圣诞节英文论文Christmas_有关圣诞节的英文作文

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Christmas

Abstract In the age of globalization, with the expansion of information exchange, commodities circulation and resource sharing, culture is being widely spread by breaking through barriers of various forms.The popularity of Christmas is a good example.Nowadays, Christmas has become a worldwide festival ,which is a inevitable trend.And I think it is neceary for us to know something about Christmas meaning ,Christmas customs ,Christmas impact on society and its popularity in Asia, through which we can understand the western culture better and learn how to view problems objectively and comprehensively.Key words: Basic introduction of Christmas;Christmas traditions;the impact on society;the popularity in Asia

Introduction

Christmas is short for 'Christ's Ma'.A Ma is a kind of Church service.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.Christmas is a religious festival and is the greatest holiday in Christianity world.On that day, Christians would get together with their families to commemorates the birthday of Jesus.But nowadays, the religious meaning of Christmas has become le emphasized.To many families, it is just a time of family reunion and the ever-exciting present-giving.Traditions Of Christmas 1.Preparation for the Christmas cake: This was an English tradition which started centuries ago.On Christmas eve, plum porridge was served to the people.As years paed, various other things like dry fruits, honey and spices were used.Soon this porridge got replaced with the Christmas cake.Christmas cakes are made using eggs, butter, confections, fruits, etc.Today a Christmas cake is an integral part of a Christmas menu.2.Sending gifts to loved ones: This tradition comes from the story of the three wise men who got gifts for baby Jesus on Christmas.Every Christmas, gifts are exchanged among loved ones, especially children.The story of Santa Claus also comes from this tradition.3.Decorating the Christmas tree: Christmas tree is one of the most famous traditions.Ordinarily, people put some evergreens such as a pine tree in or out of the house and decorate it with Christmas lights or colorful decorations, often they will put an angel or a big star on the top of the tree.4.Lighting up the Christmas candle: This refers to the tradition of placing a lighted candle outside houses during the Christmas season.A candle signifies hope as it brings light even to the darkest room.In the earlier times, when Christians were persecuted, they were not allowed to practice prayers.Hence, a single candle used to be placed outside the house as a sign that Christian prayers were being conducted inside.5.Singing Christmas carols: It refers to the age-old custom of enchanting a number of traditional Christmas songs during the Christmas season.It adds to the joy and fun to the atmosphere.Different Christmas hymns or carols like The First Noel, Jingle Bells, Joy to the world, etc are sung every Christmas as a part of the Christmas celebration.6.Making of Cribs: This is yet another age-old tradition of Christmas.A crib refers to the Nativity Scene that is prepared using small statues.The first crib ever was made outside a church of St.Francis of Aisi for children to show them how the Nativity scene was like.Since then, this tradition became very popular.7.Distributing Christmas candies: This is one of the most wonderful traditions of all.Christmas candies are distributed to neighbors during the Yuletide season.On the day of Christmas, all misunderstandings and grudges are forgotten and the community comes together to celebrate the birth of Christ.These traditions have been carried out for decades, yet they are celebrated with more and more exuberance each year.The level of excitement has never gone down.It just keeps getting better and better with time.8.Christmas color Red, green and white are Christmas colors, when Christmas comes, every family will use the color to decorate their houses, The Christmas flower and Christmas candle are red, while the Christmas tree is green, and the Christmas tree is the main decoration.9.Santa Claus Santa Claus is most popular in Christmas activities.In western countries, on Christmas Eve, before children go to bed, they will put a sock in front of the fireplace or pillow side waiting for Santa Claus to put the gifts into it.And in western countries Play Santa Claus is also a custom.10.Christmas stocking Long time ago, Christmas stocking was a pair of red socks.Since the Christmas stocking is used to hold gifts, the kids like it very much, they will hang their socks beside their beds, expecting their gifts the following day.The social impacts of Christmas

