【文章內容簡介】 the hole in the roof where the smoke from the fire came out. now it so happened that the three sisters has washed their stockings before they went to bed. the stockings has been hung by the fire to dry. when nicholas dropped the gold through the smoke hole, each bag of gold fell into a stocking.the three sisters were overjoyed to find three bags of gold in their stockings when they woke up the next morning. soon, the story began to spread. other people began to hang up stockings in the hope of finding bags of gold when they woke up in the morning. from this legend sprang the custom of hanging stockings up by the chimney on christmas eve. over the years, saint nicholas became associated with christmas.after his death around 350 . he was buried in myra, but in 1087 italian sailors purportedly stole his remains and removed them to bari, italy, greatly increasing st. nicholas39。 popularity throughout europe. his kindness and reputation for generosity and love for children gave rise to claims that he could perform miracles and devotion to him increased. st. nicholas became the patron saint of russia, where he was famous for his red cape, flowing white beard, and bishop39。s mitre. in greece, he is the patron saint of sailors。 in france he was the patron of lawyers, and in belgium the patron of children and travelers. the dutch kept the legend of st. nicholas alive. in 16th century holland, dutch children would place their wooden shoes by the hearth in hopes that they would be filled with a treat and goodies.介紹圣誕節(jié)的英語作文篇5the chinese spring festival and the western christmas.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 fiiendship. 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 mon. 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.介紹圣誕節(jié)的英語作文篇6children in countries around the world await a visit from a mysterious bringer of gifts at christmas time. he is santa claus.conventionally, santa claus is portrayed as a kindly, roundbellied, merry, bespectacled old man in a red suit trimmed with white fur, with a long white beard.on christmas eve, he rides in his flying sleigh lifted by reindeers from house to house to give presents to children. in most countries, it is said that he lives near the north pole. he es into houses down the chimney at midnight and places presents for the children in socks or bags by their beds or in front of the family christmas tree.介紹圣誕節(jié)的英語作文篇7In Britain, Christmas Day is normally spent at home