關於聖誕節的作文：關於聖誕節的英語小短文
christmas
thefeastofchristmas
itisnoteasytopin-pointtheoriginsofthechristmasfeast,todaythemoreimportantfeastofthechristmasseasoninmostwesternchristianchurches.onecanonlysayforcertainthatthebirthofjesuschristwasbeingcelebratedinromebytheyear336a.d.;afterwardsthefeastwascelebratedinotherchristianchurchesthroughouttheworld.
whyitwascelebratedondecember25thisanotherquestion.nodateforthebirthofjesuscanbefoundinthenewtestament,whichisconcernedmorewiththequestionwhoisjesus?thanthedateofhisbirth.earlychristianspeculationabouthisbirthdatewasinfluencedbythesymbolismofthechangingseasons,thenpopularinreligiousthought,whichpaidcarefulattentiontotheequinoxesandsolsticesofthesun.christianscholarsspeculatedthatjesuswasconceivedatthespringequinox(march25th)andthereforewasbornondecember25th,thedateofthewintersolstice.
inmanyofthechristianchurches,march25thisstillthefeastoftheannunciation,whentheangelgabrielannouncedtomarythatshewastobethemotherofjesus.
possibleimpluseforthefeastofchristmasmayhavecametoofromtheestablishmentofthepaganfeastoftheunconqueredsun-godbytheemperoraurelianin274a.d.tobecelebratedondecember25,thedayofthewintersolsticeinromeandthroughouttheempire.inresponse,christianscouldcelebratethefeastofthesunofrighteousness(malachi4,2),jesuschrist,whocalledhimselfthelightoftheworld.
fatherchristmas
itissaidthatintheyearof300ad,therewasakindoldmanandhisnamewassaintnicholas.hewasalwaysreadytohelpthepoorandoftengavepresentstothem.
today,fatherchristmasisanimaginaryfigure,butnearlyallyoungchildrenbelieveinhim.theythinkheisahappyoldmanwithalongwhitebeardandalongredrobe.
onthenightofthetwenty-fourthofdecembereveryyear,fatherchristmasfromsomecoldnorthernlandcomesdownthechimneyofthefireplacetoputpresentsbythebedsofchildrenortofilltheirstockings.sowhenchildrengotobedthatnight,theyhanguptheirstockings,andonchristmasmorningtheywaketofindthemfullofpresents.ofcourse,it‘sreallytheirparentswhofillthestockings.
anothernameforfatherchristmasissantaclaus.