⑴ 西方的节日介绍(英文版的)急!!!
阳历节日：
1月1日元旦（New Year's Day)
2月2日世界湿地日(World Wetlands Day)
2月14日情人节(Valentine's Day)
3月3日全国爱耳日
3月5日青年志愿者服务日
3月8日国际妇女节(International Women' Day)
3月9日保护母亲河日
3月12日中国植树节(China Arbor Day)
3月14日白色情人节(White Day)
3月14日国际警察日(International Policemen' Day)
3月15日世界消费者权益日(World Consumer Right Day）
3月21日世界森林日（World Forest Day)
3月21日世界睡眠日(World Sleep Day)
3月22日世界水日(World Water Day)
3月23日世界气象日(World Meteorological Day)
3月24日世界防治结核病日(World Tuberculosis Day)
4月1日愚人节(April Fools' Day)
4月5日清明节（Tomb-sweeping Day)
4月7日世界卫生日(World Health Day）
4月22日世界地球日(World Earth Day)
4月26日世界知识产权日(World Intellectual Property Day)
5月1日国际劳动节(International Labour Day)
5月3日世界哮喘日(World Asthma Day)
5月4日中国青年节（Chinese Youth Day)
5月8日世界红十字日(World Red-Cross Day)
5月12日国际护士节(International Nurse Day)
5月15日国际家庭日(International Family Day)
5月17日世界电信日(World Telecommunications Day)
5月20日全国学生营养日
5月23日国际牛奶日(International Milk Day)
5月31日 世界无烟日(World No-Smoking Day)
6月1日 国际儿童节(International Children's Day)
6月5日世界环境日(International Environment Day)
6月6日全国爱眼日
6月17日世界防治荒漠化和干旱日(World Day to combat desertification)
6月23日国际奥林匹克日(International Olympic Day)
6月25日全国土地日
6月26日国际禁毒日(International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking)
7月1日中国共产党诞生日(Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party)
7月1日国际建筑日（International Architecture Day)
7月7日中国人民抗日战争纪念日
7月11日世界人口日(World Population Day)
8月1日中国人民解放军建军节(Army Day)
8月12日国际青年节(International Youth Day)
9月8日国际扫盲日(International Anti-illiteracy Day)
9月10日中国教师节(Teacher's Day)
9月16日中国脑健康日
9月16日国际臭氧层保护日(International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer)
9月20日全国爱牙日
9月21日世界停火日(World Cease-fire Day)
9月27日世界旅游日(World Tourism Day)
10月1日中华人民共和国国庆节(National Day)
10月1日国际音乐日(International Music Day)
10月1日国际老年人日(International Day of Older Persons)
10月4日世界动物日(World Animal Day)
10月5日世界教师日(World Teachers' Day)（联合国教科文组织确立）
10月8日全国高血压日
10月9日世界邮政日(World Post Day)
10月10日世界精神卫生日(World Mental Health Day)
10月14日世界标准日(World Standards Day)
10月15日国际盲人节(International Day of the Blind)
10月15日世界农村妇女日(World Rural Women's Day)
10月16日世界粮食日(World Food Day)
10月17日国际消除贫困日(International Day for the Eradication of Poverty)
10月24日联合国日(United Nations Day)
10月24日世界发展新闻日(World Development Information Day)
10月28日中国男性健康日
10月29日国际生物多样性日(International Biodiversity Day)
10月31日万圣节(Halloween)
11月8日中国记者节
11月9日消防宣传日
11月14日世界糖尿病日(World Diabetes Day)
11月17日国际大学生节
11月25日国际消除对妇女的暴力日(International Day For the elimination of Violence against Women)
12月1日世界爱滋病日(World AIDS Day)
12月3日世界残疾人日(World Disabled Day）
12月4日全国法制宣传日
12月9日世界足球日（World Football Day)
12月25日圣诞节(Christmas Day)
12月29日国际生物多样性日(International Biological Diversity Day)
1月最后一个星期日国际麻风节
3月最后一个完整周的星期一中小学生安全教育日
春分月圆后的第一个星期日复活节(Easter Monday)(有可能是3月22-4月25日间的任一天)
5月第二个星期日母亲节(Mother's Day)
5月第三个星期日全国助残日
6月第三个星期日父亲节(Father's Day)
9月第三个星期二国际和平日(International Peace Day)
9月第三个星期六全国国防教育日
9月第四个星期日国际聋人节(International Day of the Deaf)
10月的第一个星期一世界住房日(World Habitat Day)
10月的第二个星斯一加拿大感恩节(Thanksgiving Day)
10月第二个星期三国际减轻自然灾害日(International Day for Natural Disaster Rection)
10月第二个星期四世界爱眼日(World Sight Day)
11月最后一个星期四美国感恩节(Thanksgiving Day)
⑵ 用英语介绍一个西方的节日
Christmas
Christmas is the most popular festival in the West.During the Christmas season,friends get together and go from house to house singing Christmas songs.They do this for fun and to bring the spirit of Christmas to the people in each house.People also put a Christmas tree in the middle of their house.Usually,they decorate the tree,such as putting an angel or a star at the top of the tree and putting up some beautiful lights on the branches.
