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    February 12

    the stories of valentine's day

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    公元前三世纪的古罗马,战事连绵不短.暴君克劳多斯(Claudius)征召大批公民前往战场,人们怨

    声载道.克劳多斯暴跳如雷,他传令人们不许举行婚礼,甚至连所有已订了婚的人也要马上解除

    婚约.许多年轻人就这样告别爱人,悲愤地走向战场.年轻的姑娘们也由于失去爱侣,抑郁神伤.

    离暴君的宫殿不远,有一座非常漂亮的神殿.修道士瓦沦厅(Valentine)就住在那里.他对暴君的

    虐行感到非常难过.当一对情侣来到神庙请求他的帮助时,瓦沦丁在神圣的祭坛前为他们悄悄

    地举行了婚礼.人们 一传十,十传百,很多人来到这里,在他的帮助下成为伴侣.消息终于传到暴

    君的耳里.克劳多斯又一次暴跳如雷,他下令把瓦沦厅投入地牢折磨至死.悲伤的人们把瓦沦丁

    安葬在圣普拉教堂.那一天正是公元270年2月14日.有史可查的现代意义上的瓦沦丁.情人节

    是在15世纪早期.法国年轻的奥尔良大公在阿根科特战役中被英军俘虏,然后被关在伦敦中很

    多年。他写给妻子很多首情诗,约有60首保存至今,其中就提到了情人节. 就这样,延续着古老

    的西方习俗,我们 开始在每年的二月十四日用鲜花,心形糖果等向心爱的人传递爱的信息.

     

     
    December 24

    圣诞特辑之音乐

    when christmas comes to town

    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 the best time of the year when everyone comes home with all this christmas tear it's hard to be alone putting up the christmas tree with friends you come around it's so much fun when christmas comes to town presents for the children wrapped in red and green all the things i've heard about, but never really see no one will be sleeping on the night of christmas eve hoping santa's on his way presents for the children wrapped in red and green all the things i've heard about, but never really see no one will be sleeping on the night of christmas eve hoping santa's on his way when santa's sleigh bells ring i listen all around the herald angels sing i never hear a sound and all the dreams of children once lies will all be found that's all i want when christmas comes to town that's all i want when christmas comes to town

    圣诞特辑之极地特快

    剧情介绍
     圣诞老人是圣诞节的象征,传说中的圣诞老人会在圣诞前夜驾着由驯鹿拉的雪橇,将礼物送到千家
    万户。然而,随着人类社会的不断进步,已经没有什么人再相信这个流传了很久的传说,没有人再
    相信圣诞老人的存在了。然而,小男孩克劳斯(乔什·哈切森配音)却不这么认为,尽管他的父母和周
    围的朋友都告诉他圣诞老人只不过是个虚构的人物,他本身根本就不存在,但克劳斯却坚持相信圣
    诞老人的存在,因此,克劳斯经常会遭到同伴的嘲笑,但他始终没有动摇他的信念。 终于,克劳斯
    的坚持为他赢得了回报。在一个圣诞节的前夕,克劳斯在恍惚中睡着,忽然地板开始颤抖,桌上的
    器皿哗哗作响,随着汽笛声呜呜长鸣,一列神秘的火车停在门前,他紧张地打开房门,看见一个和
    蔼的列车长(汤姆·汉克斯配音)站在了他的面前。列车长邀请他乘车旅行,前往北极参加圣诞庆典,
    拜访传说中的圣诞老人。克劳斯孩惊讶极了,惴惴不安地答应下来。在克劳斯登上火车后,他又发
    现更多的小伙伴,大家在一起十分的开心,经历了一场难忘的旅程。   最终,火车到达打了终点
    站北极,孩子们欢快地跳下火车,北极城的圣诞庆典正式开始了,所有人都沉浸在欢乐的气氛中。
    这时,一个圣诞老人走到克劳斯面前,和蔼地询问他需要什么礼物,克劳斯嗫嚅地说,他只想要驯
    鹿身上的一个小铃铛。克劳斯如愿以偿的得到了想要的礼物,但在回家的时候,他却不小心弄丢了
    铃铛,他伤心极了。没想到第二天醒来,他发现小铃铛就完好无损地摆在圣诞树下。母亲看到后非
    常惊讶,不过她认为铃铛坏掉了。然而克劳斯心里却非常清楚,他知道只有相信圣诞老人真的存在
    的人才能听到小铃铛清脆的响声。
    December 23

