在西方国家里,每年的12月25日圣诞节也是一个家庭团聚和喜庆的节日,通常会在家里陈设一棵圣诞树。以下是圣诞节的英文故事,欢迎阅读。
In the early 19th century, a 14-year-old boy named John lived in an orphanage in England. At that time, the life of the orphanage was terrible, and the orphans meant that no one liked or loved. The director of the orphanage had little love for the children, and there was no game for children, no sympathy, no understanding.
The children had to work all year round. They got up and worked every day until it was dark. During the year, only Christmas day children do not have to work, and can receive gifts -- only oranges. When John came to the orphanage, he looked forward to Christmas every year, and this orange.
Oranges are a rarity in England, both for John and for his companions. Every time they get an orange, the children keep their precious oranges for days, weeks, even months -- guarding, smelling, feeling and appreciating the orange. Usually they keep it for a long time, but when they peel it off, they find it rotten.
Every time when Christmas comes, children will have a lot of ideas, and they will boast, "I will save my orange for the longest time." John liked to put his orange on the pillow when he went to bed. He put the orange on his nose to smell it, and didn't dare to rub it in his hand. An orange can give him a sense of security and a sense of abundance, so that he can temporarily leave his present poverty and produce a yearning for a better life.
John was particularly happy at Christmas this year because he was going to be an adult. He knew he was going to get stronger, and he could leave the orphanage soon. He was happy to imagine his future, and he wanted to save the orange for his birthday next year. If he kept it well, he might be able to eat it on his birthday.
When Christmas finally came, the children were so excited that they ran to the restaurant. John smelled a different aroma than usual, and he ran quickly because he was too excited, and the shoes didn't fit, and he fell to the ground, which caused a great deal of confusion. As soon as John got up from the ground, he heard the dean roar, "John, there's no oranges for you this year!" John burst into tears, and he ran quickly back to the cold dormitory, hiding in the corner of the bed, so that the other children could not see his pain.
After a while, the door opened and his fellows came back. Elizabeth went up to him with tears in his eyes, and handed John a cloth bag.
"Take it, John." She said, "this is for you."
John reached for the corner of the bag and saw that it was a big orange, but there were several cuts on the orange peel. He understood that it was the men who cut a flap from their oranges and spelled the big, beautiful orange, and John was so moved.
John will never forget the love that his friends gave him that year. His childhood was spent in a cold environment, but in the year he grew up, he gained friendship and love.
Then John had his own business, but he never forgot the oranges, every Christmas comes, he will buy a lot of oranges to the orphanage children, because he never forgot his dream, to let all the children can enjoy the fragrance of oranges at Christmas.
Legend has it that Santa Claus is the embodiment of bishop saint Nicholas of the city of Asia minor. He was kind, benevolent, and had a lot of good things in his life. After his death, people missed him and called him a child goddess.
It is said that once he had secretly gave three bags of gold to a poor man's three daughters do dowry, when he quietly threw the gold from the chimney mouth in, have a bag of happened to fall into the air in a long series of socks on the mantelpiece. So the custom of putting presents in the stockings was handed down. Until today, the naive children also always seriously hang stockings on Christmas Eve on the fireplace, hopefully waiting for Santa Claus as legend says, the snow from the north country on the sleigh pulled by eight reindeer horse to send gifts to them. Father Christmas is very kind and mysterious to the children.
The legend of Christmas socks
Once upon a time there was a noble nobleman whose wife had died of illness, leaving him and his three daughters. The nobleman tried many inventions, failed, also run out of money, so they had to move to live in a farmhouse, his daughters have to own cooking, sewing and cleaning.
A few years later, when the girls were getting married, the father became even more depressed, because he had no money to buy the dowry for his daughters. One night, after the girls had washed their clothes, they hung their stockings over the fireplace to dry. Saint Nicholas, knowing the circumstances of their father, came to their door that night. He saw from the window that the family had fallen asleep, and had noticed the girls' stockings. Then he took three packets of gold from his pocket and threw them one by one down the chimney, just in the girls' stockings. The next morning the daughters awoke to find that their stockings were full of gold, enough for their dowry. The nobleman was able to see his daughters marry and live happily ever after.
Later, children around the world inherited the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings. Children in some countries have other similar customs, such as in France, where children place their shoes by the fireplace and so on.
In the past, arthas, Germany, was the place to produce Christmas trees. According to the legend, there was a man who had been a saint, and his name was freon pavilion. He lived in a forest in arthas. He loved children very much. Near one year of Christmas, he wants a child, can play together happily, but is very poor, no money to buy the children's favorite toys and sweets, so he is a trial for this matter.
One morning, Mr LeLunTing walk in the woods, suddenly saw a small fir tree, the tree is full of snow, the branches hung with many small popsicles, after the sun exposure, sparkling, very beautiful. He got the tree back and planted it in the basin. And in the forest, he picked up some wild fruit, and he put some flour on it, and made some of the cross, or star shaped cakes, hanging on the branches. With a little candle, he put it on the branch of the tree, and the tree was dressed up with ten colours, very beautiful. On Christmas Eve, the children heard, and the children ran to his hut. They danced around the tree, singing Christmas songs, and then they gave the children the cakes to eat, and they had a merry Christmas. Later, the custom spread.
In 1837, when princess Helen of Germany married a duke of France, the Christmas tree spread to Paris. In 1841, Victoria's husband put a Christmas tree in front of the gate of windeza. This custom was spread to the nobility by the royal family and then became popular among the people. In 1830, a large number of German immigrants arrived in the United States. These people have catholics and christians, mostly in New York and New England. Their Christmas tree has attracted the attention and imitation of local people, and the Christmas tree has been popular in churches and families in the United States. Now, around the world, especially in Europe and the United States and Australia, the Christmas tree has become the most popular and lovely decoration on Christmas, which is decorated with many colorful Christmas decorations. It inspired people to understand the meaning of celebrating Christmas, which symbolizes happiness and hope. For the birth of the savior brings peace and love to the world.
Christmas CARDS, Christmas, Santa Claus, Christmas music and so on are all on the way to Christmas. The decoration of the Christmas tree seems to be the same everywhere. Since Christmas is in the winter, the Christmas tree USES evergreen trees. Mostly small four or five feet tall palm trees, or small pine tree, planted in large POTS, the tree is full of colorful candle or small light, hang all kinds of decorations and ribbons, and the children's toys, gift and family. After decorating, place in the corner of the sitting room. If it is in a church, auditorium, or public place, the tree is tall and presents under the tree.
According to the custom of Christmas, the first Christmas tree is a small palm tree on the side of white cold city. In the first night, the church of the nativity of the virgin Mary and saint Joseph, walk to the white cold city, very tired, the virgin in the rest under the tree for a while, the small palm tree, like the appearance of the favored, expand its branches, to the virgin against the cold wind blows. In the middle of the night, Jesus Christ was born. At this time, a particularly bright star appeared in the sky, sending out a wonderful light, shooting directly into the head of the small palm tree, and spiraling into a beautiful halo. From then on, the palm-tree became a glorious place in the Christmas season. As for the Christmas tree, it's only the 19th century. Middle ages, the German popular religious drama, a scene in the garden of Eden, god created man, Adam and eve rebelled against god, play with the palm of a tree full of apples, represents the "tree of life" or "knowledge of good and evil tree". The "tree of life" in the mail friend's game moves to the home, symbolizing the coming of the savior. With the development of this symbol, it became a custom to decorate the Christmas tree in the fifteenth century.
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