Christmas is the one day of the year that brings true hope and longing to all mankind, holding high the torch of brotherhood.
Christmas is the one day of the year when most people's hearts are open and their temperament is extraordinary.
It is also the day when most people try to be kind and considerate;
the day when we all act with our usual grace and generosity;
the day when the joys of the family are more important than the profits of business;
the day when people of different races meet and speak in a cheerful way;
the day when all classes of society wish each other well;
the day when people of all races wish each other well.
A day when people from all walks of life wish each other a happy holiday;
A day when even enemies are reunited.
To commemorate the birth of the Savior, of course, not to sing hymns and dance, but first of all to think of God's preservation of the year, so that we can pass through it safely, how many times during the year we have been attentive to the heart of the Lord, how many times we have done our duty for the family of God, and during the year have we borne the fruit of the Holy Spirit? Do we have the fruit of the Spirit in the year? Do we have the new life of Christ in our behavior? Then we should sing and praise, and we should praise the Lord with our hearts and honesty, with our hearts and mouths united. However, in some places nowadays, some sisters are too busy practicing dance, pursuing excellence in dance, and in order to intensify rehearsals, they have stopped learning the Word of God. I think this is just to please people's eyes, not to please the Lord's heart.
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12 Ways to Remember the True Meaning of Christmas
It's time to take a break from the traditional Christmas rituals of shopping, eating, drinking, and entertaining, and to take the time to rekindle the fireworks of a new Christmas, leaving the spirit of Christmas more "alive" in our homes.
1. Candlelight
Candlelight, which banishes the darkness, is a visible sign of vitality in the midst of winter. When the first Advent (the Sunday four weeks before Christmas) arrived, some Christians lit candles at church and brought them home. Candle after candle burned until Christmas Eve. The whole family could **** into a candlelit dinner. You can also traditionally light 3 more candles, each representing the week of Advent.
2. Donate to a good cause
If you know someone who would like to donate to a good cause, then do it in her/his name.
3. Write a letter
Do you have someone you will remember for the rest of your life who has helped you? Or want to reconcile with an old friend who had an argument? Or would you like to say, "I love you" to a loved one? Then now is the perfect time to pick up a pen and paper and express your feelings.
4, to send the most needed gifts
We are often in order to "send gifts" to send gifts, in fact, people have or do not need, we should find a way to send those on the gift list has not yet been sent to the gift.
5. Plant a real Christmas tree
A fun way to remember Christmas is to give a "last minute" gift to a nature lover. Call or go online and you can spend $10 to help America's oldest nonprofit citizens' preservation organization, American Forests, plant 10 trees where forest ecosystems are most damaged.
6. Create a new family holiday
If you traditionally spend Christmas Eve with your husband's side of the family and have to spend Christmas Day with your own side of the family, you'll regret not being able to celebrate the holiday with your husband's children at home. Some people even complain that they and their children never have private time and space to **** over Christmas. Well, we can create a new holiday such as Adam's Day on December 23rd-because Adam was born before Yves. On the 23rd, we can share gifts, **** dinner, and celebrate the holiday with our family and children.
7. Create a Christmas gift notepad
Get a nice notepad to keep track of the gifts you and your family receive and give. Next year, when you want to write a message or give a gift, keep the notepad handy so you can avoid giving people duplicate gifts. A notepad is a sign that you are being considerate of yourself and others.
8, divide the work of decorating the tree
Let the family divide the work of decorating the tree. Use red ribbons to divide the tree into different sections so that each person has his or her own place to decorate, and this will prevent the tree from being decorated similarly year after year.
9. Have dinner around the tree
After the tree is decorated, have dinner around the tree. Turn off all the lights except the tree and imagine how beautiful the tree is! This idea is perfect for the evening after a tiring afternoon of Christmas shopping.
10, make Christmas Eve simple
On Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, it is recommended to get a simple dinner, such as pizza, or let the guests buffet sandwiches, rather than tired ...... >>
Question 2: The meaning of Christmas Christmas (Christmas), also known as Christmas Day, the birth of Jesus, translated as "Christ Mass", the traditional Western holiday, on December 25 every year. The Mass is a liturgy of the Church. Christmas is a religious festival, because it is celebrated as the birth of Jesus, so the name "Christmas". [1]
Most Catholic churches hold a midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, December 24, while some Christian churches celebrate the Annunciation, followed by Christmas Day on December 25; the Orthodox Church, another major branch of Christianity, celebrates Christmas on January 7 of each year. .
