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1、圣诞节作文高中英文4篇圣诞节作文英文1Although it is generally agreed that the Christmas tree in its current form came from Germany in the early 19th century, the tradition of decorating a tree to mark winter celebrations dates back hundreds of years to Roman times, when they used to decorate evergreen trees with smal
2、l pieces of metal to celebrate Saturnalia.In medieval times the Paradise Play was performed every year on 24 December. This depicted the creation of Man and the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and always included an evergreen hung with apples which represented the apple tree of temptati
3、on.pagans gathered around an oak tree who were preparing to sacrifice a child to the God Thor. In order to stop the sacrifice, and save the childs life, St Boniface is said to have felled the tree with one blow of his fist. Later on, a fir tree grew in place of the oak and this, St Boniface told the
4、 pagans, was the Tree of Life and represented the Christ Child.founder of the Protestant religion) was the first to decorate an indoor tree with candles when he attempted to recreate the stars shining over a forest of evergreens.The first mention of decorated trees being taken indoors came in 1605 i
5、n Germany - a country with a long Christmas tree history! The trees were initially decorated with fruit and sweets together with hand made objects such as quilled snowflakes and stars. German Christmas Markets began to sell shaped gingerbreads and wax ornaments which people bought as souvenirs of th
6、e fair and took home to hang on their tree.Tinsel was also invented in Germany in about 1610. Up until fairly recently real silver was used, which was pulled into wafer thin strips by special machines. This was durable but tarnished quickly and many experiments took place to try and find an alternat
7、ive - including a mix of lead and tin, which was too heavy and kept breaking. It was only in the mid 20th century that a viable alternative was found.Artificial trees were invented in the 1880s in a bid to try and stop some of the damage being caused to real trees due to people lopping the tip off l
8、arge trees, thus preventing the trees from growing any further. It got so bad in Germany that laws had to be brought in to prevent people having more than one tree.Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, is credited with being responsible for introducing the custom of the Christmas tree to the Bri
9、tish public by decorating the first English Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1841 using candles, sweets, fruit and gingerbread.The popularity of the Christmas tree grew in Britain during the first half of the 20th century, with trees being bigger and more elaborately decorated with bells, baubles
10、 and tinsel. However, the onset of the Second World War resulted in a ban on cutting down trees for decoration and people resorted to having small, artificial tabletop trees bearing home made decorations. These were often taken down into the air raid shelters when the sirens sounded to provide a bit
11、 of Christmas cheer!圣诞节作文英文2Christmas is also known as Christmas, translated as “Christ mass”, western traditional festival, every year in December 25th. Mass is a kind of church service. Christmas is a religious festival, because regard it as to celebrate the birth of Jesus, named “christmas”.Most
12、of the Catholic Church will be first in the 24, Christmas Eve, i.e., the early morning of December 25 at midnight mass, and some Christian will be held caroling and on December 25 to celebrate Christmas; Christian another branch of Orthodox Christmas celebration in the annual January 7.Christmas is
13、a public holiday in the western world and in many other regions, such as Hongkong, Macao, Malaysia, and Singapore in Asia. The Bible actually did not record the date of birth of Jesus, Christmas is a public.圣诞节作文英文3Christmas is amazing looking forward to day, especially kids. We held a said “merry C
14、hristmas”, we began to sing Christmas songs, such as “edelweiss”. Then we speak Christmas stories, such as “Santa Claus”, we all had a good time. 圣诞节作文英文4Most westerners always celebrate Christmas Day as their major festival, in order to memorialize Jesus.During that time, they always have several d
15、ays off, so they can enjoy this festival with all their hearts.The children often get passers-by.And everything is on a discount in the supermarkets.Thus the supermarkets are the busiest places.In the evening, the families usually have pudding, sandwiches, apple pies and some other desserts for dinn
16、er.After supper, the families always sing and dance around the Christmas tree.Sometimes, they also go to church.Before going to bed, the children often hang up their stockings beside their bed, so that Father Christmas will fill them with presents.It is said that Father Christmas always drives a deer to the human world and entering into each ho
