美國的圣誕節（1）
今年福山外語節，我們探究的內容是關于美國圣誕節。
我制作的是關于圣誕節的小報，在網上尋找了許多關于圣誕節的資料，仔細閱讀后，把最感興趣的圣誕節習俗----懸掛圣誕襪制作成小報。
通過查找的內容，我知道了美國人如何過圣誕節，如何去慶祝，有許多其它習俗，在12月25日那天，人們都在慶祝圣誕節，非常的熱鬧。就像過中國的春節一樣熱鬧。
美國的圣誕節（2）
Christmas in America
Christmas is the most important festival in the western world. It falls on December 25th. When my mother and I stayed in America, we were invited by one of my mother＇s friends to have Christmas with an American family. We bought some presents for our American friends on our way to their house.
They had prepared different kinds of gifts for their family and guests when we got to their house, such as Christmas candles, cakes, cards, little toys, biscuits and so on. A Christmas tree was placed in the comer of the brilliant hall. How beautiful it was! We were impressed by these. We had a big meal.
After dinner, they told us some interesting stories about Christmas. We learned that Christmas had something to do with God. We went to bed at midnight. Though we knew the Santa Claus was not true, we were still waiting for the Santa Claus with white beard to bring us presents.And we received many beautiful presents the next morning.
This Christmas was really unforgettable. Not only did I have a good time, but also I knew something about foreign culture.
美國的圣誕節（3）
今天，我通過網絡了解到．．．．．．
§每年12月25日是全世界大多數基督徒紀念耶穌誕生的日子。
教會開始并無圣誕節，約在耶穌升天后百余年內才有。據說：第一個圣誕節是在公元138年，由羅馬主教圣克里門倡議舉行。而教會史載第一個圣誕節則在公元336年。由于圣經未明記耶穌生于何時，故各地圣誕節日期各異。直到公元440年，才由羅馬教廷定12月25日為圣誕節。公元1607年，世界各地教會領袖在伯利恒聚會，進一步予以確定，從此世界大多數的基督徒均以12月25日為圣誕節。其實哪一天并不要緊，重要的是應該知道它是為紀念救主耶穌降生。
由于圣經記載耶穌生于夜間，故傳統稱12月24日夜為"圣誕夜"或"平安夜"。
在圣誕節人們會準備圣誕樹，給朋友和心愛的人準備圣誕節禮物并在圣誕夜放在他們的帽子里面，還會和朋友們一起唱圣誕歌，制作圣誕卡片，和家人朋友在圣誕樹下一起吃圣誕大餐等。總之，圣誕節是個象征著美好的日子！
美國的圣誕節（4）
圣誕節活動英語作文：美國怎么過圣誕？
"We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas"Have you heard that song? Yup! It's Christmas time! This Christmas, I stayed with my "host family"1. It was an amazing experience to see how a typical American family would celebrate the biggest western festival of the year.
Christmas, like our Spring Festival, has a meaning in itself. Christmas Day, which is on December 25, is the birthday of Jesus Christ--the son of God. That's why it is called Christmas. On that day, Christians would get together with their families to celebrate the birthday of Jesus. But nowadays, the religious meaning of Christmas has become less emphasized. To many families, it is just a time of family reunion and the ever-exciting present-giving.
Our school had been on winter vacation since December 11. I stayed at my friend, Stephen Stapczynski's house--his family was my "host family". Although Christmas was still more than ten days ahead, the festive spirit had already been teeming everywhere. The Christmas tree had already been set up, and on every windowsill, there were Christmas lights. On the first day I arrived at their house, Stephen and I helped Mrs. Stapczynski put decorations on the Christmas tree. The tree looked so nice with all the lights on and the beautiful ornaments dangling from its branches.
As Christmas came closer, the whole neighborhood had made preparations too. Some people would hold parties at their houses, inviting all their neighbors to come. So every night, if you went out, you would see a long line of cars parked in front of some house--a party's on!
What's more, the Christmas decorations that some people put on their windows and in gardens were just amazing. On one night, we went out in our car for a "tour of lights". There was one street that was so famous for its lights that it got its way into the local paper. We had a hard time finding the well-hidden street, but it turned out to be worth the effort. Lights shone brightly in front of nearly every house, on trees, bushes, doors, windowseverywhere, taking different shapes, making it seem almost like daytime. Huge inflatable figures in the front gardens were waving to us: there were Santa Clauses2, of course, chuckling merrily away; and there were also other Christmas figures, like Rudolph3--the red-nosed reindeer--with his red nose gleaming ever so brightly; even Bart Simpson--a character in the famous comedy The Simpsons--had joined the jolly party, wearing a Santa's hat. The street set off a lot of "ooh"s and "aah"s inside the car.4 When we left, there was a line of cars in the street, all there to see the lights.
