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1、20152015 圣诞节英语手抄报内容圣诞节英语手抄报内容你所不知道的圣诞节A Very Merry Un-Birthday?Contrary topopular belief, the Bible doesnt actually mention a specific date forJesus birth. In fact, most historians believe he was likely born in thespring, hence the Bibles description of shepherds herding animals. Butin the fourth ce
2、ntury, when the Catholic Church decided to recognizeJesus birth as an official holiday, Pope Julius I chose December 25thfor the Feast of the Nativity. That the date happened to coincide withthe pagan festival known as Saturnalia must have been pure coincidence.War On ChristmasFive months into the f
3、irst World War, troops alongthe Western front took a Christmas Eve break from fighting to singcarols to each other across the battlefield. The following morning,German soldiers emerged from the trenches and began to approach Alliedtroops while calling out Merry Christmas in English. Luckily, itwasnt
4、 a trick; dozens of British fighters came out to greet them andshake hands, some even exchanged cigarettes as gifts. Later dubbed TheChristmas Truce of 1914, it was one of the last examples of wartimechivalry.Christmas in the ColoniesFrom 1659 to 1681,showcasing ones holiday spirit in Boston could c
5、ost you a fine of asmuch as five shillings. Thats right, Christmas used to be illegal. Itssomewhat surprising then that the same puritanical minds also createdthe first American batch of eggnog at Captain John Smiths 1607Jamestown settlement. (The word nog comes from the word grog, that is,any drink
6、 made with rum). Christmas was so inconsequential that afterthe Revolutionary War, Congress didnt even bother taking the day off tocelebrate the holiday, deciding instead to hold its first session onChristmas Day, 1789. It took almost a century for Congress to proclaimit a federal holiday.X-Mas Lit
7、101The author best known forcreating the Headless Horseman also created the iconic image of Santaflying in a sleigh. In his 1819 series of short stories, The Sketch Bookof Geoffrey Crayon, New York native Washington Irving described a dreamin which St. Nicholas soared across the sky in a weightless
8、wagon. Thestories became so popular they spawned a Christmas revival of sorts inthe States, and even Charles Dickens is said to have credited Irvingswork for inspiring his classic holiday tale A Christmas Carol.WhatHath Advertising WroughtLike the Energizer Bunny, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer got
9、his start as an advertising gimmick. A copywriternamed Robert L. May first created the merry misfit in 1939 to lureshoppers into the Montgomery Ward department store. Frosty the Snowmanand his famous corncob pipe couldnt escape the clutches of theadvertising industry either; a whiskey maker in 1890
10、used Frostyslikeness to showcase an entirely different kind of holiday cheer. OnceProhibition ended, the chain-smoking snowman quickly became the go-toguy for alcohol ads, appearing in posters for Miller Beer, Jack Daniels,Ballantine Ale, Rheingold Beer, Schlitz, Schenley, Oretels Lager Beer,Chivas
11、Regal Scotch, Fort Pitt Pale Ale, Mount Whitney Beer and FourRoses.NASAs Christmas SightingIn 1965, two astronauts ontheir way back to orbit spotted something in space they couldntidentify. Frantic, they radioed Mission Control. After several minutesof tense silence, engineers at Cape Canaveral bega
12、n hearing the faintjingle of sleigh bills followed by a harmonica rendition of JingleBells . played by none another than the two frantic astronauts. Themen later donated the harmonica and bells to the National Museum ofSpace & Aeronautics in Washington D.C., where they now sit on display.Kiss Me, Im
13、 CelticAccording to Celtic and Teutonic legend,mistletoe is magical it can heal wounds, increase fertility, bringgood luck and ward off evil spirits. The tradition of kissing under themistletoe didnt begin until the Victorian era, a surprising origingiven the stuffy and sexually repressive behavior
14、of the time. Actually,its not very surprising at all.O Tannenbaum!Even before thearrival of Christianity, Germans decorated evergreen trees to brightenthe dark, gloomy days of the winter solstice. The first Christmastrees appeared in Strasbourg in the 17th century and spread toPennsylvania in the 18
15、20s with the arrival of German immigrants. WhenQueen Victoria married Germanys Prince Albert in 1840, he brought thetradition to England. Eight years later, the first American newspaperran a picture of the royal Christmas tree and Americans outside ofPennsylvania quickly followed suit.Away in a Mang
16、erSince theGreat Depression, the Rockettes have shared Radio City Music Hall withlive farm animals from camels to donkeys to sheep to stage a livenativity for its annual Christmas Spectacular. But the world saw itsfirst living nativity in 1224, when St. Francis of Assisi recreated thebirth of Jesus
17、to explain the holiday to his followers. During thatfirst display, the manger was also used as an altar for Christmas mass.Feliz Navidad Around the WorldChristmas traditions vary fromculture to culture. Finns often visit saunas on Christmas Eve, whilePortugese revelers hold a feast on Christmas Day
18、for the living and thedead (extra places are set for the souls of the deceased). In Greece,some believe that goblins called kallikantzeri run wild during the 12days of Christmas, and most Greeks dont exchange presents until January1, St. Basills Day. Thanks to its geographic location, most Australia
19、nsand New Zealanders enjoy Christmas on the beach or at BBQs. Spain,meanwhile, hosts the worlds largest lottery.更多相关文章推荐：更多相关文章推荐：1.1.关于圣诞英语手抄报内容:平安夜是哪天2.2.关于圣诞英语手抄报内容:2015 年平安夜送什么礼物3.3.2015 圣诞节手抄报:圣诞树 Christmas Tree4.4.圣诞节英文手抄报内容:圣诞节的故事大全5.5.关于圣诞节的英语手抄报内容 -手抄报-学习频道6.6.英语圣诞节手抄报内容:圣诞节活动主题7.7.圣诞节手抄报英语内容:圣诞节英语作文8.8.圣诞节英语手抄报:圣诞节美食9.9.圣诞节手抄报内容:2016 年圣诞节给朋友的祝福语