Jasmine2001
1，Christmas trees & cardsThe tradition of having a pine tree as a Christmas Tree is believed to come from Germany. Since the medieval time, lighting a candle on a tree is common to welcome guests. Such practice has evolved into the Christmas celebration.The formal Christmas Tree was introduced to England about 100 years ago when Queen Victoria married German Albert. The evidence of Victoria's love for Albert is not only expressed through inheriting the German tradition of having a Christmas Tree but also through the goldAlbert Statuesthat Victoria had ordered built for Albert, standing in many places in London. In America, the Christmas Tree idea was brought by German immigrants too.The custom of sending Christmas cards was initiated in England around 1850. The first cards were decorated with elaborate designs of flowers, birds and landscapes.
2，Christmas celebrationsCultural celebrations of Christmas include glittering light displays, the ever-present jolly oldSanta Claus（圣诞老人）, group celebrations and singing calledcarolling（圣诞颂歌）, baked holiday cookies and cakes, decorations ofmistletoe（槲寄生，装饰性植物）and pine wreaths, lighted, ornamented Christmas trees with wrapped presents displayed underneath. The spirit of Christmas at its heart is a festival to celebrate family, love, gratitude to others and giving presents to show appreciation to friends and loved ones.In Europe, typically, family and friends gather together on Christmas Eve, on Dec 24, for a big turkeydinner, completed with Christmas pudding (a rich cake with brandy source). Everyone shares their stories of the year or brings a newsletter to read out for what has happened during the past year. Games are played after the dinner. On Christmas day, Dec 25, abrunch with family is the norm, followed by some light sporting events, such as a countrywalk, to digest the heavy food.Dec 26 is called Boxing Day in the UK, which means everyone opens their box of presents - the most joyful day for the children. In the US, having just celebrated Thanksgiving with turkey, Christmas Eve dinner is more likely to have ham on the menu with a heavy dessert. Dec 25, the Christmas Day is normally the day all the presents are opened.
3，传说有个心地善良的没落贵族，生活非常艰难。三个女儿快要出嫁了，他为没有钱给她们买嫁妆而难过。喜庆的圣诞夜，三个姑娘早早地蜷在炕上睡觉了，剩下父亲在长吁短叹。圣诞老人决定帮助他们。他在他们家的烟囱里撒下了许多金子，落进姑娘们烤在火炉旁的长统丝袜里。从此，他们过上了幸福而快乐的生活……圣诞节的袜子就这样产生英语 It is said that there was a goodness man went broke his domain. He lived a hard life and he has three daughters. The three daughters were being married but he didn't have money to buy dower for his daughters. On the happy Chrismas Eve three girls went to bed early. They didn't know that their father was so worried. At last the Chrismas father decided to help them . He besprinkled gold through the stack and the gold fell into the socks of the man's daughters. They lived a happy life from then on... Chrismas socks was origined by this.
我的大BABY
Let's say that on December 20 you were to meet a friendly space alien. That is, let's say that his space ship discreetly drops him off in your back yard while you are looking out your window. You walk outside to meet the visitor, and you find out he's a pretty nice guy. His name is Gorg, he is wearing a costume that makes him look passably human, he speaks reasonable English, and he explains that his goal is to spend a week on the planet to learn about its people. He asks if you would consider being his guide for the week, and you decide to take on the job. So you take Gorg around and start showing him your town. Since it is December 20, one thing is for sure -- Gorg is going to ask about Christmas. And he is going to ask a LOT of questions, because Christmas is a pretty complicated tradition. Think about all the different questions Gorg might ask:
晓峰1124
1、主角
吝啬鬼克鲁奇，他积攒了很多钱，然而他却不舍得为职员的炉火加一块儿煤，他的侄子好意的邀请他参加圣诞夜的晚会，他却认为侄子是为了占他的便宜而推辞，社会活动者请他为穷人施舍一点圣诞的饭菜，也被他无情地断然拒绝。
Scrooge, he saved a lot of money, but he was not willing to add a piece of coal to the staff's fire.
His nephew kindly invited him to the Christmas Eve party, but he thought his nephew refused to take advantage of him.
Social activists asked him to give some Christmas food to the poor, which was ruthlessly and categorically rejected by him.
