圣诞节英语手抄报 作文
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圣诞节英语手抄报 作文
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Christmas,annualChristianholidaycommemoratingthebirthofJesusChrist.MostmembersoftheRomanCatholicChurchandfollowersofProtestantismcelebrateChristmasonDecember25,andmanycelebrateontheeveningofDecember24aswell.MembersoftheEasternOrthodoxChurchusuallydelaytheirmostimportantseasonalceremoniesuntilJanuary6,whentheycelebrateEpiphany,acommemorationofthebaptismofJesus.EpiphanyalsotraditionallycommemoratesthearrivaloftheThreeWiseMenoftheEastinBethlehem(nearJerusalem,Israel),wheretheyadoredtheinfantJesusandpresentedhimwithgiftsofgold,frankincense,andmyrrh.TheofficialChristmasseason,popularlyknownaseitherChristmastideortheTwelveDaysofChristmas,extendsfromtheanniversaryofChrist’sbirthonDecember25tothefeastofEpiphanyonJanuary6.ChristmasisbasedonthestoryofJesus’birthasdescribedintheGospelaccordingtoMatthew(seeMatthew1:18-2:12)andtheGospelaccordingtoLuke(seeLuke1:26-56).RomanCatholicsfirstcelebratedChristmas,thenknownastheFeastoftheNativity,asearlyas336ad.ThewordChristmasenteredtheEnglishlanguagesometimearound1050astheOldEnglishphraseChristesmaesse,meaning“festivalofChrist.”ScholarsbelievethefrequentlyusedshortenedformofChristmas—Xmas—mayhavecomeintouseinthe13thcentury.TheXstandsfortheGreekletterchi,anabbreviationofKhristos(Christ),andalsorepresentsthecrossonwhichJesuswascrucified.