Westerners call the night before Christmas“Christmas Eve”.Then children put stockings at the end of their beds before they go to sleep.They are told that Santa Claus will come ring the night.If you ask them why they doso,they will tell you “I’m a good child.Santa Claus will climb down the chimney and fill the stockings with Christmas presents.”But who is Santa Claus? Can a man really climb down the chimney of every house in the world in a single night? Of course not.
On Christmas Day children wake up very early,and can't wait to open the presents in their stockings and under the tree.They are calling,“Merry Christmas!!!!!!”,and wake up the other family members.After all the presents are opened,they will have a delicious breakfast.When they go out and meet their friengs,they greet each other with a hug and say,,“Merry Christmas!!!!!!”.
This is Christmas--the happiest and most exciting time in a year.
⑶ 用英语介绍西方节日
阳历节日：
1月1日元旦（New Year's Day)
2月2日世界湿地日(World Wetlands Day)
2月14日情人节(Valentine's Day)
3月3日全国爱耳日
3月5日青年志愿者服务日
3月8日国际妇女节(International Women' Day)
3月9日保护母亲河日
3月12日中国植树节(China Arbor Day)
3月14日白色情人节(White Day)
3月14日国际警察日(International Policemen' Day)
3月15日世界消费者权益日(World Consumer Right Day）
3月21日世界森林日（World Forest Day)
3月21日世界睡眠日(World Sleep Day)
3月22日世界水日(World Water Day)
3月23日世界气象日(World Meteorological Day)
3月24日世界防治结核病日(World Tuberculosis Day)
4月1日愚人节(April Fools' Day)
4月5日清明节（Tomb-sweeping Day)
4月7日世界卫生日(World Health Day）
4月22日世界地球日(World Earth Day)
4月26日世界知识产权日(World Intellectual Property Day)
5月1日国际劳动节(International Labour Day)
5月3日世界哮喘日(World Asthma Day)
5月4日中国青年节（Chinese Youth Day)
5月8日世界红十字日(World Red-Cross Day)
5月12日国际护士节(International Nurse Day)
5月15日国际家庭日(International Family Day)
5月17日世界电信日(World Telecommunications Day)
5月20日全国学生营养日
5月23日国际牛奶日(International Milk Day)
5月31日 世界无烟日(World No-Smoking Day)
6月1日 国际儿童节(International Children's Day)
6月5日世界环境日(International Environment Day)
6月6日全国爱眼日
6月17日世界防治荒漠化和干旱日(World Day to combat desertification)
6月23日国际奥林匹克日(International Olympic Day)
6月25日全国土地日
6月26日国际禁毒日(International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking)
7月1日中国共产党诞生日(Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party)
7月1日国际建筑日（International Architecture Day)
7月7日中国人民抗日战争纪念日
7月11日世界人口日(World Population Day)
8月1日中国人民解放军建军节(Army Day)
8月12日国际青年节(International Youth Day)
9月8日国际扫盲日(International Anti-illiteracy Day)
9月10日中国教师节(Teacher's Day)
9月16日中国脑健康日
9月16日国际臭氧层保护日(International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer)
9月20日全国爱牙日
9月21日世界停火日(World Cease-fire Day)
9月27日世界旅游日(World Tourism Day)
10月1日中华人民共和国国庆节(National Day)
10月1日国际音乐日(International Music Day)
10月1日国际老年人日(International Day of Older Persons)
10月4日世界动物日(World Animal Day)
10月5日世界教师日(World Teachers' Day)（联合国教科文组织确立）
10月8日全国高血压日
10月9日世界邮政日(World Post Day)
10月10日世界精神卫生日(World Mental Health Day)
10月14日世界标准日(World Standards Day)
10月15日国际盲人节(International Day of the Blind)
10月15日世界农村妇女日(World Rural Women's Day)
10月16日世界粮食日(World Food Day)
10月17日国际消除贫困日(International Day for the Eradication of Poverty)
10月24日联合国日(United Nations Day)
10月24日世界发展新闻日(World Development Information Day)
10月28日中国男性健康日