Christmas is also a public ****holiday in the Western world and in many other parts of the world, such as Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore in Asia. The ancient Roman Church grew accustomed to celebrating the birth of the Lord on December 25 during the time of Constantine (313 AD).
Question 3: What is the significance of Christmas for the Chinese? First, "the west wind overwhelms the east wind", why is Christmas coming stronger and stronger
In recent years, the attack of foreign festivals with Christmas as the main dish is getting stronger and stronger, while the traditional Chinese festivals are getting cooler and cooler in comparison with the foreign festivals. Especially in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, such a big city, young people mentioned Christmas on the eyebrows, while the traditional Chinese New Year is more and more feel "the same old, monotonous, calm, the more over the more uninteresting ......". The emergence of this aggressive situation of Christmas has its own specific reasons:
1, the development of China's economy and the improvement of people's living standards
More and more Chinese people celebrate Christmas, is a symbol of the country's economic development and the improvement of the standard of living of the residents. The more developed the economy, the higher the income of the residents, the stronger the material foundation of the residents, the stronger the pursuit of leisure, the more vacations and festivals.
2. The deepening of cultural exchanges between China and the West and the role of the strong Western economy
China's opening up to the outside world is getting higher and higher, with a large number of European and American multinational corporations entering China, and a large number of Westerners coming to China to work and travel, and a lot of Western traditions and habits are also being brought into China more broadly with far-reaching impacts.
The economy is also an important factor in the growing popularity of Christmas in China. In a country like China, where there is no Christian tradition at all, Christmas is so popular that the relative strength of the Western economy and culture plays a subtle role. Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other regions have a longer history of Christmas than China, mainly because of the proliferation and spread of culture in more economically developed countries and regions.
3, urban residents, especially young people on Christmas formed a special position
Spring Festival is the Chinese people are used to revisit the time of family love, talking about the reunion; eleven or five is the luxury of time off, the residents only think of the family outing, or simply recuperate to sleep and sleep to maintain the spirit; and for the representative of the foreign festival of Christmas, Chinese urban residents, especially young people blurred the original meaning, has turned it into a festival of Christmas, and the Chinese people have become the most popular festival in the world. As for the foreign festivals represented by Christmas, Chinese urban residents, especially young people, have blurred its original meaning and turned it into a feast for partying and revelry. From a folklore point of view, traditional Chinese festivals emphasize reunion, so for many young people it seems to be a burden, while most Western festivals have a carnival-like color, and Christmas is more like a festival for oneself. For advocating individuality, the pursuit of fashion for young people, foreign festivals are more able to open a free mood.
4, merchants and the media to promote the propaganda
Merchants and the media from all aspects of the propaganda to promote the propaganda campaign to lead the general public on the holiday fantasy and desire to produce a magnificent Christmas army. Just like the current National Day Golden Week, the public did not necessarily have to go out to travel, but when the environment provides such a behavioral conditions, when the media and businesses and do a good job of such a "beautiful" trap, the public will have to jump in. Of course, let more people jump this kind of trap is not bad, this is also a kind of holiday economy.
Second, the characteristics of China's Christmas consumption
Christmas as a kind of imported goods, in China has its own specific application of the main body and space-time conditions. From the current point of view, China's Christmas consumption has the following characteristics:
1. The main body of Christmas consumption is young people
The survey found that 70% of the people who spent Christmas were young people under the age of 38, and 45% of them had considerable economic strength.
Students and those working in more open-minded industries directly related to brainpower are the main buyers of Christmas. Students are able to accept new things quickly, and some more open, directly brain-related industries, such as the network, business, education, etc., are easily exposed to foreign new things, and those who work in these industries are naturally brought into Christmas Eve by their careers, which is highlighted by the white-collar class of foreign enterprises.
2, developed and open city is a concentrated area of Christmas consumption
A city whether Christmas, how to Christmas, which is closely related to the city's cultural composition, economic development, degree of openness. In Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, such developed and open cities, Christmas has become a common people know the foreign holidays, but some mainland cities in Northwest Christmas Eve lively air is very thin, especially some economically underdeveloped small and medium-sized cities, Christmas is like a sham. Then to the towns and villages, Christmas is more no trace.