Christmas is the time for exchanging presents. Stephen and Niko had been thinking about their Christmas lists (a list of things they wish "Santa"to give them for Christmas) for a long time. I didn't want to ask for anything, but the Stapczynskis were so kind to "force"me make one list as well (Mr. Stapczynski told me if I didn't make one he would chop off my legs). So I wrote down a couple of things that I would like to have, and gave the list to them--sorry, my mistake--to Santa.
Finally, Christmas Eve came. There was a special Christmas service at the church at 6 p.m. It was certainly a very interesting experience for me. The priest started the service reading and sang out extractions from a holy book--The Divine Liturgy. For several times, we would stand up and pray.
Sometimes, the church choir would start singing. The atmosphere was very quiet and holy. Then there was a ceremony called "The Receiving Communion". People waited in line to "receive"a spoonful of food from the priest. It was a very special Christmas tradition. The food was made from bread and wine. The bread represents the body of Jesus, and the wine represents his blood. After this ceremony, the priest had a speech. He reminded us not to forget the true meaning of Christmas, and let Jesus really live inside us--that is, to love the people around us wholeheartedly. I think that no matter if you are a Christian or not, this principle should be part of our lives. After the priest finished his speech, the part that I enjoyed most came: Christmas carols5. Christmas carols are songs that people sing at Christmas, such as "Jingle Bells", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Silent Night"and so on. Some were very merry, others sounded quite holy, but all of them were beautiful. I closed my eyes, and let all the peacefulness and happiness that were in the songs flow through me. What a feeling it was!
We went to sleep earlier that day for we had to get up early on Christmas Day to open our presents. Sure enough, when I was still half-way during a sweet dream, Stephen burst into my room and told me to get up and open presents. There were a huge pile of presents under the Christmas tree, and there was such a mysterious mist shrouding them that made me eager to see what they all were. So one by one, we went through all the presents. Mr. and Mrs. Stapczynski had bought me everything I had written on my Christmas list--and a lot more! I got music CDs, film DVDs, clothes, books I was very happy, and I didn't know how to express my appreciation for what they had done for me.
Stephen and Niko had gotten a lot of presents too, and they had already been trying out their new games!
In the afternoon, we went to Mrs. Stapczynski's brother, Uncle Stan's house. They had prepared a marvelous meal for us. A lot of their friends and relatives also came. I saw Stephen and Niko's grandparents, Yiayia and Papou (words of grandma and grandpa in Greek--Mrs. Stapczynski's parents came from Greece, so they like the boys using Greek words to call them). They were very kind to me, and treated me just like one of their family members. We had a very luxurious meal, consisting of turkey, beef, pork, and all sorts of other food.
After the meal, when all the stomachs were full and everyone was feeling drowsy6 from all the food, we just sat around the table and chatted, just like what we Chinese people do at the Spring Festival. After all, Christmas, like the Spring Festival, is a time for us to get away from our busy lives, a time for family gathering, and a time to have some fun.
Notes:
1. host family: 寄住家庭或接待家庭。學校安排那些圣誕節仍留在美國的國際學生住在當地的寄住家庭中。
2. Santa Claus: 圣誕老人。
3. Rudolph: 每到圣誕節，圣誕老人乘坐馴鹿雪撬給孩子們送禮物，其中指路的馴鹿的名字叫Rudolph，它的鼻子是紅色的，所以稱其為"red-nose reindeer"。
4. 街上的景象使車中響起一片驚奇的聲音。set off: 激起，引起。
5. carol: (圣誕)頌歌。
6. drowsy: 困倦的。
美國的圣誕節（5）
Christmas is the most important festival in the western world. It falls on December 25th. When my mother and I stayed in America, we were invited by one of my mother's friends to have Christmas with an American family. We bought some presents for our American friends on our way to their house.
They had prepared different kinds of gifts for their family and guests when we got to their house, such as Christmas candles, cakes, cards, little toys, biscuits and so on. A Christmas tree was placed in the comer of the brilliant hall. How beautiful it was! We were impressed by these. We had a big meal.? After dinner, they told us some interesting stories about Christmas. We learned that Christmas had something to do with God. We went to bed at midnight. Though we knew the Santa Claus was not true, we were still waiting for the Santa Claus with white beard to bring us presents.And we received many beautiful presents the next morning.
This Christmas was really unforgettable. Not only did I have a good time, but also I knew something about foreign culture.
12月25日的圣誕節是西方國家最重要的節日。我和媽媽在美國的時候，曾應媽媽的一位朋友邀請，去一個美國家庭過圣誕節。在去他家的途中，我們為美國朋友買了一些禮物。
我們到時，他們已為家人及客人們準備了各種各樣的禮物，有圣誕蠟燭、蛋糕、卡片、小玩具和餅干等。圣誕樹放在燈火通明的客廳的一角，實在是太莢了。這一切給我們留下了深刻的印象。我們吃了一頓大餐。飯后，他們給我們講了一些圣誕節的.故事，我們知道了圣誕節與上帝有關。我們午夜時分才上床睡覺。盡管我們知道圣誕老人不是真的，但還是等待著白胡子的圣誕老人為我們送來禮物。第二天早晨我們收到了許多漂亮的禮物。
這個圣誕節實在太令人難以忘懷了。我不僅過得很愉快，還了解了外國文化。
Christmas is the most important festival in the western world. It is on December 25th. Usually two weeks before, people begin to prepare lots of Christmas presents. People who are far away on business hurry to return their home for Christmas.
