聖誕節快來了，在聖誕節來臨之前做好一份英文聖誕節的手抄報是很有意義的，以下是關於聖誕節的英文手抄報，歡迎閱讀!
聖誕節由來英文
"American Origins: (As sent to me by Brian Dodd)Quote from ENCARTA 95
The American version of the Santa Claus figure received its inspiration and its name from the Dutch legend of Sinter Klaas, brought by settlers to New York in the 17th century。
As early as 1773 the name appeared in the American press as "St. A Claus,"
but it was the popular author Washington Irving who gave Americans their first detailed information about the Dutch version of Saint Nicholas. In his History of New York, published in 1809 under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, Irving described the arrival of the saint on horseback (unaccompanied by Black Peter) each Eve of Saint Nicholas。
This Dutch-American Saint Nick achieved his fully Americanized form in 1823 in the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas by writer Clement Clarke Moore. Moore included such details as the names of the reindeer; Santa Claus's laughs, winks, and nods; and the method by which Saint Nicholas, referred to as an elf, returns up the chimney. (Moore's phrase "lays his finger aside of his nose" was drawn directly from Irving's 1809 description。)
The American image of Santa Claus was further elaborated by illustrator Thomas Nast, who depicted a rotund Santa for Christmas issues of Harper's magazine from the 1860s to the 1880s. Nast added such details as Santa's workshop at the North Pole and Santa's list of the good and bad children of the world. A human-sized version of Santa Claus, rather than the elf of Moore's poem, was depicted in a series of illustrations for Coca-Cola advertisements introduced in 1931 that introduced and made the red Santa Suits an icon. In modern versions of the Santa Claus legend, only his toy-shop workers are elves. Rudolph, the ninth reindeer, with a red and shiny nose, was invented in 1939 by an advertising writer for the Montgomery Ward Company.
In looking for the historical roots of Santa Claus, one must go very deep in the past. One discovers that Santa Claus as we know him is a combination of many different legends and mythical creatures.
The basis for the Christian-era Santa Claus is Bishop Nicholas of Smyrna (Izmir), in what is now Turkey. Nicholas lived in the 4th century A.D. He was very rich, generous, and loving toward children. Often he gave joy to poor children by throwing gifts in through their windows.
The Orthodox Church later raised St. Nicholas, miracle worker, to a position of great esteem. It was in his honor that Russia's oldest church, for example, was built. For its part, the Roman Catholic Church honored Nicholas as one who helped children and the poor. St. Nicholas became the patron saint of children and seafarers. His name day is December 6th.
In the Protestant areas of central and northern Germany, St. Nicholas later became known as der Weinachtsmann. In England he came to be called Father Christmas. St. Nicholas made his way to the United States with Dutch immigrants, and began to be referred to as Santa Claus.
In North American poetry and illustrations, Santa Claus, in his white beard, red jacket and pompom-topped cap, would sally forth on the night before Christmas in his sleigh, pulled by eight reindeer, and climb down chimneys to leave his gifts in stockings children set out on the fireplace's mantelpiece.
Children naturally wanted to know where Santa Claus actually came from. Where did he live when he wasn't delivering presents? Those questions gave rise to the legend that Santa Claus lived at the North Pole, where his Christmas-gift workshop was also located.
In 1925, since grazing reindeer would not be possible at the North Pole, newspapers revealed that Santa Claus in fact lived in Finnish Lapland. "Uncle Markus", Markus Rautio, who compared the popular "Children's hour" on Finnish public radio, revealed the great secret for the first time in 1927: Santa Claus lives on Lapland's Korvatunturi - "Ear Fell"
The fell, which is situated directly on Finland's eastern frontier, somewhat resembles a hare's ears - which are in fact Santa Claus's ears, with which he listens to hear if the world's children are being nice. Santa has the assistance of a busy group of elves, who have quite their own history in Scandinanvian legend.
Over the centuries, customs from different parts of the Northern Hemisphere thus came together and created the whole world's Santa Claus - the ageless, timeless, deathless white-bearded and red suited man who gives out gifts on Christmas and always returns to Korvatunturi in Finnish Lapland.
Since the 1950s, Santa has happily sojourned at Napapiiri, near Rovaniemi, at times other than Christmas, to meet children and the young at heart. By 1985 his visits to Napapiiri had become so regular that he established his own Santa Claus Office there. He comes there every day of the year to hear what children want for Christmas and to talk with children who have arrived from around the world. Santa Claus Village is also the location of Santa's main Post Office, which receives children's letters from the four corners of the world.
聖誕節英語詞彙大全
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ice skates 滑冰
icicle 冰柱
icy 冰的
ivy 常春藤
J
Jack Frost 嚴寒
Jesus 耶穌
jingle bells 鈴兒響叮噹
jolly 歡樂
joy 歡樂
joyful 歡樂的
Joyeux Noel 法語的聖誕快樂
K
kings 國王
Krampus 坎卜斯(Krampus)是在奧地利傳說中流傳了千百年的一個半羊半魔的角色，最為人所知的就是會在聖誕節時修理頑皮的'小孩。
Kris Kringle 聖誕節禮物交換的一個說法，在美國，這個交換禮物的遊戲也叫做white elephant。
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lights 燈
list 清單
M
manger 馬槽
merry 愉快的
Merry Christmas 聖誕快樂
mince pie 肉餡餅
mistletoe 槲寄生，是一種植物，通常用作聖誕節裝飾物，在聖誕節時每家都要在門上掛一個槲寄生做的圈，有一個說法是你可以在槲寄生下親吻你想親吻的人，他也不能拒絕!上海的新天地在聖誕期間就有一個活動叫做kiss the moment, 只要有人在槲寄生下親吻，燈就會從白變成紅的，有興趣的同學可以瞭解一下哦。
mittens 手套
N
nativity 誕生
naughty 淘氣
nippy 刺骨的
Noel 法語中的聖誕日，和christmas一樣。
North Pole 北極
nutcracker 胡桃鉗
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occasion 場合
ornaments 裝飾品
P
package 包裹
pageant 盛會
parade 遊行
partridge 鷓鴣
party 派對
pie 派
pine tree 松樹
pinecone 松球
plum pudding 葡萄乾布丁
presents 禮物