    圣诞特辑之圣诞老人

    圣诞老人的传说

     圣诞老人的传说在数千年前的斯堪的纳维亚半岛即出现。北欧神话中司智慧,艺术,诗词,战争的

    奥丁神,寒冬时节,骑上他那八脚马坐骑驰骋于天涯海角,惩恶扬善,分发礼物。与此同时,其子雷

    神着红衣以闪电为武器与冰雪诸神昏天黑地恶战一场,最终战胜寒冷。据异教传说,圣诞老人为奥丁

    神后裔。也有传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来,所以圣诞老人也称St.Nicholas.因这些故事大多弘扬

    基督精神,其出处,故事情节大多被淡忘,然而圣诞老人却永驻人们精神世界。每年圣诞日,圣诞老

    人骑在白羊星座上,圣童手持圣诞树降临人间,随着世事变迁,作家和艺术家开始把圣诞老人描述成

    我们今日熟悉的着红装,留白胡子的形象。同时不同的国度和文化对圣诞老人也有了不同的解释。在

    德国,传说他扮成圣童把坚果和苹果放在孩子们鞋里。他乘双轮马车四处漫游,观察人们的行为,尤

    其是小孩,如果表现好,将会得到苹果、坚果、糖等诸多奖品。坏孩子则得一鞭子。家长们灵机一动

    纷纷采用此传说来鼓励孩子们听话。大大超过了新年,成为一个全民的节日。圣诞老人已经成为圣诞

    节最受喜爱的象征和传统。他赶 着驯鹿,拉着装满玩具和礼物的雪橇挨家挨户给每个孩子送礼物的

     快乐老精灵的形象已深深地留在人们的记忆中了.

     11世纪末来自意大利的宗教士兵将Nicholas圣人的遗物带回意大利,并在港口城市Bari建造了一座教

    堂来纪念他。很快世界各地的基督教徒纷至沓来朝圣这位圣人。这些朝圣者将圣人Nicholas的故事带

    回他们的本土,所以有关圣诞老人的传说在各个国家都各具特色。 12世纪欧洲出现了圣人Nicholas纪

    念日,以互赠礼物和慈善活动为主。德国、法国、荷兰则将12月6日作为宗教纪念日,给孩子和穷人

    们赠送礼物。 荷兰殖民者来到美洲时,将他们的Sintirklass主教也带了去,Sintirklass身着红袈裟,骑

    着一匹白马。Sintirklass的美国形象后来逐渐演变成一个快乐的老精灵。起初美国作家华盛顿.欧文在

    他的喜剧《纽约的历史》中将他描述成一个又圆又胖的荷兰老人。1823年,诗人Clement Moore在

    他的诗歌《St.Nicholas印象》中继续将Sintirklass/Saint Nicholas的形象戏剧化,这就是各位在本篇开

    头看到的圣诞老人。 19世纪60年代卡通制作者Thomas Nash画了一幅胖胖的、慈祥的圣诞老人作为

    《Harper的一周》的插图。这个圣诞老人的形象开始深深地扎根于美国人民的脑海中。随着时间的推

    移,圣诞老人的形象传回欧洲,传到南美洲,传遍世界各地。 许多国家都保存了他们自己有关圣诞

    老人的风俗和传说。在荷兰的传说中,圣诞老人Sintirklass还带了一个叫Black Peter的助手,乘着一

    艘船于12月6日来到。他带着一本大书,书中描述了所有荷兰小孩在过去一年中的表现。表现好的小

    孩就送礼物给他们,不好的小孩便让他的助手带走。德国的圣诞老人也带着一个叫做Knecht

    Ruprecht、Krampus或Pelzebock的助手,肩上背着个装着礼物的大袋子,手上拿着一根棍子。好孩

    子可收到他的礼物,顽皮的孩子却要给教训几棍子。 意大利的圣诞老人叫La Befana ;法国的圣诞老

    人叫Father Christmas或Pere Noel ;瑞士的圣诞老人叫Christkindl或Christ Child;斯勘的纳维亚地区

    的圣诞人叫julenisse 或 juletomte ;而英国的圣诞老人和法国一样也叫Father Christmas(圣诞之父),他的形象比其它圣诞老人更庄严,更清瘦一些。北美的圣诞老人便是乘着驯鹿拉的雪橇来给孩

