有关圣诞节的英文资料

The Christmas and New Year’s Day

December 25th is the day of celebration and of fun and frolic. As the long awaited winter holidays arrive, Christmas spirit builds up. The lovely snowflakes, our dear Santa, decorated homes complete with whole range of Christmas star, mistletoe, the good-luck plant, ivy, laurels and not the least the beautifully decorated and illuminated Christmas tree are some of the inseparable parts of the picture. The soft music of the Christmas carols and children eager to open their gifts certainly lend unique warmth to the coldest day of the year.

The birth of Christ is perhaps the most popular festival around the world. The dark night sky, the chilly winters all just provide the perfect backdrop for the reigning red and green colors that cheer up the entire scenery. People visit their families and arrange some of the most lavish parties. The most awaited festival, the Christmas signifies love and kindness, joy and happiness. The holiday spirit of the season in one word is - infectious!

12月25日是庆祝的节日和乐趣和嬉戏。期待已久的寒假的到来,圣诞节的精神建造。这个可爱的雪花,我们亲爱的圣诞装饰房屋完成整个范围的圣诞星、槲寄生植物,好运,艾薇,荣誉而不是最精美的装饰圣诞树,并有一些不可分割的部分图片。柔和的音乐的圣诞颂歌和孩子们想打开礼物的独特的确借温暖溶化的一天。

基督的诞生也许是最受欢迎的节日环游世界。黑暗的夜空,寒冷的冬天都提供了完美的背景为执政红白绿三色,振作起来整个风景。人们参观他们的家庭和安排一些最奢华的政党。最期待的节日,圣诞节意味着爱和仁慈、欢乐和幸福。这个节日的精神在这个赛季是一个字——传染性!

Germans parade giant Christmas cake

The German city of Dresden celebrated the start of the Christmas season on Saturday by parading a giant stollen through the streets of the old baroque town. Don't know what a Stollen is?

Stollen is a bread-like cake traditionally made in Germany and usually eaten during the Christmas season.

Dresden's giant Stollen ceremony is now a famous feature of the Christmas market, which takes place in the city every year.

On Saturday crowds of people gathered in the old town of Dresden to get a taste

UK shoppers spend big on Christmas

Heavy snow has caused havoc across the UK, but it hasn't dampened people's passion for shopping just one day ahead of Christmas.

Shoppers crowd London's Oxford Street - one of the city's best known shopping areas - on what is predicted to be the busiest shopping day of the year.

The UK's shoppers are expected to spend an average of 833,000 pounds every minute according to analysis by Visa Europe.

Unexpectedly heavy snow prevented many shoppers from completing their Christmas purchases at the weekend - and the catch up buyers will be joined by the habitual last minuters.

A shopper said, "Because of the snow we didn't get out earlier in the week which we thought we might do."

Another shopper said, "I always leave things to the last minute but this is fairly early for me there is a day and half to go."

Across Europe the snow has been a major delayer of Christmas purchasing according to the CEO of Euro Commerce, Xavier Durieu who send spending had been well down in recent weeks.

He said, "Some countries speak about roughly the minus ten percent due to the consumer not going shopping and for trucks being prevented accessing the shops in many countries such as Germany, France, Belgium and Netherlands."

So much so that catch up buying will amount to 2 billion pounds spent on Visa in one day across European countries.

Visa Europe predicts over 18,000 card transactions every minute, with around 124,000 pounds spent per second in the final push for gifts and supplies before Christmas.

Richard Dodd from the British Retail Consortium said it should finally be good news for retailers. He said, " I think there is a really significant amount of catch up shopping so shopping that people weren't able to do because of the weather disruption last weekend and earlier on in the month and I think on top of the food shopping that will make today a big day and that is certainly what retailers are looking for. "

It's predicted that Thursday's spending is set to smash previous records.

Visa expects to process around 26.5 million transactions.

UK shoppers are also expected to buy now before a rise in purchasing tax VAT is introduced in January.