2. MERRYMERRY CHRISTMASCHRISTMAS 钱 晓 婷、 庄 轶

3. Merry Christmas

4. Christmas in America Christmas is a holiday in western countries that originated as a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. It is still a religious holiday for Christians and they have special church services to celebrate this day. 圣诞节的由来是两千年前耶稣的诞辰。 现在它仍然具有很浓厚的宗教色彩，在 很多教堂都有专门庆祝圣诞节的仪式。

5. CHRISTMASAY DAY Christmas is a time for Families, Fun, and Festivities! A time of family gatherings and holiday meals. A time for Santa, stars, and singing carolers. A time for ornaments, gifts, and twinkling lights. Of sleigh rides, hot cocoa, and gingerbread cookies So here for your entertainment are some fun Holiday things for you and your family. We've got stories of Christmas and the Christ Child, holiday music for singing along, tasty holiday recipes, and holiday pictures for the kids to print and color. We hope you find something you like! So bring your kids and tell your friends. And please stop by again. Don't forget to sing our Guest book before you leave.

6. suspected, the greatest probabilities are across the northern U.S. and in mountainous areas. Assuming a "white Christmas" is having at least one inch of snow on the ground December 25th, the chances are 60% or better over an area including much of the northern Rockies, the northern Great Plains, the Great Lakes area, and most of New England. The chances are less than 20% over most of the southern third of the country, excluding the Rockies, along with the Pacific coast. It is important to note that higher mountain areas (elevations of 8,000 feet in an area averaging about 4,000 feet) will tend to have greater probabilities for each of the three categories.

7. 美国的圣诞节 Christmas is really the most romantic time of the year in the west. People feel friendly and warm, greeting each other with "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!" and giving gifts. If you watch a romantic movie made in the west, it is sure to have a scene based on Christmas where everyone is happy and in love. 圣诞节是西方国家一年中最热闹的节日。人们在友 好而温暖的气氛中相互祝福： "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!" 并互相赠送礼物。西方国家大多 数以浪漫生活为题材的电影都有出现关于圣诞节的 镜头，透过这些镜头 ， 可以看到人们都沉浸在充满 喜悦和关爱的节日气氛之中。

8. A Story Of Christmas Mr Hall was a rich businessman and lived in a big house beside a beautiful river. This river usually froze over in winter, and one year it did this very early so that by Christmas time it was covered with really thick ice. One could walk across it easily, and some brave people had even crossed it in motorcars with chains on their wheels. The sight of this ice gave Mr Hall an idea. He decided to have a big Christmas party on the ice. So he sent out invitations to all his important friends, and on Christmas Day they all began to arrive at his house and the go down on to the ice. They were all in very good spirits and thought that it had been a wonderful idea of Mr Hall ’ s to have a party on the ice, surrounded by the beautiful scenery of that part of the country, but at the same time with all the comforts of armchairs, carpets, servants, good food and plenty of drinks. The party went on until late at night, and as the last guests said their merry good-byes, Mr Hall congratulated himself on a very successful party. He had drunk rather a lot during the party, so he didn ’ t wake up very early at next morning. In fact, it was nearly midday before he got up and looked out of the window at the scene of the previous day ’ s party.

9. The History of Christmas The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals(parades) with floats, carolers who sing while going from house to house, the holiday feasts, and the church processions can all be traced back to the early Mesopotamians. Many of these traditions began with the Mesopotamian celebration of New Years. The Mesopotamians believed in many gods, and as their chief god - Marduk. Each year as winter arrived it was believed that Marduk would do battle with the monsters of chaos. To assist Marduk in his struggle the Mesopotamians held a festival for the New Year. This was Zagmuk, the New Year's festival that lasted for 12 days.

10. Christmas Greeting Bring you Good wishes of happiness. This Christmas and on the coming year. During this Season may the joy and love of Christmas be yours. Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year! Hope your holiday is great and your New Year a prosperous one. Greeting you warmly with a wish that's sincere for a healthy happy and wonderful days.

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