10月29日国际生物多样性日(International Biodiversity Day)
10月31日万圣节(Halloween)
11月8日中国记者节
11月9日消防宣传日
11月14日世界糖尿病日(World Diabetes Day)
11月17日国际大学生节
11月25日国际消除对妇女的暴力日(International Day For the elimination of Violence against Women)
12月1日世界爱滋病日(World AIDS Day)
12月3日世界残疾人日(World Disabled Day）
12月4日全国法制宣传日
12月9日世界足球日（World Football Day)
12月25日圣诞节(Christmas Day)
12月29日国际生物多样性日(International Biological Diversity Day)
1月最后一个星期日国际麻风节
3月最后一个完整周的星期一中小学生安全教育日
春分月圆后的第一个星期日复活节(Easter Monday)(有可能是3月22-4月25日间的任一天)
5月第二个星期日母亲节(Mother's Day)
5月第三个星期日全国助残日
6月第三个星期日父亲节(Father's Day)
9月第三个星期二国际和平日(International Peace Day)
9月第三个星期六全国国防教育日
9月第四个星期日国际聋人节(International Day of the Deaf)
10月的第一个星期一世界住房日(World Habitat Day)
10月的第二个星斯一加拿大感恩节(Thanksgiving Day)
10月第二个星期三国际减轻自然灾害日(International Day for Natural Disaster Rection)
10月第二个星期四世界爱眼日(World Sight Day)
11月最后一个星期四美国感恩节(Thanksgiving Day)
⑷ 急求几个介绍西方节日的英语文章
1. Valentine's Day is a saints day commemorating Saint Valentine on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other.The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
2. Easter, Pascha, or Resurrection Day, is an important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, which Christians believe occurred on the third day after his crucifixion some time in the period AD 27 to 33.
3. In the United States, Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks to God,for the things one has at the end of the harvest season. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November ( The period from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day is often collectively referred to as the "holiday season," and the holiday itself is often nicknamed Turkey Day. Thanksgiving is generally considered a secular holiday, and is not directly based in religious canon or dogma.
4. Christmas, also referred to as Christmas Day or Christmastide, is an annual holiday falling on December 25 or January 6.[1] that honors and celebrates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. His birth, which is the basis for the transcultural Western calendar, has been determined by modern historians as having occurred between 8–4 BC, and is traditionally told to have taken place in a stable within the city of Bethlehem.
5. Halloween, or Hallowe'en, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. The term Halloween (and its alternative rendering Hallowe'en) is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the eve of "All Hallows' Day",[1] which is now also known as All Saints' Day. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several parts of the Western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia and New Zealand.
6. Mother's Day is a day honoring mothers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. Mothers often receive gifts on this day.
7. Father's Day is a secular celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities.
8. April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, enemies and neighbors, or sending them on fools' errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. In some countries, April Fools' jokes (also called "April Fools") are only made before noon on 1 April.
