圣誕節(jié)作文高中英文4篇

1、第 PAGE8 頁 共 NUMPAGES8 頁圣誕節(jié)作文高中英文4篇圣誕節(jié)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 ev

2、ergreen trees with small 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

3、 apple tree of temptation.There is a legend that St Boniface, an English monk, came upon a group of 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 o

4、ne blow of his fist. Later on, a fir tree grew in place of the oak and this, St Boniface told the pagans, was the Tree of Life and represented the Christ Child.Legend also suggests that, in the late 16th century, Martin Luther (the founder of the Protestant religion) was the first to decorate an ind

5、oor 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 in Germany - a country with a long Christmas tree history! The trees were initially decorated with fruit and sweets together with ha

6、nd 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 the fair and took home to hang on their tree.Tinsel was also invented in Germany in about 1610. Up until fairly recently real silver

7、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 alternative - 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 alt

8、ernative 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 large trees, thus preventing the trees from growing any further. It got so bad in Germany that laws had to be brought in to prevent

9、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 British public by decorating the first English Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1841 using candles, sweets, fruit and gingerbread.T

10、he 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 and tinsel. However, the onset of the Second World War resulted in a ban on cutting down trees for decoration and people resorted

11、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 of Christmas cheer!圣誕節(jié)作文英文2Christmas is also known as Christmas, translated as “Christ mass”, western traditional festival, every

12、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 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 Ch

13、ristian 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 a public holiday in the western world and in many other regions, such as Hongkong, Macao, Malaysia, and Singapore in Asia. The Bibl

14、e actually did not record the date of birth of Jesus, Christmas is a public.圣誕節(jié)作文英文3Christmas is amazing looking forward to day, especially kids. We held a Christmas party at school, many of my friends to e to the party. After we said “merry Christmas”, we began to sing Christmas songs, such as “ede

15、lweiss”. Then we speak Christmas stories, such as “Santa Claus”, we all had a good time. When the party is ing to an end, we wish each other “happy New Year”.圣誕節(jié)作文英文4Most westerners always celebrate Christmas Day as their major festival, in order to memorialize Jesus.During that time, they always ha

16、ve several days off, so they can enjoy this festival with all their hearts.The children often get together with their friends.The adults are busy with decorating their houses.They also send the postcards with their best wishes to each other. In the streets, there are so many Fathers Christmas sendin

17、g presents to the 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 dinner.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 wit