday as the day that He was resurrected （复活）. Protestant settlers brought the custom of a sunrise service, a religious gathering at dawn, to the United States.
圣诞节”这个名称稣基督诞生。英文圣诞一词源于古英语，
意思是基督的弥是“基督弥撒”的缩写。圣诞节是个基督教节日， 庆祝耶撒，或基督的节日。至于频繁使用的圣诞节的简写形式 “ Xmas ”，学者们认为也许是始于 13 世纪。在希腊语里， “ X ”是“基督”的首字母，同时“ X ”也象征耶稣受难的十 字架。公元 4 世纪，罗马天主教会将耶稣的诞辰定在 12 月 25 日。圣诞节便是于十二月二十五日纪念耶苏的诞生，但真实的诞 生日就沒有人知道了。教会将 12 月 25 日定为基督教节日是为 了给当时异教的冬至庆祝活动注入基督教的含义。结果，很多异 教习俗逐渐融入圣诞节的庆祝活动。到了 12 世纪，圣诞节已成 为欧洲最重要的宗教节日。19 世纪，两个圣诞节习俗，即装饰 圣诞树和向亲友赠送圣诞卡，变得流行起来。
西方节日
Western Traditional Festivals
The name Christmas is short for "Christ’s Mass".Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.The word Christmas comes from Cristes maesse, an early English phrase that means Mass or festival of Christ.Scholars believe the frequently used shortened form of Christmas － Xmas － may have come into use in the 13th century.In Greek, X is the first letter of Christ's name, and also represents the cross on which Jesus was crucified.In the 4th century the Roman Catholic Church chose December 25 as the day for the Feast of the Nativity，And that, Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus, is on 25th, December every year.
The church chose December 25 for a Christian holy day in the hope of giving Christian meaning to existing pagan异教 celebrations of the winter solstice.As a result, many pagan customs gradually became part of the Christmas celebration. By the 12th century, Christmas had become the most important religious festival in Europe.In the 19th century, two Christmas customs became popular－decorating Christmas trees and sending Christmas cards to relatives and friends.
子，享用美酒佳肴的日子，互赠 礼物的日子。圣诞节的庆祝活动
businesses. One of the most important 对许多工商企业也变得日益重要
Christmas traditions is receiving gifts from
了。圣诞节的重要传统之一是接 受圣诞老人赠送的礼物。许多小
of family and friends, feasting, and giving 对于大多数过圣诞节的人来说，
gifts.The celebration百度文库of Christmas became 这个节日是家庭、朋友聚会的日
increasingly important to many kinds of