1.Influence on emotion Christmas in the west has always emphasized the ethical relationship and on Christmas day people will get together as a family unit to share the family happine.In the Western country ,Christmas day is also regarded as a family reunification and jubilation's holiday.And People usually will arrange a Christmas tree at home.Night of the Christmas, people will gather round the Christmas tree to sing and dance amusedly.This provides them with a good chance to stay with the families and friends.On Christmas, various recreational activities, the exchange of gifts and Christmas greetings can maintain and consolidate the family affection ,friendship and love.For example, parents will buy their child Christmas toy, which can promote the affection and communication between parents and children.Besides, for individuals, it is a good chance to relax physically and mentally.2.Impact on economy Christmas has positive impetus to the economy especially in the period of economic downturn.Usually, for countries which celebrate Christmas, Christmas is the biggest annual economic stimulus.And Christmas has become a major event for many retailers.Almost in all retail areas, sales will increase dramatically as people will purchase Christmas presents ,glittering decorations and buy food for the Christmas dinner.Stores will take the opportunity to launch new products at a high price and consumers will make use of this time to buy some bargains.In the United States, the Christmas shopping period extends to the beginning of Thanksgiving Day.Selling the products at a discount during Christmas ,The stores can sell their overstocked commodities and the economic impact of this phenomenon will continue after the holiday.Besides, in the north American，Christmas holidays is also a movie season and television production companies tend to launch the year's most anticipated films to win a good box office and Oscar entry ticket during the holiday, through which the company can make a big sum of money.3.Impact on culture Religion Globalization Christmas, the original religious holiday, has developed into a global festival.The religious meanings of Christmas have integrated with diversified cultural all over the world gradually.Some of them developed on the base of religious culture and became a more rich and colorful Christmas religious culture.Others has become secularized, commercialized, and even politicalized step by step.Single diversity Religious mystery of Christmas gradually fade, which is related to the scientific development and commodity economy.under the condition of market economy , merchants regard the Christmas as a big chance to make great profit, and they will use various promotions to attract consumers to purchase goods.Christmas makes people receive more reasons for holiday consumption ,at the same time, it provides more topics for holiday chat– the consumer culture.The pluralistic orientation of Christmas culture makes the world more wonderful.The spread in Asia These two years, Christmas has enjoyed a great popularity in many Asian countries.The Christmas tree, Santa Claus, Christmas carol have received much attention in Asia imperceptibly.This western traditional religious festival has changed into a fashion which lots of young people praise highly in Asia.Behind the Christmas, there are strong influence of western culture as well as the push of commercial interests.As regard to China, more and more young people are keen on celebrating the Christmas.Over the past 20 years, the Christmas in china has been into the streets and the stores, encouraging hundreds of millions of Chinese young people to take Christmas as a carnival and consume crazily.Actually, the popularity of Christmas in Asia arouse a fierce debate ,especially in India.“The popularity of foreign festival more or le weakens a Nation's centripetal force ,”One expert said.An Chinese scholar also said , “As far as I am concerned, I'm not against Christmas.But from the point of view of scholars, it is sad that Christmas day is so hot in China , which reflects that the Chinese traditional culture is facing a great challenge.And in a way ,this will weaken the identity of the Chinese nation, make Chinese don't like Chinese increasingly and naturally weaken national centripetal force.” As for me ,I do not oppose the Christmas.Our Chinese people celebrating Christmas does not mean that we suddenly have a religious faith and adore western culture.We simply want to contact our friends and stay with family members and relax ourselves through this holiday.This festival is only our excuse to get together, an excuse for us to relax.Besides, our Chinese have our own special ways to celebrate the holiday.For example, we Chinese send apples to friends and families on Christmas Eve.In fact ,our Chinese people love Christmas just because it is fun and interesting and is full of fairy tale.So, don't crusade against Christmas in the cultural level, just enjoy the lively atmosphere.Conclusion

From what have mentioned above, we can understand that Christmas itself has special meanings and there are many interesting Christmas traditions.Besides, the Christmas has a great impact on emotion , economy and culture.And with its popularity in Asia, many people fear that this will weaken the national centripetal force.However, we must know that Christmas is just a happy festival and it just a proce of intercultural communication.So we should view the Christmas soberly, objectively and profoundly.Reference

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