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按照基督教的习惯，每年的11月1 日为万圣节，是纪念所有圣徒的日子。万圣节前夕便是万圣节的前一天，即10月31日。在中世纪的英格兰，万圣节被叫做 All Hallow ，大家知道，"前夕"的英语是eve , 所以万圣节前夕便由Halloween + eve 演变成 Halloween 。
在英国，万圣节前夕可以说是一个鬼节。因为大多数活动都与“鬼”有关。每到万圣节前夕这天晚上，人们就围坐在火炉旁，讲述一些有关鬼的故事，有时让一些在场的小孩听起来好生害怕。有的人把萝卜或甜菜头挖空，做成一个古怪的头形的东西，在上面刻上嘴和眼睛，在其内放上一枝点燃的蜡烛，看上去古怪、让人害怕，然后把它挂在树枝上或大门上，据说这样可以驱逐妖魔鬼怪。
在美国，人们制作“杰克灯”或叫“南瓜灯”（Jack-o'-lantern）。小孩们身穿古怪的服装，头戴面具，装扮成鬼怪的形象，手里提着一盏南瓜灯，从一家走到另一家，在大门口大声叫着“是请客还是要我们捣乱（Trick or Treat）。这时若主人不请客（treat ），这些顽皮的孩子就会动真格地捣乱（trick），有的在主人的门把上涂上肥皂或往玻璃上洒肥皂水；有的干脆把主人的门给卸下来；还有的顺手拿走主人放在门口的日常小用品等。但人们对这些天真可爱的小客人一般还是欢迎的，并且事先都准备好糖果或零钱。听到这些小孩来到时，他们马上迎出来，给孩子们分发糖果或零钱。
According to Christian practices, and the annual November 1 for Halloween, All Saints commemorated the day. Halloween is the eve of the day before Halloween, October 31st. In medieval England, called All Hallow Halloween, we all know, "Eve" is the eve of English, so from then on the eve of Halloween Halloween + eve evolved into Halloween.
In the United Kingdom, on the eve of Halloween can be said is a Guijie. Because most of the activities to do with the "ghost". Every Halloween night on the eve of this day, people were sitting next to the stove, on some ghost stories, and sometimes to the presence of a number of children living sounds scared. Some people turnip or beet first hollowing out, which creates a strange shape of the first things above inscribed in the mouth and eyes, and in its place within a lighted candle, looks strange, people fear, and then it branches or hanging in the door, this could be expelled Jiaomoguiguai said.
In the United States, proction people, "Jack lights" or called "pumpkin lights" (Jack-o'-lantern). Children were wearing strange clothes, wearing a mask, the image of herself as a ghostly hand carrying red lantern pumpkin lights, go from one another in the doorway loudly chanting "we have a banquet or trouble (Trick or Treat). banquet at this time if the owner does not (treat), which will do what naughty children in trouble (trick), and in some cases the owner's door painted on the glass to soap or rub soapy water; Some simply master to the door to unload; also took away the comfortable on the front of the masters of small day-to-day supplies. naive but lovable people of these small general welcome guests, and are ready to advance candy or coins. hear these to the children, they immediately Ying-out distributed candy to the children or coins.
⑸ 关于西方节日的介绍(英语)
我找的都是中英文对照的,汉语略.
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母亲节
Mother"s Day was first suggested in the United States in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace. A campaign to establish a National Mother"s Day was begun in 1907. It was successful, by 1911 Mother"s Day was celebrated in almost every state in recognition of[1] the influence mothers have in the making of better citizens.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed that the birthday of Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis, the "mother of Mother"s Day[2] ", would become the National Mother"s Day of the United States. And that from then on, the second Sunday in May would be Mother"s Day in memory of the work Mrs. Jarvis had done to bring families together after the Civil war, her work to bring the whole North and South together, her work to honor all the mothers of America throughout history and on into the future, but most of all to honor Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis as America"s National Mother. President Wilson asked that the American people fly the United States flag from public buildings and homes on that day as he said, as a public expression of our love and reverence[3] for the mothers of our country.
Well, what value is Mother"s Day now? As the Congress said in 1914, it reminds people of[4] the influence mothers have had in the making of better citizens. Jarvis was one such mother. On Mother"s Day much attention is given to the important part that each mother plays in giving her children a sense of what is right and what is wrong, what is good behavior and what is bad.
If the observances[5] of Mother"s Day can even in a small way remind mothers of this, then this day will help both the families and the whole country.
