zh-CNiwms.net pic/logo.gif http://www.enun.cn Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT My strongest memory of Christmas is the tree with all of the presents underneath it.
And usually in the morning I wake up really early like at five o'clock.
And when you come downstairs Christmas morning and the trees lit up, there is piles of presents, there mig...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT La la la la ...
I'm wishing on a star
And trying to believe
That even though it's far
He'll find me at Christmas Eve
I guess Santa is busy
Cause he never comes around
I think of him when Christmas comes to town...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Thousands of children worked and were abused in this way for years, with no chances of escape or of bettering themselves. A sorry reminder that suffering continues even through the 'season of goodwill'.
Take these bands off.
Yes, that’s right. Take the bands off now and then lift the molds straight up...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT It is a blessing to ring the bell on New Year 's Eve in China. Here, we have this bell ringer who works on the eve of Christmas. Let's take a glance at his job and the story he inherits.
27, 28, now this is a strange job. Someone has had to do this every Christmas Eve here in Dewsbury since the Mi...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT "We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas…"Have you heard that song? Yup! It's Christmas time! This Christmas, I stayed with my "host family"1. It was an amazing experience to see how a typical American family would celebrate the biggest western festival of the year.
Christmas, like our Spri...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT ...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT The first ever Christmas card was posted in England in the 1840s, and the practice soon became an...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Ice and snow
Greenland offers adventures of ice and snow like nowhere else on this planet. The ice cap（冰帽）- up to three kilometers thick - covers an area 14 times the size of England, and icebergs（冰山）snap...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT ...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT ...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT 　　The word "Christmas" is a combination of the words "Christ" and"Mass". “Christmas”这个词是“基督”和”弥撒“的缩写，彌撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。
　　For today's Christian, the origin of Christmas is, and should be, the birth of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Bible. Nothing more and nothing less. However, most of what...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT 三、圣诞节的红与绿
    圣诞节的主要颜色是红色和绿色。这体现了古代人对冬青(holly)的喜爱。这种植物有深绿色尖叶，到冬季结血红色的浆果。在古代，到了冬天人们会用冬青等常绿植物来装饰屋子和教堂。他们认为邪恶的神灵会在冬天把植物杀死，导致叶子和花朵凋零。而冬青具有非凡的能力能够在死亡之冬存活下来，因此他们相信冬青会有同样的力量而使他们免于死亡之神的危害。另外，冬青上长有尖刺和血红的浆果，非常适合作为冠冕的象征。(圣经中耶稣在受难前被戴上用荆棘编成的冠冕，装扮成犹太人之王。)
十九世纪以来，猩猩木成了另外一种大家熟悉的圣诞节装饰物。猩猩木又称圣诞红，长有鲜红的大叶，开黄绿色的小花，它星...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT ...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT 在圣诞和新年来临之际，祝福你平安、快乐、幸福！ 
Wishing you a song in your heart at Christmas and blessings all year long.
圣诞之际，祝你心中有首快乐的歌，新年快乐！
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
圣诞快乐，恭贺新禧！
Warm greetings and best wishes for...]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT 　　Millions of Americans will celebrate Christmas on December twenty-fifth. It is the most widely celebrated religious holiday in the United States.
People buy gifts to give to family members and friends. Th...]]>