聖誕節英語作文：中國的春節和西方的聖誕節

春節一般指正月初一，是一年的第一天，又叫陰曆年，俗稱“過年”;但在民間，傳統意義上的春節是指從臘月的臘祭或臘月二十三或二十四的祭竈，一直到正月十九，其中以除夕和正月初一爲高潮。在春節期間，中國的漢族和一些少數民族都要舉行各種活動以示慶祝。

聖誕節(Christmas)又稱耶誕節，譯名爲“基督彌撒”，西方傳統節日，在每年12月25日。彌撒是教會的一種禮拜儀式。聖誕節是一個宗教節，因爲把它當作耶穌的誕辰來慶祝，故名“耶誕節”。

大部分的`天主教教堂都會先在24日的平安夜，亦即12月25日凌晨舉行子夜彌撒，而一些基督教會則會舉行報佳音，然後在12月25日慶祝聖誕節;基督教的另一大分支——東正教的聖誕節慶則在每年的1月7日。

聖誕節也是西方世界以及其他很多地區的公共假日，例如：在亞洲的香港、澳門、馬來西亞和新加坡。聖經實際上並無記載耶穌誕生日期，聖誕節是後人公定的。

The chinese spring festival and the western christmas-中國的春節和西方的聖誕節

evely nation has its own folk festivals. Those festivals give people a chance to be away from their regular work and everyday worries to enjoy themselves and to develop kindship and fi'iendship. The spring festival is the chief holiday in china while christmas is the most important redletter day in the western world.

the spring festival and christmas have much in common. Both are prepared hefiorehand to create a joyous atmosphere; both offer a family reunion with a square feast: and both satisfy the children with new clothes, lovely presents and delicious food. However, the chinese spring festival has no religious background while christmas has something to do with god and there is santa claus with white heard to bring children presents. The westerners send each other christmas cards for greetings while the chinese people pay a call on each other.

nowadays, some of the chinese youth has begun to celebrate christmas, following the example of the westerners. Perhaps they do so just for fun and out of curiosity.