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圣诞节
Origin of Christmas The name Christmas is short for "Christ's Mass". A Mass is a kind of Church service. Christmas is a religious festival. It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus. There are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the world. But many of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religion. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the Christmas in the orld. The birth of Jesus had a story: In Nazareth, a city of Galilee. The virgin's name was Mary was betrothed to Joseph. Before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband was minded to put her away secretly. While he thought about these things, Gabriel, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and told him did not be afraid to take Mary as wife. And Mary will bring forth a Son, and he shall call his name, Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. Before Jesus births, Joseph and Mary came to Quintus was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up out of Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and of the lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And that, Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus, is on 25th, December every year. But nobody know the actual birthday of Jesus. And the Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly Santa Claus was first made popular in nineteenth Century.
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万圣节
Halloween
October 31st (western countries)Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years.
The holiday has had many influences from many cultures over the centuries. From the Roman's Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain,to the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days. Hundreds of years ago in what is now Great Britain and Northern France, lived the Celts (凯尔特人), who worshipped nature and had many gods, with the sun god as their favorite. They celebrated their New Year on November 1st which was made every year with a festival and marked the end of the "season of the sun" and the beginning of "the season of darkness and cold. "On October 31st after the crops were all harvested and stored for the long winter the cooking fires in the homes would be extinguished. The Druids, the Celtic priests, would meet in the hilltop in the dark oak forest (oak trees were considered sacred). They would light new fires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals. As they
danced around the fires, the season of the sun passed and the season of darkness would begin. When the morning arrived the Druids would give an ember from their fires to each family who would then take them home to start new cooking fires. These fires would keep the homes warm and free from evil spirits.The November 1st festival was called Samhain pronounced "sow-en"). The festival would last for 3 days. Many people would parade in costumes made from the skins and heads of their animals. This festival would become the first Halloween.
The Celtics would carry a lantern when they walked on the eve of October 31. These lanterns were carved out of big turnips (大头菜) and the lights were believed to keep the evil spirits away. Children would carve faces in the turnips. These carved turnips were called "jack-o-lanterns. It is said that the jack-o-lantern" got its name from a stingy and mean old man, named Jack, who when he died was too mean to get into heaven. When Jack went to hell he was meet by the Devil who gave him a piece of burning coal and sent him away. Jack placed the burning coal in a turnip to use as a lantern to light his way. The legends claim that Jack is still walking with the lantern looking for a place to stay.When the early settlers came to America they found the big round orange pumpkin. Being larger and much more colorful than turnips, the pumpkin made great "jack-o-lanterns". Eventually the pumpkin would replace the turnip. Eventually the Pumpkin would become the most widely recognized symbol of the Halloween holiday. The history of "Trick'O'Treating" can be traced back to the early celebrations of All Soul's Day in Britain. The poor would go begging and the housewives would give them special treats called "soulcakes". This was called "going a-souling", and the "soulers" would promise to say a prayer for the dead.Over time the custom changed and the town's children became the beggars. As they went from house to house they would be given apples, buns (圆形的小甜面包), and money. During the Pioneer days of the American West, the housewives would give the children candy to keep from being tricked. The children would shout "Trick or Treat!".
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复活节
Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the most important feast in the Christian calendar. The churches are filled with worshipers, the altars are decorated with flowers, and the music proclaims the joy of the season.
Easter Sunday falls sometime between March 22 and April 25. It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following March 21. The date of Easter Sunday was established by the church council of Nicaea in A.D. 325.
Easter Sunday ends a period of preparation for the feast of Easter. This 40-day period of prayer and fasting, called Lent, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. The week from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday is known as Holy Week. Good Friday marks Christ's crucifixion; and Easter Sunday, his resurrection.
The custom of a sunrise service on Easter Sunday can be traced to ancient spring festivals that celebrated the rising sun. The custom developed further in the Middle Ages, when celebrations at sunrise were also popular. People gathered to pray as the sun appeared and then went in procession to their churches.
