圣誕節(jié)英文版PPT

1、It is interesting to see how different countries celebrate Christmas.The USA is so multi-cultural that you will find many different ways of celebrating Christmas. How is Christmas celebrated around theworld?Germans love to decorate their houses at Christmas. Many houses will have little wooden frame

2、s holding electric candles in their windows, and coloured pictures of paper or plastic which look beautiful fromthe outside at night. Often too, they will have an Adventskranz a wreath of leaves with four candles. (Advent - meaning coming is the 4 week period before Christmas). On each Sunday of Adv

3、ent, Another candle is lit. Most homes will also have little wooden cribs - a small model of the stable where Jesus was born, with Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, and animals. Children leave letters on their window sills for Christkind, a winged figure dressed in white robes and a golden crown who distrib

4、utes gifts. Father Christmas Der Weihnachtsmann - brings presents in the late afternoon of Christmas Eve (December 24th), after people have been to a church meeting. The presents are then found under the Christmas tree. Oneperson in the family will ring a bell and call everyone to come to the room.

5、“Froehliche Weihnachten” “Merry Christmas!”In the days of the Soviet Union, Christmas was notcelebrated very much. New Year was the importanttime - when Father Frost brought presents to children.With the fall of Communism, Christmas can be openlycelebrated - either on December 25th; or more often on

6、January 7th. This unusual date is because the RussianOrthodox church uses the old Julian calendar forreligious celebration days. Special Christmas foodincludes cakes, pies and meat dumplings. Christmas over here in Australia seems to be more casual than anywhere else, from all the reports Ive heard.

7、 Well have breakfast with our immediate families, first, if were staying at our own house or a hotel. Its normally bacon, eggs, toast, and black pudding (Yum!). Then, at about 11 am, we go to a relatives house or they come to ours - normally we swap each Christmas. We open some presents, And have ou

8、r lunch, which would be prawns, and crab, things like that. After lunch, we open more presents, and explore them! Then, the over 30s have a nap, while we younger ones give each other little presents, normally not more than five to ten dollars each. Then, we have a swim if theres a pool anywhere near

9、by, but if there isnt, we go to a park, or something like that. We have our main meal atdinner time. Turkey, chicken, fish, crab, prawns, potato, pumpkin, peas, pudding -the works and reminisce over the year. Then we sleep. And thats all Christmas is over here. In Italy Christmas begins on 1st of De

10、cember. We decorate the tree, or, more often, we make the PRESEPE. The Presepe is a sort of Little miniature of what happened on December 25th of the year 0 B.C. We put a big hut with Mary, Joseph, Jesus, a donkey and a bow. Its said that Jesus was warmth during the first night by the two animals. I

11、n the presepe theres not only the holy family, we put also the three kings,shepards, with sheep of course, fishermen, curious people some angels, houses, lights and animals. Presents are usually put under, or in any case as near as possible to the presepe. On Dec. 25ths night presents aretaken out o

12、f the wardrobe. We believe that Jesus Christ in person comes to bring the presents. Christmas dinner is served on the night of December 24th, while others take it on midday of 25th. We give our presentsbefore the meal begins. Everyone has to have a present. We light up the mantelpiece and teenagers

13、enjoy themselves with little firecrackers.This is our usual Christmas and the presepe is put away only on January 7th. “Buone Feste Natalizie” “Merry Christmas!”Christmas festivities begin with Las Posadas, nineconsecutive days of candelight processions and lively parties starting December 16. In vi

14、llages and urban neighborhoods throughout Mexico youngsters gather each afternoon to reenact the holy familys quest for lodging in Bethlehem. The parade of Santos Peregrinos (Holy Pilgrims) stops at a designated house to sing a traditional litany by which the Holy Family requests shelter for the nig

15、ht and those waiting behind the closed door turn them away. They proceed to a second home where the scene is repeated. At the third stop the pilgrims are told that while there is no room in the posada (inn), they are welcome to take refuge in the stable. The doors are flung open and all are invited

16、to enter. “Feliz Navidad!” “Merry Christmas!”For English children, Christmas begins in October when most English children write their Christmas Lists to Father Christmas. English houses are decorated two weeks before Christmas day. The tree is decorated with tinsel, twinkling fairy lights, tartan ri

17、bbons and baubels. The home is usually decorated with statues of Father Christmas, holly wreaths, mistletoe, and welcoming lights at the windows. English children go to bed on Christmas Eve night after having The Night Before Christmas read to them by their parents and leaving a mince pie and some m

