中国春节与圣诞节的对比.ppt

Christmas Day On December 25,people around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus christ Symbols of Christmas: Santa Claus Christmas tree Christmas hat Christmas stocking Christmas cards Christmas dinner Christmas carols（赞美诗） Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, or simply Santa“. in Western cultures, is described as bringing gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day Nowadays ,Christmas is celebrated by most of people by exchanging gifts and Christmas cards, preparing holiday foods, and decorating homes and workplaces with colored lights, Christmas trees and ornaments（装饰）. Christmas Greetings And may your kind and gentle ways, be blessed with happy, peaceful days, Becoming more beautiful with every thought, like every flake the earth has caught. May peace and joy wrap you in blankets of love, where hope has been. Almost of everyone enjoys Christmas Day , especially children.It is particularly enjoyed by children who get will be very excited because of the some presents they know they are going to receive . What do we usually call chun jie ? Chinese New Year Lunar New Year the Spring Festival The origin of the Lunar New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years, involving a series of colorful legends（传奇） and traditions. One of the most famous legends is Nian, an extremely cruel beast that the ancients believed would devour people on New Year‘s Eve. To keep Nian away, red-paper couplets（对联） are pasted on doors, torches（火把） are lit, and firecrackers are set off throughout the night, because Nian is said to fear the color red, the light of fire, and loud noises.