圣诞节作文高中英文4篇.doc
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1、圣诞节作文高中英文4篇平安夜,传喜悦,吉祥氛围飘万里;钟声响,雪花飘,温馨浪漫到你家!下文是小编为你精心编辑整理的圣诞节作文高中英文4篇,希望对你有所帮助,更多内容,请点击相关栏目查看,谢谢!圣诞节作文英文1Although it is generally agreed that the Christmas tree in its current form came from Germany in the early 19th century, the tradition of decorating a tree to mark winter celebrations dates back h
2、undreds of years to Roman times, when they used to decorate evergreen trees with small pieces of metal to celebrate Saturnalia.In medieval times the Paradise Play was performed every year on 24 December. This depicted the creation of Man and the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and alway
3、s included an evergreen hung with apples which represented the apple tree of temptation.There is a legend that St Boniface, an English monk, came upon a group of pagans gathered around an oak tree who were preparing to sacrifice a child to the God Thor. In order to stop the sacrifice, and save the c
4、hild s life, St Boniface is said to have felled the tree with one blow of his fist. Later on, a fir tree grew in place of the oak and this, St Boniface told the pagans, was the Tree of Life and represented the Christ Child.Legend also suggests that, in the late 16th century, Martin Luther (the found
5、er of the Protestant religion) was the first to decorate an indoor tree with candles when he attempted to recreate the stars shining over a forest of evergreens.The first mention of decorated trees being taken indoors came in 1605 in Germany - a country with a long Christmas tree history! The trees
6、were initially decorated with fruit and sweets together with hand made objects such as quilled snowflakes and stars. German Christmas Markets began to sell shaped gingerbreads and wax ornaments which people bought as souvenirs of the fair and took home to hang on their tree.Tinsel was also invented
7、in Germany in about 1610. Up until fairly recently real silver was used, which was pulled into wafer thin strips by special machines. This was durable but tarnished quickly and many experiments took place to try and find an alternative - including a mix of lead and tin, which was too heavy and kept
8、breaking. It was only in the mid 20th century that a viable alternative was found.Artificial trees were invented in the 1880 s in a bid to try and stop some of the damage being caused to real trees due to people lopping the tip off large trees, thus preventing the trees from growing any further. It
9、got so bad in Germany that laws had to be brought in to prevent people having more than one tree.Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, is credited with being responsible for introducing the custom of the Christmas tree to the British public by decorating the first English Christmas tree at Winds
10、or Castle in 1841 using candles, sweets, fruit and gingerbread.The popularity of the Christmas tree grew in Britain during the first half of the 20th century, with trees becoming bigger and more elaborately decorated with bells, baubles and tinsel. However, the onset of the Second World War resulted
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