The new clothes worn on Easter Sunday are a symbol of new life. The custom comes from the baptism on Easter Sunday of early Christians who were led into church wearing new robes of white linen. The present-day Easter parade has a parallel in the Middle Ages, when people walked about the country-side on Easter, stopping along the way to pray. Nowadays many people walk in Easter parades to show and see new spring clothes, especially hats.
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⑹ 求几篇高中英语阅读理解原文，内容要是介绍西方某个节日，文化，习俗方面的。
网络有相关文章加以修饰就OK啦
⑺ 英语作文西方节日
西方节日吗？Should Chinese Celebrate Western Festivals? 10 Today, more and more young people are crazy about western festivals. When western festivals come, they usually go to restaurants or shopping malls to have fun.
Why do the young enjoy western festivals so much? Since they worship everything new, and they can’t resist the temptation. In their opinions, western festivals symbolize the fashion, while our Chinese traditional festivals are out of date. No wonder we always feel so boring ring our traditional holidays. If we still turn a blind eye to our traditional festivals, our culture and civilization will disappear someday. Accordingly, it is high time for us to pay close attention to our Chinese festivals.
⑻ 急求几篇介绍西方节日的英语短文
Christmas
Although, for Christians, Christmas is not the most important of festivals, it is probably the most widely celebrated religious occasion in the West. This festival celebrates the birth of the messiah in Bethlehem Palestine about two thousand years ago. This messiah was Jesus Christ who, Christians believe, was sent to save mankind and absolve them from their sins. Nowadays, you might be forgiven for missing the religious element to this festival as it has descended somewhat into an orgy of consumerism and inlgence. Gifts are given amongst family and friends and cards wishing “Seasonal Greetings” sent between just about everyone. Father Christmas, otherwise known as Santa Claus, is said to squeeze his way down chimneys across the world on Christmas Eve and deliver presents to any children that have behaved well over the last year. Another important motif of the festival is the Christmas tree, around which traditionally people would dance around hinting at the pagan origins of this mid-winter celebration.
圣诞节
虽然对基督教徒来说，圣诞节并不是其最重要的节日，但是在西方，它却是一个最受广泛庆祝的节日。圣诞节庆祝的是两千多年前弥赛亚(犹太人盼望的复国救主)在巴勒斯坦伯利恒的诞生。这个弥赛亚就是耶稣(基督教信奉的救世主)。基督教徒相信，耶稣是被派来拯救人类并协助人们摆脱罪恶的救世主。如今，就算你已经忘记了这个节日的本来意义也不会有人怪罪你，因为，现在的圣诞节已经演变成为大肆消费、狂欢与纵情享受的节日。在这个节日里，亲人们、朋友间都会互送礼物，满载着“节日祝福”的贺卡也会送到每一个人的手中。“圣诞之父”（Father Christmas），也就是我们所熟知的“圣诞老人”（Santa Claus），据说会在圣诞节前夕顺着烟囱下来，给世界各地的孩子们送去礼物，这些收到礼物的孩子必定是那些在过去的一年中各方面表现都很优秀的孩子。圣诞节的另一个重点是圣诞树，在这一天，人们会围着圣诞树跳舞，这也表明圣诞树是圣诞节形成之前的隆冬节日的重要组成部分。
⑼ 中国传统节日和西方节日的英语有关文章
情人节 Valentine's Day
The affectionate message might be carried by a heart - shaped box of chocolate candies, or by a bouquet of flowers tied with red ribbon. But in whatever form, the message is the same - "Will you be my valentine?"
二月十四日是一个复杂而又有趣的节日。你可以用一个心状的盒子，里面放上巧克力糖，来传递爱的信息，也可用彩带扎上一束鲜花来传递--"你愿做我的情人吗？"
April Fool′s Day 愚人节
April Fool's Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fool's errands, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in France.
愚人节是西方传统节日，这一天人们可以相互开玩笑，愚弄别人。没有人知道这个节日是怎么起源的，但一般认为是首先从法国开始的。
复活节 Easter Day
Most English holidays have a religious origin. Easter Day occurs on the first Sunday after the full moon following the spring equinox．It is originally the day to commemorate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.But now for most people, Easter is a secular spring holiday,
英国大部分节日都起源于宗教。复活节发生在过了春分月圆后的第一个星期日，原是纪念耶稣复活的日子。而现在对大多数人来说，复活节只是一个人们享受美好春光的普通节日。
万圣节 Halloween Day
One story about Jack,who was not allowed into Heaven because he was stingy with his money. But down to the hell he played tricks on the Devil (Satan), so he was kicked out of Hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.