3, Christmas entertainment and consumption time focused on Christmas Eve
Because there is no vacation, so the celebration of 100% are gathered in the night, busy students, white-collar workers, these active in the forefront of the fashion crowd, take advantage of this opportunity to relax a good. Because Christmas is also the "second Valentine's Day", so the students in colleges and universities are the most enthusiastic about this, especially those who are in love with the couple, will choose to gather in the Christmas Eve carnival. The same ...... >>
Question 4: Does Christmas represent the significance of the work Christmas, also known as Christmas Day, is the remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was born to preach the gospel of the kingdom and to die for mankind.
Nowadays, society, especially in mainland China, always misunderstands that the center of Christmas is Santa Claus, but in fact, it is not, in fact, should be Jesus Christ is the center of the festival. You can see there will be angel dolls or pictures appear, that is because Jesus was born when the angel to the shepherds to report the message of the birth of the Savior; you will see the star on the Christmas tree, that is because Jesus was born, the East has three doctors followed a star to the place where Jesus was born. You see Santa Claus, it is because in the beginning a good man was moved by the spirit of Jesus Christ's sacrifice and dedication to give gifts to others.
Question 5: What is the special significance of Christmas ma ?
Christmas has become a custom around the world, but have you ever looked into the origins of the day? Do you know why it is celebrated?
The origin of Christmas can be traced back to the birth of Jesus 2001 years ago.
What year was Jesus born?
The exact year is no longer known, but most archaeologists agree that it would have been in the year of the division of the centuries (i.e., the year BCE), except that the correct date of birth is not known with certainty. So the early Christians used the Mithraist sect of the Roman Empire to celebrate Christmas on the first day of the year, February 25, in honor of the birth of the Sun God.
So Christmas is religiously an important holiday for Christians to commemorate the birth of Yeshua.
According to the Bible, Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a small town in Judea. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was pregnant by the Holy Spirit, and in a dream the angel Gabriel appeared to her and told her that she was going to give birth to the Son of God, who would be called Jesus. Just as she was returning home with her husband Joseph, all the inns were full, so Mary was forced to give birth to Jesus in a manger. The Three Doctors in the far east received a revelation from God and followed a bright star in the sky to Jesus, bowed down and worshiped him, unveiled a treasure box, and took out gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh and offered them to him. The shepherds in the field of Bertram also heard the voice of an angel from heaven, telling them the good news of Jesus' birth.
(ii) In folklore
That goes back to Germany. In Germany, the four Sundays before Christmas are labeled as the first, second, third, and fourth advent. In the first to descend on the festival around the beginning of the Christmas market, and the first to descend on the day of the festival, families will be to descend on the wreath (adventskranz) in the first candle lit, and after each to descend on the festival points suck and then lit in order to descend on the wreath of the other candles, and so on the fourth candle is lit, on behalf of the Christmas festival to come!
During this period, German families begin to prepare for all the shopping, decorating, and cleaning work, which is like our Lunar New Year. And children will also get a "Christmas calendar" (ADVENTSKALENDER), which is a cardboard box, there will be 1 to 24 small "door", each small door behind the same small toys or sweets and other things. Just like when we were kids and "drew" things at the grocery store attached to our house, kids can open one door a day starting on December 1st, just until Christmas Eve on December 24th. But naughty kids usually can't wait to open it all on the first day!
▲The origin of Santa Claus
Christmas is a time of great anticipation, especially for children. I'm sure you're all familiar with Santa Claus, right? Once upon a time, there was an old man named Nicholas, who loved to help the poor people in his life. Once he helped three poor young people by giving them three bags of gold to escape the misfortune of being sold. When Nicholas secretly gave one of the bags of gold to one of the women, he threw the gold through one of the windows, and it happened to fall into a stocking on the wall. So, the gift will be placed in the Christmas stocking gift-giving method of home to go from house to house to ask for candy yo!
It is said that on the night of Christmas Eve, Santa Claus will drive a reindeer sleigh full of gifts ready to send some of the children who have been doing well this year, he will quietly climb down the chimney into the house, the gifts are stuffed in the socks hanging on the bedside. So the kids always hang a colorful sock above their bed and put a glass of warm milk next to it to quench the thirst of the hard-working Santa Claus and to give a big gift to themselves.