18、ilk for Father Christmas (and a carrot for Rudolph).On Christmas Day morning they rush into their parents bedrooms and drag their parents downstairs to the living room where a stack of Christmas presents lie under the tree, in stockings or in sacks.The tree and decorations are unwillingly taken down

19、 two weeks after Christmas day, as it is considered bad luck if they are up longer.“Merry Christmas!” In big Norwegian country kitchens in farms and villages off the beaten track the hectic preparations still begin weeks before the festival season. The smell of Christmas fills the house, bringing th

20、e childrensexpectations up to fever pitch. But the children do not usually enjoy the meal very much. Their eyes keep turning to the closed living room door, and they grow more and more impatient with the unbearably slow pace with which their elders finish the meal. The children tumble in as the door

21、 is opened, only to stop short, awestruck by the sight of the tree, aglow with the light from real candles, and with the neatly wrapped gifts heaped underneath. Then follows a Norwegian ritual known as circling the Christmas tree. Everybody joins hands to form a ring around the tree, and the company

22、 then walk around it singing carols. Finally, the gifts are distributed, and the children can relax. The rest of the evening is spent on fun and games and there are cakes and other good things to be eaten. On the morning of Christmas Day itself the family goes to church. “God Jul” “Merry Christmas!”

23、In France, Christmas is always called Nol. Everyonehas a Christmas tree, sometimes decorated in the oldway with red ribbons and real white wax candles. Fir trees in the garden are often decorated too, with lightson all night. Father Christmas is called Pre Nol. The Christmas meal is an important fam

24、ily gathering with good meatand the best wine. Not everyone sends Christmas cards. “Joyeux Noel”“Merry Christmas!”Father Christmas is called Papai Noel. Many Christmascustoms are similar to USA or UK. For those who haveenough money, a special Christmas meal will be chicken, turkey, ham, rice, salad,

25、 pork, fresh and dried fruits. Poorer people will just have chicken and rice.“Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo”“Merry Christmas!”Finnish people believe that Father Christmas (Santa Claus) lives in the north part of Finland called Korvatunturi, north of the Arctic Circle. People from all over the world s

26、end letters to Santa Claus in Finland. (It is only fair to say that the people of Greenland say that really, Father Christmas lives in Greenland!) Everyone cleans their houses ready for the three holy days of Christmas - Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, andBoxing Day. Christmas Eve is very special, whe

27、n people eat rice porridge and plum fruit juice in the morning. They will then decorate a spruce tree in the home. At mid-day, the peace of Christmas is broadcast on radio And TV from the Finnish city of Turku by its Mayor. In the evening, a traditional Christmas dinner is eaten. Many families will

28、visit cemeteries and grave-yards to place a candle onto the burial graves of family members. Cemeteries are very beautiful at Christmas-time. Children receive their presents on Christmas Eve, usually with a family member dressing as Father Christmas. “Hyvaa joulua” “Merry Christmas!”People pretend t

29、hat Father Christmas brings presents tochildren on Christmas Eve. The presents are left underthe Christmas tree or in shoes by the fireplace. Aspecial Christmas meal of salted dry cod-fish withboiled potatoes is eaten at midnight on Christmas Eve.“Feliz Natal”“Merry Christmas!” In the days of the So

30、viet Union, Christmas was notcelebrated very much. New Year was the importanttime - when Father Frost brought presents to children.With the fall of Communism, Christmas can be openlycelebrated - either on December 25th; or more often onJanuary 7th. This unusual date is because the RussianOrthodox ch

31、urch uses the old Julian calendar for religious celebration days. Special Christmas foodincludes cakes, pies and meat dumplings. “Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom”“Happy Birthday Jesus!”Christians in China celebrate by lighting their houses with beautiful paper lanterns and decora

32、ting their Christmas trees, which they call Trees of Light, with paper chains, paper flowers, and paper lanterns. Chinese Children hang muslin stockings and await a visit from Santa Claus, whom they call Dun Che Lao Ren(dwyn-chuh-lau-oh-run) which means Christmas Old Man. Since the vast majority of

33、the Chinese people are not Christian, the main winter festival in China the Chinese New Year which takes place toward the end of January. Now officially called the Spring Festival, it is a time when children receive new clothing, eat Luxurious meals, receive new toys, and enjoy firecracker displays. An important aspect of the New Year celebration is the worship of ancestors. Portraits and paintin