关于万圣节有这样一个故事。是说有一个叫杰克的爱尔兰人，因为他对钱特别吝啬，就不允许他进入天堂，而被打入地狱。但是在那里他老是捉弄魔鬼撒旦，所以被踢出地狱，罚他提着灯笼永远在人世里行走。
感恩节 Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving today is, in every sense, a national annual holiday on which Americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the year' s bounty and reverently ask for continued blessings.
今天的感恩节是一个不折不扣的国定假日。在这一天，具有各种信仰和各种背景的美国人，共同为他们一年来所受到的上苍的恩典表示感谢，虔诚地祈求上帝继续赐福。
圣诞节 Christmas Day
“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督恺撒”的缩写。恺撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物，寄圣诞卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。
The name Christmas is short for "Christ's Mass". A Mass is a kind of Church service. Christmas is a religious festival. It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus.
⑽ 求一篇西方节日文化习俗的英语文章
1月1日 元旦
1月第一个星期日 黑人日
1月最后一个星期日 国际麻风节(世界防治麻风病日) 1954
2月2日 世界湿地日
2月7日 国际声援南非日 1964
2月10日 国际气象节
2月14日 情人节
2月15日 中国12亿人口日 1995
2月21日 反对殖民制度斗争日 1949
2月24日 第三世界青年日
2月28日 世界居住条件调查日
3月1日 国际海豹日 1983
3月3日 全国爱耳日 2000
3月5日 中国青年志愿者服务日
3月8日 国际劳动妇女节 1910 饶有情趣的世界妇女节
3月12日 中国植树节 1979
3月14日 国际警察日(节)
3月15日 国际消费者权益日 1983
3月16日 手拉手情系贫困小伙伴全国统一行动日
3月17日 国际航海日
中国国医节 1929
3月18日 全国科技人才活动日
3月21日 世界林业节(世界森林日) 1972
消除种族歧视国际日 1976
世界儿歌日
世界睡眠日
3月22日 世界水日 1993
3月23日 世界气象日 1950
3月24日 世界防治结核病日 1996
3月最后一个星期一 全国中小学生安全教育日 1996
4月1日 国际愚人节
4月2日 国际儿童图书日
4月7日 世界卫生日 1950
4月21日 全国企业家活动日 1994
4月22日 世界地球日 1970
世界法律日
4月23日 世界图书和版权日
4月24日 世界青年反对殖民主义日 1957
亚非新闻工作者日
4月25日 全国预防接种宣传日 1986
4月26日 世界知识产权日 2001
4月27日 联谊城日
4月30日 全国交通安全反思日
4月第三个星期日 世界儿童日 1986
4月最后一个星期三 秘书节
5月1日 国际劳动节 1889
国际示威游行日
5月3日 世界哮喘日
5月4日 中国青年节 1939
五四运动纪念日 1919
科技传播日
5月5日 全国碘缺乏病防治日 1994
5月8日 世界红十字日 1948
世界微笑日
5月12日 国际护士节 1912
5月15日 国际家庭(咨询)日 1994
5月17日 世界电信日 1969
5月18日 国际博物馆日
5月20日 全国母乳喂养宣传日 1990
中国学生营养日 1990
5月26日 世界向人体条件挑战日 1993
5月30日 "五卅"反对帝国主义运动纪念日 1925
5月31日 世界无烟日 1988
5月第二个星期日 母亲节 1914
救助贫困母亲日 1997
5月第三个星期二 国际牛奶日 1961
5月第三个星期日 全国助残日 1990