2、故事内容
富有而冷漠无情，连乞丐都不愿向他讨要的自私透顶的吝啬鬼斯克鲁奇在圣诞夜被三个圣诞精灵造访：“过去之灵”、“现在之灵”、“未来之灵”。
“过去之灵” 让他看到在孤单寂寞的童年生活中，他的姐姐对他倍加关爱的情景，以及他当学徒时，仁慈善良的老板菲茨威格在圣诞之夜和大家一起开心跳舞，款待员工的情形。
于是他的心开始被软化，后悔自己对待雇员的态度，也对自己从一个贫穷却快乐的年轻人变成一个富有却失去亲情的老板感到懊悔。
“现在之灵”带他到他的一个属下家里的圣诞聚会上，那是一个拿着可怜薪水的小职员，没有圣诞礼物，没有火鸡，可每个人脸上都洋溢着幸福的微笑。
“未来之灵”让他看到在他衰老之后病卧在床, 连圣诞节也没有亲人朋友来看望的孤苦景象。
于是，他开始重新思考生活的意义，才发现原来施与比接受更快乐。
Scrooge, a selfish miser who is rich and indifferent, and even beggars don't want to beg him, was visited by three Christmas elves on Christmas Eve: "the spirit of the past", "the spirit of the present" and "the spirit of the future".
"Spirit of the past" showed him how his sister loved him in his lonely childhood, and how kind-hearted boss fitzweig danced happily with everyone and entertained employees on Christmas Eve when he was an apprentice.
So his heart began to soften, regretting his attitude towards employees, and regretting that he had changed from a poor but happy young man to a rich but lost family boss.
The spirit of the present took him to a Christmas party at one of his subordinates' homes. It was a small clerk with a poor salary. There were no Christmas gifts or turkeys, but everyone's face was filled with a happy smile.
"The spirit of the future" showed him the lonely scene that he was lying in bed after his aging and had no relatives or friends to visit at Christmas.
So he began to rethink the meaning of life and found that giving is happier than receiving.
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主要人物：埃比尼泽·斯克鲁奇、鲍勃·克莱切特、弗莱德、雅各布·马利。
三个幽灵的名称：过去之灵、现在之灵、未来之灵。
《斯克罗吉：圣诞颂歌》
链接:
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol will feature songs from legendary composer and lyricist Leslie Bricusse as it adapts the 1970 feature film that starred Albert Finney in the lead role. The CG animation is due to debut on Netflix in December 2022.
楼兰芥末姑娘
Maggie's gift which was written by American writer Jack London is a nice one. very touching. the story happened just before the Chrismas. Maggies and his husband wanted to buy each other a nice Chrismas gift, but they were too poor to afford that. Maggie has a beautiful hair, her husband had an elegant watch. finally they all bought a gift for each other. maggie bought a watch chain for matching her husband's watch. while Maggie's husband bought a barrette for Maggie's blonde hairactually Maggie had her bonde hair cut and sold out her beautiful hair in order to pay for the watch chain for her husband; while, her husband sold out his golden watch in order to pay for the hair, barrette for Maggie's hair. what a pity. this story is one of the most famous stories of Jack London's. if you know Jack London, you have to know this Maggie's Gift.
一人一兀
圣诞精神 很多人同意这种观点:当我们想到圣诞节时，我们可能想到礼物、圣诞树和圣诞老人。但隐藏在这一切背后的是(lie存在)圣诞节的真谛:分享与给予我们周围的人爱与欢乐的重要性。《圣诞欢歌》的故事或许是这一点最好的例子。圣诞欢歌》是查尔斯·狄更斯写的著名短篇小说。这篇小说讲述的是一位叫斯克鲁奇的从来不笑的老人的事。他吝啬自私，从不与人为善。他只关心能否挣到更多的钱，并且厌恶圣诞节。一个圣诞前夕，斯克鲁奇看到了他死去的生意伙伴雅各布·马利的鬼魂。马利过去曾经就像斯克鲁奇一样，所以在他死后受到了惩罚。他告诫斯克鲁奇，如果他不想最终像他一样，就要改变他的癖性。他还告诉斯克鲁奇将有三个(圣诞)精灵年拜访他。那天夜里，三个鬼魂拜访了斯克鲁奇。首先，“圣诞节的过去之灵”带他回到了他的童年时代，使斯克鲁奇回想起孩提时代的欢乐时光。 然后，第二个精灵“圣诞节的现在之灵”，带他去看其他人是如何度过今年的圣诞节的。每个人，甚至穷人都很幸福。最后一个，“圣诞节的未来之灵”带他去了未来。斯克鲁奇看到他死了，但没人在意他。他惊恐万分地在他的床上醒来，发现正是第二天早晨圣诞节了。 他决定改变他的生活，承诺做个更好的人。他开心地同亲戚们一起庆祝圣诞节。他还送给需要帮助的人礼物。现在无论走到哪里，他都用善良与热情待人，传播着爱与欢乐。那就是真正的圣诞精神!
