请用英语阐述一下圣诞节和春节的不同~要英语的..写四条就可以了..主要从象征活动上来谈..

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请用英语阐述一下圣诞节和春节的不同~
要英语的..
写四条就可以了..
主要从象征 活动 上来谈..

Answer 1

December 25 had already been identified by Sextus Julius Africanus in AD 221 as the day on which Christmas would be celebrated,and it was celebrated in Rome by AD 336.During the Middle Ages Christmas became extremely popular,and various liturgical celebrations of the holiday were established.The practice of exchanging gifts had begun by the 15th century.The Yule log,cakes,and fir trees derive from German and Celtic customs.Christmas today is regarded as a family festival with gifts brought by Santa Claus (see St.Nicholas).As an increasingly secular festival,it has come to be celebrated by many non-Christians.
The use of evergreen trees,wreaths,and garlands as symbols of eternal life was common among the ancient Egyptians,Chinese,and Hebrews.The Christian symbol can be traced to a German medieval play about Adam and Eve,which included the "paradise tree," hung with apples.The modern,decorated version was widespread among German Lutherans by the 18th century.Brought to North America by German settlers in the 17th century,it had become widespread there by the mid-19th century.It was popularized in 19th-century England by Victoria's consort,the German Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg.
Chinese New Year is also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays.It consists of a period of celebrations,starting on New Year's Day,celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar,i.e.the day of the second new moon after the day on which the winter solstice occurs,unless there is an intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead-up to the New Year—in such a case,the New Year falls on the day of the third new moon after the solstice.(The next time this occurs is in 2033.) The Chinese New Year period ends with the Lantern Festival,the fifteenth day of the month.