The differences between Christmas

and Spring Festival By June In class 6

Spring festival and Christmas are both the most important festival for the Chinese people and western people .Because of the different culture ,there are different ways to celebrate .

This PowerPoint compares the differences between Spring festival and Christmas, shows their origins and ways of celebration and so on ,to point out that are looking forward to well-being .

The origin of Christmas Day

• Christmas also referred to as Christmas Day or Christmastide, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that marks and honors the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. His birth, which is the basis for the Anno Domini system of dating, has been determined by modern historians as having occurred between 7 and 2 BC. The date of celebration is not thought to be Jesus' actual date of birth, and may have been chosen to coincide with ancient Roman solar festivals that were held on December 25.

How to celebrate it

• Westerners with red, green and white color for the Christmas colors, Christmas comes, every household is decorated with Christmas colors. Exist side by side is red and white Santa Claus, he is the most popular figures in the Christmas activities. Western children go to bed on Christmas Eve, prior to the pillow or next to the fireplace put a sock in their sleep after waiting for Santa Claus to present on the socks.

Something special for kids at ChristmasThe hanging of stockings by the fireplace before bedtime, to receive the presents from Father Christmas, is a much-loved tradition that is still practiced by many children and adults although stockings might now be replaced with hung in different locations such as by the child's bed.

When small children go to bed on Christmas Eve , they hang a stocking at the behind of their beds . Their parents warn them not to try to look at Father Christmas , or their parents will not leave them anything .

When they wake up , they find their stockings filled with presents . As a result ， children are very excited on Christmas morning and always wake up early.

Symbols of Christmas:

• Santa Claus

• Christmas tree

• Christmas hat

• Christmas stocking

• Christmas cards

• Christmas dinner

• Christmas carols

Wonderful Christmas

雪橇 Sled

圣诞老人 Santa

长筒袜 Stockings

圣诞树 Christmas tree

圣诞树 Christmas tree

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三驾马车 three-in-hand

烟囱 chimney

壁炉 fireplace

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银色圣诞 White Christ

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• Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, or simply "Santa“. in Western cultures, is described as bringing gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day

• Christmas tree ornaments can be found in nearly every size, color, and shape imaginable, and they are used to decorate the millions of Christmas trees used throughout the world

雪橇 Sled 雪橇犬 Husky

• Chimney can bring a lot of wonderfu things Oh wonderful.

• Oh, Santa Claus will come from here

• Nowadays ,Christmas is celebrated by most of people by exchanging gifts and Christmas cards, preparing holiday foods, and decorating homes and workplaces with colored lights, Christmas trees and ornaments.

Almost of everyone enjoys Christmas Day , especially children. It is particularly enjoyed by children who get will be very excited because of the some presents they know they are going

to receive .

Roast gooseroast turkey

Mainly Food at Christmas dinner

Brussels sprouts( 球芽甘蓝 )

Roast potatoes

Cranberry sauce

( 小红莓果酱 )

Mainly Food at Christmas dinner

What do we usually call chun jie ?

Chinese New Year Lunar New Yearthe Spring Festival

The origin of the Lunar New Year Festival can be traced back thousands of years, involving a series of colorful legends and traditions. One of the most famous legends is Nian, an extremely cruel beast that the ancients believed would devour people on New Year's Eve. To keep Nian away, red-paper couplets are pasted on doors, torches are lit, and firecrackers are set off throughout the night, because Nian is said to fear the color red, the light of fire, and loud noises.

To the ancient times period, there is a kind of fierce monster called“ year”. Its facial look is ferocious, the born nature is bloodthirsty, eating the birds and beasts, the fish and shellfish insect without feet particularly.

• The Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year. To Chinese people it is as important as Christmas to people in the West. The festival actually begins on the eve of the lunar New Year's Day and ends on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. But the 15th of the first month, which normally is called the Lantern Festival, means the official end of the Spring Festival.

Something special for kids at Spring Festival

Sending "lucky money" is a Chinese New Year a custom.

Lucky money is wrapped by a red envelop. Chinese love red, because red symbol vitality happy and good luck to the younger generation of the distributed red envelopes.

And it is thought it is a bad manner that children open their red envelops in front of the elder.

customs• Before Spring Festival, people are busy sh

opping . They buy vegetables, fish, meat and new clothes and many other things.

• And they usually clean and decorate their houses. Usually, people will paste scrolls and paper-cut for window decoration.

• People usually have big feast all family members together, and stay up late or all night on New year’ s Eve, which means hope for the next year. And when at 12, they set off firecrackers joyfully.

• On the new year’s day, people will eat dumplings, which means earn more in the new year.

• The most excited moment for children is getting red envelops from their parents and relatives.

• Paying a new year’ s call on their relatives and friends.

Foods

Food in Spring Festival

We eat all kinds of food in We eat all kinds of food in Spring Festival.Spring Festival.

and so on.and so on.

ChickenChicken DumplingsDumplings

Such as:Such as:

Rice CakesRice Cakes

During the spring festival, people will have different food at different time:

• At New Year’ s Eve, all the family members will come back home, and all the families will have a big feast. There are all kind of meat on the dining-table, and the fish is a must, which means “Every year has surplus.” And sometimes we even put up the tail of fish on the wall. And before we have meal, we should set off firecrackers.

• On the New Year’ s morning, we often eat dumplings and eggs, which means earn more money in the next year. On this day, people should say blessing to each other, and can’ t say something auspicious words. And before the first meal of a new year, we also shoot off firecrackers first. After the first meal, we often pay a New Year call on our relatives, especially our parents; or we’ll visit the graves of dead.

• The 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar remarks the end of the New year’s Day. On this day, we don’ t have firecrackers, but lanterns. Many families hang lantern at the door, and some even light candles on their balcony. So, this day also called Lantern Festival.

The differences between Spring Festival and Christmas are so obvious that we can find easily. First the background is different. One is the eastern festival, and the other is western festival. Then the people celebrate them in different ways, such as China does not have Santa Claus, and America does not have any couplets. At last, east and west eat different food to celebrate the festival.

The conclusion: