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  12月25日,是由西方国家传入的节日圣诞节,在这一天,小朋友们都特别希望收到老公公的礼物。朋友们你们知道圣诞节用英语怎么介绍吗?今天小编分享的是圣诞节的由来英文介绍,希望对大家有所帮助。

  圣诞节的由来英文介绍

  The Origin of Christmas

  Christmas Day-December 25-which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ,the founder of the Christian religion,is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the United States.

  According to the Bible,the holy book of Christians,God decided to allow his only son,Jesus Christ,to be born to a human mother and live on earth so that people could understand God better and learn to love God and each other more.“Christmas”- meaning“celebration of Christ ”- honors the time when Jesus was born to a young Jewish woman Mary.

  Mary was engaged to be married to Joseph,a carpenter,but before they came together,she was found to be with child.Because Joseph,her husband,was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace,he had in mind to porce her quietly.But after he had considered this,an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,"Do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife,because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.She will give birth to a son,and you are to give him the name Jesus,because he will save his people from their sins."

  Although the exact date of the birth of Jesus nearly 2000 years ago is not known,the calendar on the supposed date pides all time into B.C.(Before Christ)and A.D.( a Latin phrase,Anno Domini,“in the year of our Lord.”)For the first 300 years,Jesus‘ birthday was celebrated on different dates.Finally,in the year 354,church leaders chose December 25 as his birthday.

  圣诞节的社会影响

  经济

  全球

  2012年,在全球经济不景气的情况下,全球的圣诞经济并不乐观。虽然较平常确有不小幅度的升温,但远远低于历史水平。尤其是类似希腊这样陷入债务危机的国家,经济本身并没有复苏,购物的人们只能转转无奈离去。英国、加拿大、新加坡、美国等国由于经济好转,在商家的大力促销下圣诞经济快速回升。

  中国

  而圣诞节对于没有基督文化背景的中国人来说,只是提供了购物或是又一个出国游玩的时间点罢了。中国国内众多城市都有了圣诞狂欢,商场、超市等在圣诞前后都有大型促销活动。也催生出了一个现象:“浙江义乌,号称世界圣诞饰品之都。”全球70%的圣诞饰品都来自这里。

  2011年圣诞前后,众多中国人纷涌至英国各大城市购物,英国国内所售奢侈品的近三分之一都被中国人买走。在这种令人乍舌的购买力引导之下,不少国家在圣诞节专门推出针对中国人的有消费优惠的旅游计划。而英国伦敦更是有不少商家在圣诞节前后,专门雇佣会说普通话的店员,帮助中国顾客选购商品。2010年,中国内地游客在英国消费总量超过10亿英镑,英国本国居民的奢侈品消费需求则不足中国游客的一半。

  文化

  宗教→全球性

  从最初的宗教节日,发展成为一个具有全球性的节日。圣诞节宗教涵义逐渐与世界各地文化传统糅合。有些是在宗教文化基础上演化,成为更加丰富多彩的圣诞节宗教文化。有些则逐渐世俗化、商业化,甚至政治化。

  以圣诞树而言,在希腊传统中是没有圣诞树的,但这并不代表圣诞节不能有或者不须有圣诞树。美国有摆放圣诞树的传统。西方国家的许多孩子从小就被告知,圣诞老人是从烟囱进入屋里,然后悄悄把礼物放在好孩子床头的袜子里。孩子们一旦功课成绩下降,就往往会被家长或者老师训诫可能得不到圣诞老人的礼物。美国纽约上州一名老师上月底在课堂上告诉学生“世上并没有圣诞老人”,还补充说圣诞树下的礼物是他们的父母放在那里的,就因引发家长争议而被迫道歉。

  单一→多元化

  圣诞节宗教神秘感的逐渐淡化,固然与科学发展有关,也与商品经济有关。市场经济下可以用各种赢利的形式包装圣诞节,商家使出各式各样的促销手段吸引消费者购买商品,圣诞节在使人们获得更多节日消费的理由的同时,也增添更多节日闲聊的谈资——消费文化。

  圣诞节文化的多元取向,使世界更精彩。

  圣诞节的艺术作品



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