On the next day, every child can't wait to open the gift and find out what they've been rewarded with.
By 1822, a Dutch missionary brought the story of this great philanthropist to the United States, American merchants more special marketing techniques, every year to use this holiday fanfare advertising, making a fortune, in Asia, Japan and other countries also followed suit. So the custom of dressing up Santa Claus to celebrate Christmas has gradually become popular around the world.
▲The origin of the Christmas tree
1. It is said that in about the sixteenth century, the Germans were the first to take the evergreen pine and cypress branches to the house to decorate, and later, the German missionary Martin Luther put the candle on the fir branches in the woods, and then lit, so that it looks like a star to guide people to Bethlehem, just as two thousand years ago, the Three Wise Men in the East in accordance with the stars in the sky to find Jesus in general. Today, people have switched to using small light bulbs instead of candles.
2. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a farmer who met a poor child on Christmas Day, and he received the child warmly, and the child folded a root when he was leaving. ...... >>
Question 6: What are the colors of Christmas? What is the significance? The Red and Green of Christmas
The main colors of Christmas are red and green. This reflects the ancient love of holly (holly). This plant has dark green pointed leaves and bears blood-red berries in winter. In ancient times, people would decorate their houses and churches with holly and other evergreen plants in winter. They believed that evil spirits would kill the plants in winter, causing the leaves and flowers to wither. Holly had the extraordinary ability to survive the winter of death, so they believed it would have the same power to save them from the gods of death. In addition, the spikes and blood-red berries on holly were perfect for use as a symbol of a crown. (In the Bible, Jesus was dressed as the King of the Jews before his crucifixion by wearing a crown made of thorns.)
Since the nineteenth century, orangutan wood has become another familiar Christmas decoration. Also known as Christmas red, orangutan wood grows large bright red leaves with small yellow-green flowers, and its star-shaped leaves are often compared to the mysterious Star of Bethlehem, the star of the Divine.
Fourth, mistletoe wreath
Mistletoe is a parasitic evergreen plant on fruit trees, its branches are often used as Christmas decorations. People usually hang it on their doors. A man can kiss any girl standing under the mistletoe.
In ancient times, mistletoe was considered a magical herb and was known as a cure-all herb. It was held in such high esteem that a golden sickle had to be used when removing it from the parasitic plant. As it was believed to have magical powers, mistletoe was often hung over doors for good luck.
The modern custom of kissing can be traced back to the Scandinavian practice of truce. Scandinavians were not allowed to fight near the mistletoe. Branches of mistletoe hung over doors then became a vow of peace and friendship, which was confirmed by such friendly gestures as kissing. In this way we can rationalize the Christmas kiss under the mistletoe, as Christmas is a time of peace and harmony.
With the development of the times and changes in living environment, especially the pursuit of fashion by young people, many traditional customs are no longer popular. However, the historical inheritance of customs and traditions can reflect the cultural roots of a nation to a certain extent. Knowing some background knowledge of customs and traditions will not only increase our interest in learning English, but also help us to overcome the cultural barriers in language communication, help us to know and understand westerners, and enable us to communicate better.
Question 7: The origin, custom, meaning, time and place of birth of Chinese New Year and Christmas. The origin of Christmas
December 25th of each year is the day when most Christians around the world commemorate the birth of Jesus.
The Church did not begin with Christmas until about a hundred years after the ascension of Jesus. It is said that the first Christmas was celebrated on the initiative of St. Clemens, Bishop of Rome, in 138 AD. The first Christmas in the history of the Church was in 336 AD. Since the Bible does not specify when Jesus was born, the date of Christmas varies from place to place. It was not until 440 A.D. that the Holy See decided to celebrate Christmas on December
25th. In 1607 AD, church leaders from around the world gathered in Bethlehem to further define it, and since then most Christians around the world have taken December 25 as Christmas Day. In the nineteenth century, Christmas became popular with the popularity of Christmas cards and the appearance of Santa Claus.
Because the Bible records that Jesus was born at night, the night of December 24 is traditionally called "Christmas Eve" or "Christmas Day".
Question 8: How many volts is a 1.5-volt battery in parallel with a 4-volt battery? When DC batteries are connected in parallel, the one with the lower voltage becomes the load.