Transcript Christmas also referred to as Christmas Day or Christmastide, is an

The differences between Christmas
and Spring Festival
By June
In class 6
Spring festival and
Christmas are both the
most important festival
for the Chinese people
and western people
.Because of the different
culture ,there are
different ways to
celebrate .
This PowerPoint
compares the differences
between Spring festival and
Christmas, shows their
origins and ways of
celebration and so on ,to
point out that are looking
forward to well-being .
The origin of Christmas Day
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Christmas also referred to as Christmas
Day or Christmastide, is an annual holiday
celebrated on December 25 that marks and
honors the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. His
birth, which is the basis for the Anno Domini
system of dating, has been determined by
modern historians as having occurred
between 7 and 2 BC. The date of celebration
is not thought to be Jesus' actual date of
birth, and may have been chosen to coincide
with ancient Roman solar festivals that were
held on December 25.
How to celebrate it
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Westerners with red, green and white color
for the Christmas colors, Christmas comes,
every household is decorated with Christmas
colors. Exist side by side is red and white Santa
Claus, he is the most popular figures in the
Christmas activities. Western children go to bed
on Christmas Eve, prior to the pillow or next to
the fireplace put a sock in their sleep after
waiting for Santa Claus to present on the socks.
Something special for kids at Christmas
The hanging of stockings by the fireplace before bedtime,
to receive the presents from Father Christmas, is a muchloved tradition that is still practiced by many children and
adults although stockings might now be replaced with
hung in different locations such as by the child's bed.
When small children go to bed on
Christmas Eve , they hang a stocking
at the behind of their beds . Their
parents warn them not to try to look at
Father Christmas , or their parents will
not leave them anything .
When they wake up , they find
their stockings filled with presents .
As a result，children are very excited
on Christmas morning and always
wake up early.
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Symbols of
Christmas:
Santa Claus
Christmas tree
Christmas hat
Christmas stocking
Christmas cards
Christmas dinner
Christmas carols
Wonderful Christmas
雪橇
Sled
圣诞老人
Santa
长筒袜
Stockings
圣诞树
Christmas
tree
圣诞树
Christmas
tree
圣诞圣歌
Christmas
hymn
三驾马车
three-inhand
烟囱
chimney
壁炉
fireplace
圣诞景象
Christmas
scene
圣诞礼物
Christmas
gift
银色圣诞
White
Christmas
• Santa Claus, also
known as Saint
Nicholas, Father
Christmas, or simply
"Santa“. in Western
cultures, is described
as bringing gifts on
Christmas Eve or
Christmas Day
• Christmas tree
ornaments can be
found in nearly every
size, color, and shape
imaginable, and they
are used to decorate
the millions of
Christmas trees used
throughout the world
雪橇Sled
雪橇犬Husky
• Chimney can
bring a lot of
wonderfu things
Oh wonderful.
• Oh, Santa Claus
will come from
here
• Nowadays ,Christmas
is celebrated by most
of people by
exchanging gifts and
Christmas cards,
preparing holiday
foods, and decorating
homes and
workplaces with
colored lights,
Christmas trees and
ornaments.
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 .
Mainly Food at Christmas dinner
roast turkey
Roast goose
Mainly Food at Christmas dinner
Brussels sprouts(球芽甘蓝 )
Cranberry sauce
(小红莓果酱)
Roast potatoes
What do we usually call
chun jie ?
Chinese New Year
Lunar New Year
the Spring Festival
The origin of the Lunar New Year Festival
can be traced back thousands of years,
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 Year's Eve. To keep Nian away, redpaper couplets are pasted on doors, torches
are lit, and firecrackers are set off throughout
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
feet particularly
.
• The Spring Festival, also known as the
Chinese New Year. To Chinese people it is
as important as Christmas to people in the
West. The festival actually begins on the
eve of the lunar New Year's Day and ends
on the fifth day of the first month of the
lunar calendar. But the 15th of the first
month, which normally is called the
Lantern Festival, means the official end of
the Spring Festival.
Something special for kids at Spring Festival
Sending "lucky money" is a Chinese
New Year a custom.
Lucky money is wrapped by a red
envelop. Chinese love red, because red
symbol vitality happy and good luck to
the younger generation of the
distributed red envelopes.
And it is thought it is a bad manner
that children open their red envelops in
front of the elder.
customs
• Before Spring Festival, people are busy
shopping . They buy vegetables, fish,
meat and new clothes and many other
things.
• And they usually clean and decorate their
houses. Usually, people will paste scrolls
and paper-cut for window decoration.
• People usually have big feast all family
members together, and stay up late or all
night on New year’ s Eve, which means
hope for the next year. And when at 12,
they set off firecrackers joyfully.
• On the new year’s day, people will eat
dumplings, which means earn more in the
new year.
• The most excited moment for children is
getting red envelops from their parents
and relatives.
• Paying a new year’ s call on their relatives
and friends.
Foods
Food in Spring Festival
We eat all kinds of food in
Spring Festival.
Dumplings
Chicken
Such as:
and so on.
Rice Cakes
During the spring festival, people will have different
food at different time:
• At New Year’ s Eve, all the family members will
come back home, and all the families will have a
big feast. There are all kind of meat on the
dining-table, and the fish is a must, which means
“Every year has surplus.” And sometimes we
even put up the tail of fish on the wall. And
before we have meal, we should set off
firecrackers.
• On the New Year’ s morning, we often eat dumplings and
eggs, which means earn more money in the next year.
On this day, people should say blessing to each other,
and can’ t say something auspicious words. And before
the first meal of a new year, we also shoot off
firecrackers first. After the first meal, we often pay a New
Year call on our relatives, especially our parents; or we’ll
visit the graves of dead.
• The 15th day of the first month of the lunar
calendar remarks the end of the New
year’s Day. On this day, we don’ t have
firecrackers, but lanterns. Many families
hang lantern at the door, and some even
light candles on their balcony. So, this day
also called Lantern Festival.
The conclusion:
The differences between Spring Festival
and Christmas are so obvious that we can
find easily. First the background is
different. One is the eastern festival, and
the other is western festival. Then the
people celebrate them in different ways,
such as China does not have Santa
Claus, and America does not have any
couplets. At last, east and west eat
different food to celebrate the festival.