西方重要节日

圣诞节（Christmas）

圣诞节是欧美国家一年中最重要的节日。它原本是耶稣基督（Jesus christ）诞辰纪念日，如今已成为西方国家全民性的节日，颇似中国的春节。圣诞节定于每年12月25日，而圣诞节节期（Christmas Season）往往持续二周。这段时期里，雪片般的贺卡飞往世界各地，电话线、通讯网频繁地传递人们的祝福和问候；大街小巷粉饰一新，商店橱窗前大减价、大拍卖的广告格外醒目；到处可见人们拎着大包小包的节日用品匆匆而过，到处可听见欢快的歌声和笑声。车站、机场里此时挤满了盼望回家的人群，因为圣诞节也是家人团聚的日子。无论外出多远，人们都会想方设法赶回家与亲人团聚

Christmas (Christmas)

Christmas is the European and American countries's most important festival in a year. It was Jesus Christ (Jesus Christ) birthday anniversary, and has become a national holiday, the western honor, like the Chinese New Year. Christmas is scheduled for every year December 25, and Christmas feast (Christmas Season) lasts 2 weeks. This period, the CARDS poured to all over the world, the telephone line, communicating frequently transfer people greetings and best wishes; Streets a whitewash, the shop window is on sale, sale before the advertising particularly eye-catching; And everywhere you can see people carry big pack small handful of holiday articles in a hurry but, can be heard everywhere the cheerful singing and laughter. The station, the airport at this time in crowded with hope the home crowd, because Christmas is also family reunion. No matter how far out, people will be trying to get back home and their families.

新年（New Y ear's Day）

在西方国家，尽管圣诞节才是最大的节日，新年在人们心目中仍占有不可替代的重要地位。除夕之夜（New Y ear's Day）晚会是庆祝新年到来必不可少的活动。西方各国的人们都喜欢在欢快的乐曲和绚丽的光彩中喜气洋洋地度过一年的最后一个夜晚。此时，化装晚会特别受欢迎。来宾们把尊严和谨慎藏在面具之后，打扮得稀奇古怪。大家无拘无束，尽情玩乐，与平日的行为大相径庭。在英美两国，午夜钟声一响，参加晚会的人们还要手拉手高唱"友谊地久天长"这首著名的苏格兰民歌

New Year (New Year 's Day)

In western countries, although Christmas is the biggest festival, the New Year in the eyes of people still has irreplaceable important position. New Year's eve (New Year 's Day) party to celebrate the New Year is coming indispensable activity. Western countries people all liked in the cheerful music and flowery glorious of beaming to spend a year last night. At this time, fancy dress party special popular. The guests the dignity and carefully hidden in a mask, after dressed outlandish. You freely, have fun, and the behavior of the daily vary widely. In the United States and Britain, midnight rang, to the party and people hand in hand to sing "friendship forever" this first the well-known folk song 情人节（V alentine's day ）

每年2月14 日，在春回大地之时，欧美各地的人们都会欢度情人节（又名“圣瓦伦丁节”）。在这个充满了浪漫与幻想的节日里，情侣位互拆衷肠。许多人选择这一天订婚、结婚；各地的大学、中学和一些团体俱乐部主办热闹非凡的情人舞会；商店里推出各种表达柔情蜜意的礼品，剧院里演出以爱情为主题的戏剧节目，报刊杂志则刊登永志史书的罗曼史……

Valentine's day (Valentine 's day)

Each year on February 14, in the spring warms the earth, Europe and America will be celebrating people around the valentine's day (also known as the "valentine's day"). In the full of romance and fantasy of the festival, the lovers a mutual and words of my own. Many people choose the day engagement, marriage; Universities, high school and some groups club sponsored boisterous valentine party; Store launch a variety of tender feelings sweet meaning expression of gifts, the theater performance to love as the theme of the drama, newspapers and magazines are published for history of romance...... volunteers

愚人节（April fool's Day）

一年中有一天西方国家的人可以名正言顺地说谎，取笑别人，当然也会被人取笑。不仅如此，谁编造的谎言最离奇，最能骗人，那么他就会荣获“桂冠”。在这个尽情开玩笑的日子里，有些玩笑虽然开得过火，近乎恶作剧，可是人们并不在意，因为大家都知道这一天是愚人节