1、,Christmas Day,Spring Festival,VS,Christmas DayOn December 25,people around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus christ,Ah! Christmas morning! Children like to wake up early while its still dark and sneak into the living room to check the presents find any with their name on it, shake them to gues
2、s whats inside, and then maybe they ll go back to bed and pretend they are still asleep when their parents come to wake them with a“merry Christmas!“,Symbols of Christmas:,Santa Claus Christmas tree Christmas hat Christmas stocking Christmas cards Christmas dinner Christmas carols,Santa Claus, also
3、known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, or simply “Santa“. in Western cultures, is described as bringing gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day,圣诞老人Santa,Nowadays ,Christmas is celebrated by most of people by exchanging gifts and Christmas cards, preparing holiday foods, and decorating homes and
4、 workplaces with colored lights, Christmas trees and ornaments.,长筒袜Stockings,Christmas Greetings,And may your kind and gentle ways, be blessed with happy, peaceful days, Becoming more beautiful with every thought, like every flake the earth has caught. May peace and joy wrap you in blankets of love,
5、 where hope has been.,Almost of everyone enjoys Christmas Day , especially children.It is particularly enjoyed by children who get will be very excited because of the some presents they know they are going to receive .,The origin of the Lunar New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years,
6、involving a series of colorful legends and traditions. One of the most famous legends is Nian, an extremely cruel beast that the ancients believed would devour people on New Years Eve. To keep Nian away, red-paper couplets are pasted on doors, torches are lit, and firecrackers are set off throughout
7、 the night, because Nian is said to fear the color red, the light of fire, and loud noises.,To the ancient times period, there is a kind of fierce monster called“ year”.Its facial look is ferocious, the born nature is bloodthirsty, eating the birds and beasts, the fish and shellfish insect without f
8、eet particularly .,The Spring Couplet”, also called “couplet” and “a pair of antithetical phrases”. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household will paste on doors a spring couplet written on red paper to give a happy and prosperous atmosphere of the Festival. In the past, the Chinese usually
9、 wrote their own spring couplet with a brush or asked others to do for them, while nowadays, it is common for people to buy the printed spring couplet in the market.,On New Years Eve, the whole family will sit together to make jiaozi and celebrate the Spring Festival. The shape of jiaozi is like gol
10、d ingot（金元宝）from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure. You cannot have a complete Spring Festival without having jiaozi.,In the past few years, such an activity was completely or partially forbidden in big cities including Beijing due to fire and personal casualty caused
11、 by burning firecrackers. However, some Chinese thought that a Spring Festival without firecrackers was not lively enough and they burned firecrackers by stealth. So in recent years, the ban was canceled again. This shows that burning firecrackers is a very important activity during the Spring Festi
12、val.,On the first day of the Chinese lunar year, everybody puts on their best clothes and pays ceremonial calls on their relatives and friends, wishing them all the luck in the coming year. Juniors will greet seniors, wishing them health and longevity, while seniors will give juniors some gift money
13、 as a wish for their safety in the coming year,Chinese Spring Festival is becoming a culture of cards handed world, presented by the traditional happy and peaceful festive season, to show the world the charm of Chinese culture.,Russian is learning make dumplings,Oh! Its delicious!,组员：余苗苗 WL110217 王素敏 WL110213,