Last Christmas, my mother and I were invited by one of my mother' s friends to have Christmas with an American family. Entering the brilliant hall, we saw a beauti
美國的圣誕節（6）
“叮叮當，叮叮當，鈴兒響叮當…”每當唱起這首歌，我就會想起20__年有趣的圣誕節。因為我們要和一個人玩一個游戲—圣誕節之約：在晚上八點整前在大街上找到吳老師。草草地吃過晚飯后，我和媽媽就懷著急切地心情投入到了尋找當中。
我的首選地點是金沙廣場，因為這是金壇人最集中的地方。我東找找，西望望，在廣場上到處游蕩。我每看見一個戴眼鏡的男人都要湊上去看看是不是吳老師，可每次都希望變成失望。突然，我發現遠處一個正向我走來的人很像吳老師，又高又大，戴著黑框眼鏡。我在心里暗暗發笑：哈哈，沒想到能在這碰上老師。我便飛奔而去，看著這影子越來越像，我也越來越興奮，眼看就要擁上去了，我突然發現他不是，便把“吳老師”這幾個字咽住了，只“蹦”出了一個“吳”字，那人用疑惑的眼光看了我一眼，我臉紅了，羞愧難當。正在我慚愧的時候，一個“天外來客”映入了我的眼簾：他長得高，而且壯，戴眼鏡，穿著黑衣服，特別的是在他身后有一個跟吳老師女兒極其相似的女孩。我立即意識到，這很可能是吳老師。可事實讓我心靈再次受到了瘡傷，我把怒氣全都發泄出來：“騙人，忽悠人，我一定要跟他評理!!”媽媽說：“別人也沒像你這樣‘狂’，趕緊繼續，說不定找錯了地方呢?”我馬上轉移陣地去了“KFC”。
在KFC里，我瀏覽了一下，如剛才一樣，一無所獲。這時北風呼嘯，大部分人都回家了，而我還在堅持著。夜色很美，但我卻無心去欣賞。媽媽勸我回家，我不肯，因為我執著，我堅信能成功。我們把最后的目標鎖定在老市政府周圍，準備在半路“攔”住吳老師，我堅持不懈，期待成功。我倆加快步伐趕過去，這時發現在昏暗的街道上走過來一群人，他們在談笑風生，很惹眼，但由于光線太暗根本看不清楚，正好有一輛汽車駛過，雪亮的燈光一晃而過，但這足以讓我認清了他們的面目——其中一位正是我苦苦尋找的吳老師!我驚呆了，想沖上去可身子卻不聽使喚，僵住了，我不敢相信這是真的，便立在了那里，像是被冰凍了，又仿佛時空凝結了一般，而我的心在“砰砰“直跳……吳老師滿面春風地向我走來，把我擁進他那寬大溫暖的胸懷。聽到吳老師說我是第十個找到他的人時，便全身熱血沸騰，和老師同學們一起玩起來，沉浸在這圣誕節歡樂的氣氛中。我想吳老師的出現也許是我的執著感動了老天，也許是我的運氣太好了，也許根本就是一個偶然……
美國的圣誕節（7）
They had prepared different kinds of gifts for their family and guests when we got to their house, such as Christmas candles, cakes, cards, little toys, biscuits and so on. A Christmas tree was placed in the comer of the brilliant hall. How beautiful it was! We were impressed by these. We had a big meal. After dinner, they told us some interesting stories about Christmas. We learned that Christmas had something to do with God. We went to bed at midnight. Though we knew the Santa Claus was not true, we were still waiting for the Santa Claus with white beard to bring us presents.And we received many beautiful presents the next morning.
This Christmas was really unforgettable. Not only did I have a good time, but also I knew something about foreign culture.
12月25日的圣誕節是西方國家最重要的節日。我和媽媽在美國的時候，曾應媽媽的一位朋友邀請，去一個美國家庭過圣誕節。在去他家的途中，我們為美國朋友買了一些禮物。
我們到時，他們已為家人及客人們準備了各種各樣的禮物，有圣誕蠟燭、蛋糕、卡片、小玩具和餅干等。圣誕樹放在燈火通明的客廳的一角，實在是太莢了。這一切給我們留下了深刻的印象。我們吃了一頓大餐。飯后，他們給我們講了一些圣誕節的故事，我們知道了圣誕節與上帝有關。我們午夜時分才上床睡覺。盡管我們知道圣誕老人不是真的，但還是等待著白胡子的圣誕老人為我們送來禮物。第二天早晨我們收到了許多漂亮的禮物。
這個圣誕節實在太令人難以忘懷了。我不僅過得很愉快，還了解了外國文化。