英语补充阅读材料： English expressions about Christmas: Christmas Eve： 平安夜，圣诞节的前一天晚上。每年12月24日。这跟我们的大年夜有点相似（New Year's Eve）。 Christmas Day： 圣诞节当天，每年的12月25日。相当于中国的大年初一。Everybody goes for various parties to celebrate the festival on Christmas day.（在圣诞节那天，大家都去参加各种各样的派对来庆祝节日。） Boxing Day： 圣诞节后的第一个工作日，即每年的12月26日，意即“重拳出击的那一天”。 尤其值得注意的是，在西方，还有一个Christmas season。它是指12月24日至翌年1月6日，我们称之为“圣诞节节期”。也就是经常说的holiday season，指的是一整段日子。 Christmas gift或者Christmas present： 这两个词都可以表示圣诞礼物。我们经常会说：Here is a Christmas gift for you. 或者：I have a present for your Christmas Day.即表示要送对方圣诞礼物的意思。 Santa Claus：圣诞老人。他赶着驯鹿，拉着装满礼物的雪橇挨家挨户给每个孩子送礼物的形象已深深地留在人们的记忆中。 Bethlehem：伯利恒。耶路撒冷南方六英里一市镇，传说为耶稣诞生地。 Christmas tree： 圣诞树。与之相关的还有Christmas decorations（圣诞装饰物）；Christmas wreath或者Christmas garland(圣诞花环)；Christmas crafts(圣诞工艺品)。这些美丽的装点都使得圣诞节变得熠熠生辉。 Christmas Waits： 报佳音的人。圣诞夜指12月24日晚至25日晨。教会组织一些圣诗班（或由信徒自发地组成）挨门挨户地在门口或窗下唱圣诞颂歌，叫作“报佳音”，意思是再现当年天使向伯利恒郊外的牧羊人报告耶稣降生的喜讯。“报佳音”的人称为Christmas Waits，这项活动往往要进行到天亮，人数越来越多，歌声越来越大，大街小巷满城尽是歌声。 Christmas carol：圣诞颂歌。《平安夜》等圣诞颂歌人们耳熟能详。 Christmas pudding：圣诞布丁。圣诞节吃的一种应节食品。 Christmas stocking：圣诞袜。传说圣诞老人会把礼物放在里面。 Christmas recess：圣诞节暂停营业、上学、工作期间。 Greetings on Christmas: 1. Warm greetings and best wishes for happiness and good luck in the coming year. 衷心祝福来年快乐、幸运! 2. Christmas should be a time of banked-up fines, the scent of flowers and wine, good talk, good memories and loyalties renewed. But if all else is lacking - love will do. 圣诞是这样美好的时光：炉火熊熊，花儿芬芳，醇酒飘香，殷殷祝福，美好回忆， 恩爱日新。即便没有一切，只要有爱便足矣。 3. Wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas.祝福您及您的家人圣诞快乐。 4. A merry Chistmas from all of your students. 祝您圣诞快乐，您的全体学生敬上。 May happiness follow you everywhere ...just like we do. 愿快乐随时与您同在，就如同我们与您寸步不离一般。 5. A cheery Christmas and the New Year hold lots of happiness for you! 给你特别的祝福，愿圣诞和新年带给你无边的幸福、如意。 1 6. May your Christmas be filled with special moment, warmth, peace and happiness, the joy of covered ones near,and wishing you all the joys of Christmas and a year of happiness. 愿你的圣诞充满温馨，祥和，与亲人团聚的快乐，祝圣诞乐陶陶，新年乐无限。 7. It seems that Christmas time is here once again, and it is time again to bring in the New Year. We wish the merriest of Christmas to you and your loved ones, and we wish you happiness and prosperity in the year ahead. 圣诞节转眼又到，又该迎接新的一年了。我们向你及你的亲人们致以最美好的圣诞祝福，愿 你在新的一年里事业兴旺，幸福美满! 8. A Christmas greeting and good wishes to you who is thought about all the year through. Have a beautiful Christmas and a happy New Year. 始终思念你，捎来圣诞佳节最美好的祝福，祝圣诞吉祥，新年如意。 9. With all good wishes for a brilliant and happy Christmas season. Hope things are going all right with you. 在这辉煌快乐的圣诞佳节，献上一切美好的祝福!祝一切顺心如意!。 10. Christmas is a time for gladness and rejoicing ...because there is no class. 圣诞节是欢喜和快乐的时光，因为不用上课。 Jokes about Christmas：关于圣诞节的笑话 No.1. What does Santa Claus like to do in his garden? Answer: he likes to hoe, hoe, hoe。 No.2. On Christmas Eve Santa Claus met an honest politician and a kind lawyer while riding up in an elevator of a very exclusive hotel. Just before the doors opened the three of them noticed a 1000NT bill lying on the floor. Which one of them do you think picked it up? Answer: Santa of course! Why? Because everybody knows that the other two don’t exist! No.3. It was Christmas and the judge was in a benevolent mood as he questioned the prisoner. "What are you charged with?" he asked。 "Doing my christmas shopping early," replied the defendant。 "That's no offense," replied the judge, "How early were you doing this shopping?" "Before the store opened," countered the prisoner 2 3 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/183d02ad9b8fcc22bcd126fff705cc1755275f37.html