6月1日 国际儿童节 1949
6月5日 世界环境日 1974
6月6日 全国爱眼日 1996
6月11日 中国人口日
6月17日 世界防止荒漠化和干旱日
6月20日 世界难民日 2001
6月22日 中国儿童慈善活动日
6月23日 国际奥林匹克日 1894
世界手球日
6月25日 全国土地日 1991
6月26日 国际禁毒日(国际反毒品日) 1987
国际宪章日(联合国宪章日)
6月30日 世界青年联欢节
6月第三个星期日 父亲节
7月1日 中国共产党诞生日 1921
香港回归纪念日 1997
国际建筑日 1985
亚洲“三十亿人口日” 1988
7月2日 国际体育记者日
7月7日 中国人民抗日战争纪念日 1937
7月11日 世界(50亿)人口日 1987
7月26日 世界语(言)创立日
7月28日 第一次世界大战爆发 1914
7月30日 非洲妇女日
7月第一个星期六 国际合作节
8月1日 中国人民解放军建军节 1927
8月6日 国际电影节 1932
8月8日 中国男子节(爸爸节) 1988
8月15日 日本正式宣布无条件投降日 1945
8月26日 全国律师咨询日 1993
9月3日 中国抗日战争胜利纪念日 1945
9月8日 国际新闻工作者(团结)日 1958
世界扫盲日 1966
9月10日 中国教师节 1985
9月14日 世界清洁地球日
9月16日 国际臭氧层保护日 1987
9月18日 "九·一八"事变纪念日(中国国耻日) 1931
9月20日 全国爱牙日 1989
9月21日 国际和平日 2002 2002年以后
9月26日 快乐节日网建站日 2001
9月27日 世界旅游日 1980？
9月第三个星期二 国际和平日 1981 1981至2001年
9月第三个星期六 全民国防教育日 2001
9月第四个星期日 国际聋人节 1958？
9月最后一个星期日 世界心脏日 2000？
世界海事日
10月1日 国庆节 1949
国际音乐日 1980
国际老人节 1990
10月2日 国际和平(与民主自由)斗争日 1949
10月4日 世界动物日 1949
10月8日 全国高血压日 1998
世界视觉日
国际左撇子日
10月9日 世界邮政日(万国邮联日) 1969
10月10日 辛亥革命纪念日 1911
世界居室卫生日
世界精神卫生日 1992
10月11日 声援南非政治犯日
10月13日 中国少年先锋队诞辰日 1949
世界保健日
国际教师节
采用格林威治时间为国际标准时间日 1884
10月14日 世界标准日 1969
10月15日 国际盲人节(白手杖节) 1984
10月16日 世界粮食日 1979
10月17日 世界消除贫困日
10月22日 世界传统医药日 1992
10月24日 联合国日 1945
世界发展信息日
10月28日 世界"男性健康日" 2000
10月31日 世界勤俭日
10月第一个星期一 国际住房日 1982
10月第二个星期三 国际减轻自然灾害日 1990
每年重阳节 中国老年节(义务助老活动日) 1989
11月8日 中国记者节 2000
11月9日 中国消防宣传日(消防节) 1992
11月10日 世界青年节(日) 1946
11月14日 世界糖尿病日
11月17日 国际大学生节(国际学生日) 1946
11月21日 世界电视日 1996
世界问候日 1973
11月第四个星期四 感恩节
12月1日 世界艾滋病日 1988
12月2日 废除一切形式奴役世界日 1986
12月3日 世界残疾人日 1992
12月4日 中国法制宣传日
12月5日 (经济和社会发展)国际志愿人员日 1985
世界弱能人士日
12月7日 国际民航日
12月9日 "一二·九"运动纪念日 1935
世界足球日 1995
12月10日 世界人权日 1950
12月11日 世界防治哮喘日 1998
12月12日 西安事变纪念日 1936
12月13日 南京大屠杀纪念日 1937
12月15日 世界强化免疫日
12月20日 澳门回归纪念日 1999
12月21日 国际篮球日
12月24日 平安夜
12月25日 圣诞节
12月29日 国际生物多样性日 1994
12月第二个星期日 国际儿童电视广播日
◆◆◆ 阴 历 节 日 ◆◆◆
正月初一 春节
正月十五 元宵节
二月初二 龙抬头节
五月初五 端午节
七月初七 七夕情人节
八月十五 中秋节
九月初九 重阳节
中国老年节(义务助老活动日)
腊月初八 腊八节
腊月二十四 小年