英语短文Christmas Eve平安夜的由来与传统

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英语短文:Christmas Eve平安夜的由来与传统

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Christmas Eve Traditions 12-24 平安夜的由来与传统

简介：平安夜（Silent Night），即圣诞前夕（Christmas Eve，12月24日），在大部分基督教国家是圣诞节节日之一，但现在，由于中西文化的融合，已成为世界性的一个节日。平安夜传统上是摆设圣诞树的日子，但随着圣诞节的庆祝活动提早开始进行，例如美国在感恩节后，不少圣诞树早在圣诞节前数星期已被摆设。延伸发展至今平安夜不仅是指12月24日晚了，指的是圣诞前夕，特指12月24日全天，但由于一般节日氛围在晚上容易调动起来，大型活动都集中在晚上，固被称作平安夜，更加贴切。届时，千千万万的欧美人风尘仆仆地赶回家中团聚。圣诞之夜必不可少的庆祝活动就是聚会。大多数欧美家庭成员团聚在家中，共进丰盛的晚餐，然后围坐在熊熊燃烧的火炉旁，弹琴唱歌，共叙天伦之乐；或者举办一个别开生面的化妆舞会，通宵达旦地庆祝圣诞夜是一个幸福、祥和、狂欢的平安夜、团圆夜。期待着圣诞节的到来，据说圣诞之夜，圣诞老人会悄悄地给孩子们准备礼物放在长筒袜里。

Christmas Eve is the evening before Christmas Day, the

widely celebrated annual holiday. It occurson December 24 inWestern

Christianity and the cular world, and is considered oneof the most

culturally significant celebrations in Christendom andWestern society, where

it is widely obrved, by Christians and bymany others, as a full or partial

holiday in anticipation ofChristmas Day.

Christmas celebrations have long begun on the night of the24, due in part

to the Christianliturgical day starting at sunt, apractice inherited from

Jewish tradition and bad on the storyof Creation in the Book of Genesis:

"And there was evening, andthere was morning – the first day." Many churches

still ring theirchurch bells and hold prayers in the evening; for example, the

Nordic Lutheran churches. Since tradition holds that Jesus wasborn at

night (bad in Luke 2:6-8), Midnight Mass is celebratedon Christmas Eve,

traditionally at midnight, in commemoration ofhis birth. The idea of Jesus

being born at night is reflected in thefact that Christmas Eve is referred to

as Heilige Nacht (Holy

Night) in German, Nochebuena (the Good Night) in Spanish andsimilarly in

other expressions of Christmas spirituality, such as thesong "Silent Night,

Holy Night".

Many other varying cultural traditions and experiences arealso associated

with Christmas Eve around the world, includingthe gathering of family and

friends, the singing of Christmascarols, the illumination and enjoyment of

Christmas lights, trees,and other decorations, the wrapping and/or opening of

gifts, andgeneral preparation for Christmas Day. Legendary Christmasgift-bearing figures including Santa Claus, Father Christmas,Christkind, and Saint

Nicholas are also often said to depart fortheir annual journey to deliver

prents to children around theworld on Christmas Eve, although until the

Protestant

introduction of Christkind in 16th-century Europe, such figureswere said

to instead deliver prents on the eve of SaintNicholas' feast day (December

6).

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