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1、圣诞节英语手抄报素材圣诞节英语手抄报素材作文初中作文高中作文小学作文作文网Christmas,annualChristianholidaycommemoratingthebirthofJesusChrist.MostmembersoftheRomanCatholicChurchandfollowersofProtestantismcelebrateChristmasonDecember25,andmanycelebrateontheeveningofDecember24aswell.MembersoftheEasternOrthodoxChurchusuallydelaytheirmostim
2、portantseasonalceremoniesuntilJanuary6,whentheycelebrateEpiphany,acommemorationofthebaptismofJesus.EpiphanyalsotraditionallycommemoratesthearrivaloftheThreeWiseMenoftheEastinBethlehem,wheretheyadoredtheinfantJesusandpresentedhimwithgiftsofgold,frankincense,andmyrrh.TheofficialChristmasseason,popular
3、lyknownaseitherChristmastideortheTwelveDaysofChristmas,extendsfromtheanniversaryofChristsbirthonDecember25tothefeastofEpiphanyonJanuary6.ChristmasisbasedonthestoryofJesusbirthasdescribedintheGospelaccordingtoMatthewandtheGospelaccordingtoLuke.RomanCatholicsfirstcelebratedChristmas,thenknownastheFeas
4、toftheNativity,asearlyas336ad.ThewordChristmasenteredtheEnglishlanguagesometimearound1050astheOldEnglishphraseChristesmaesse,meaningfestivalofChrist.ScholarsbelievethefrequentlyusedshortenedformofChristmas-Xmas-mayhavecomeintouseinthe13thcentury.TheXstandsfortheGreekletterchi,anabbreviationofKhristos,andalsorepresentsthecrossonwhichJesuswascrucified.