    子们送礼物的。

    圣诞特辑之耶稣基督诞生

    耶稣基督诞生故事
    The Birth of Jesus Christ
    (Luke2.1-7)
    This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engeaged toJoseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit.Joseph was a man who always didi what was right, but he did not want to disgrace Mary piblicly; so he made plans to break the engagemwnt privately. While he was thinking about this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary to ba your wife. For it is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived. She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus-because he will save his people from their sins." Now all this happened in order to make come true what the Lord had said thriugh the prophet. "A virdin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel" (which means,"God is with us" ). So, when Joseph woke up, he married Mary, as the angel of the Lord told him to. But he had no sexual relations with her before she gave birth to her son. And Joseph named him Jesus.
     
    耶稣的出生是有一段故事的,耶稣是因着圣灵成孕,由童女马利亚所生的。神更派遣使者加伯列在梦中晓谕约瑟,叫他不要因为马利亚未婚怀孕而不要她,反而要与她成亲把那孩子起名为“耶稣”,意思是要他把百姓从罪恶中救出來。 当马利亚快要临盆的时候,罗马政府下了命令,全部人民到伯利恒务必申报戶籍。约瑟和马利亚只好遵命。他们到达伯利恒时,天色已昏,无奈两人未能找到旅馆渡宿,只有一个马棚可以暫住。就在這时,耶苏要出生了!於是马利亚唯有在马槽上,生下耶苏。后人为纪念耶稣的诞生,便定十二月二十五为圣诞节,年年望彌撒,纪念耶稣的出世。 圣诞节便是於十二月二十五日纪念耶稣的诞生,但真实的诞生日就沒有人知道了。
    November 29

    谈论Happy Thanksgiving

     

    引用

    Happy Thanksgiving
    就是今天啦!!转一贴吧。。。这可是johnson发的哦!!
    The Origin of Thanksgiving

    The earliest observance of Thanksgiving on this continent was with special services in Virginia as early as 1607. The first Thanksgiving Festival began on December 13th in 1621 at Plymouth, Massachusetts. It started as a harvest festival with the people thanking God for giving them sufficient crops. That first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three days with the people enthusiastically participating.

    On June 20, 1676 the town of Charlestown, Massachusetts issued the First Thanksgiving Proclamation. By unanimous vote the governing council instructed the clerk, Edward Rawson, to proclaim June 29th as a day of thanksgiving.

    George Washington issued the first national Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789, the year of his inauguration as President of the United States of America. He called for another Thanksgiving Day in 1795. With other presidents and state governors proclaiming days of thanksgiving at various times there was no effort to organize a yearly Thanksgiving Day until Mrs. Sarah Joseph Hale started her crusade in 1827. It took thirty-six years to achieve victory when, in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln made his Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. The nation has celebrated the special day ever since.

    Today Thanksgiving Day is a legal holiday with most government and private employees being given the day off. Some companies and most schools also shut down the following Friday. Yes, the United States of America, for most purposes, observes Thanksgiving Day.

    But, it appears that Thanksgiving Day, like most other national and religious holidays, has been highly commercialized, to the point that many people forget what we are supposed to be celebrating. If we were to survey people on the street and ask, "What stands out in your mind when you think of Thanksgiving Day", we would probably get answers like:turkey, dinner, pilgrims, fall, pumpkins, corn stalks, etc.

    But, how many people on Thanksgiving Day actually pause and do what the name of the event suggests? What portion of the celebrators do stop to thank God for our nation and for all we have?

    Psalm 105:1 commands us, "Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done."

    As we approach Thanksgiving Day, let's not focus on the food, which are gifts. Let's focus on the giver. Let's thank God for all He has provided. Let's call on His name and invite Him to be present at our table. Let's celebrate Thanksgiving Day with grateful hearts.