How do people like to spend Christmas?

(A) Christmas customs in various countries

Britain, England

British people pay the most attention to eating at Christmas. The food includes roast pig, turkey, Christmas pudding, Christmas minced meat pie and so on. Every family member has a gift, and so do servants. All the presents are delivered on Christmas morning. Some Christmas carolers will sing good news from door to door. They will be invited into the house by their hosts and offered refreshments or small gifts.

United States of America

Because the United States is a multi-ethnic country, it is also the most complicated situation for Americans to celebrate Christmas. Immigrants from different countries still follow the customs of their motherland. However, at Christmas, the garlands outside Americans' doors are the same as other unique arrangements.

France

Most French adults go to church to attend midnight mass on Christmas Eve. After that, the family went to the oldest married brother or sister's house for a reunion dinner. This kind of party is to discuss important things at home, but in case of family discord, it will be reconciled afterwards, so Christmas is a kind day in France.

Spain

Children in Spain will leave their shoes outside the door or outside the window to receive Christmas presents. Many cities have gifts for the most beautiful children. Cows can also get good treatment on that day. It is said that when Jesus was born, a cow blew on him to keep warm.

Italy

Every Italian family has a model scene of the story of the birth of Jesus. On Christmas Eve, families get together for a big meal and attend Christmas Mass at midnight. After that, I went to visit my relatives and friends. Only children and old people got presents. At Christmas, Italians have a good custom. Children write essays or poems to express their gratitude to their parents for their parenting in the past year. Their works were hidden in napkins, under plates or under tablecloths before Christmas dinner, and parents pretended not to see them. After they finished their big meal, they took it back and read it to everyone.

Sweden

Swedes are very hospitable, especially at Christmas. A beautiful family, rich or poor, welcomes friends and even strangers, and all kinds of food are placed on the table for anyone to eat.

Switzerland

Santa Claus in Switzerland wears a white robe and a mask. They all disguised themselves as poor people and begged for food and gifts in droves. After the team closed, they shared the harvest equally.

Denmark

Denmark first introduced Christmas stamps and tuberculosis stamps, which were issued to raise funds for the prevention of tuberculosis. No Christmas mail from Denmark, no stamp. People who send and receive emails will like more Christmas stamps!

pepper

When Chileans celebrate Christmas, there must be a cold drink called monkey tail, which is made of coffee, milk, eggs, wine and fermented grapes. Why is this drink called monkey's tail? No one can explain it.

Norway

Before going to bed on Christmas Eve in Norway, everyone in the family arranged their shoes from big to small, and everyone took turns singing their favorite Christmas songs or hymns.

Ireland

Every family in Ireland will put foreign candles or lights on the window frames of Christmas Eve to welcome the birth of the savior.

Scotland

What Scots borrow from others at home must be returned to their owners before Christmas. Most of them give gifts on the first Monday of the new year, not during Christmas. Children and servants will get presents.

the Netherlands

Dutch Christmas presents are often unexpected and sometimes hidden in pudding sausages.

Russia

Gregorian New Year is the most important festival in a year. Usually, only Christians celebrate Christmas, which is more religious.

Germany

Every Jesuit family in Germany has a Christmas tree, which is the first one in Germany. Germans are very particular about making Christmas cakes. There are many styles of cakes for relatives and friends.

(2) How do the twelve constellations celebrate Christmas?

Aries: It's strange not to go to work at Christmas.

Aries will be the head of crazy and interesting people on Christmas Eve. I just hold it in at ordinary times. With the name of the festival, you can celebrate grandly without too much careful planning, just be lively. Break into a pub and have a drink, rock in a ballroom, or grab a microphone and scream at KTV! The music is fast and the bar is full of fun. Don't forget to invite the group partners in advance, otherwise no one will play. There is no Santa Claus!

Taurus: Christmas Eve is spent by mouth.

It doesn't matter if you are frugal, because Taurus's stomach is used for holidays! Add a big-mouthed and potbellied legion and have a Christmas dinner! If you like eating, don't be afraid to spend a lot of money. Tasting delicious food is the greatest pleasure of Taurus life. The meaning of life is to eat the life that follows the universe! From the five-star rice station to the night market food stall, and then to the Christmas Eve party, there is Christmas Eve where there is food! Lose weight? The fatter you are, the more successful you are!

Gemini: No surprises, no Christmas.

Gemini is suitable to play Santa Claus who tells stories in kindergarten on Christmas Eve, and the children's expressions will give you a surprise gift. Natural wit, know how to improvise, festivals must be fresh. Horror movies make Christmas Eve delicious. You can also go shopping. Maybe you can meet Santa Claus and borrow money from him.

Cancer: Spend Christmas at home

Cook in person, invite some friends and cook a Christmas dinner together. Release your warm breath! You are the best listener, and Christmas Eve will inevitably become an emotional trash can for friends without partners, and you are also full. Make your own dessert, such as gingerbread house; It doesn't matter if the technology is not good, anyway, I can still sit on the toilet and listen to music!

Leo: Eat, drink and be merry until dawn.

Have fun. Not only on Christmas Eve, but also on weekdays, you are naturally the focus of attention. Celebrate the festival as wonderfully as possible. Have fun, preferably with style and luxury. I'm good at having fun, so don't worry about fatigue. Of course, I have to play all night on this happy Christmas Eve. The place where you can swipe your card is a good place to spend Christmas Eve. I brush, I brush, I brush! It is best to brush Santa's face pale and take the initiative to go home; Yes, you are Santa Claus on earth! The generous and beautiful person in the fairy tale, it's your turn to do it.

Virgo: The more times you go to see men's shows at night.

Virgo, usually according to the rules, meticulous, Christmas Eve is a night of indulgence, you can change from Enya to Madonna! The rigorous work style on weekdays can be omitted tonight. Since everyone wants to hold activities on Christmas Eve, they can also recruit people justifiably, so let's have a Christmas cleaning! Attention, "The Necessity of Surprise on Christmas Eve", prepare more brooms for friends who come to your house for "carnival"!

Libra: You can spend Christmas there.

Libra is easy-going and likes to spend Christmas with a group of people. It doesn't pay much attention to material things, but attaches great importance to friends and life feelings. Many friends want to be with you because of your friendship. What should I do with so many Christmas invitations? I suggest that I hold a party, which can attract friends from all over the world, have fun with everyone in one night, collect tickets and send some Christmas money by the way!

Scorpio: A secret holiday is cool in your heart.

Scorpio, the lone ranger, is a bit aloof and doesn't like to squeeze into busy places. As the world goes from bad to worse, Christmas Eve seems to be an affair night. I suggest that you rely on your unique sense of smell to spy on other people's holiday psychology. On the one hand, you can undertake some spy work to satisfy your curiosity, on the other hand, you can make yourself a secret weapon. After the holiday, no one dares to mess with you!

Sagittarius: Bring Santa back to life

Sagittarius plays Santa Claus (a father-in-law, not a father-in-law) on Christmas Eve, which can be both funny and bring your comic genius into play. Prepare some boring programs on the joyful Christmas Eve. Have you ever seen a busker? Take a lunch box and put it in front of the department store. Don't worry, you'll end up like a little match girl. Even if you sell lighters, you will laugh to death in the end!

Capricorn: splurge on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve is a good day to take off your serious coat and be thoroughly remoulded. The atmosphere is romantic, and everything makes you tempted. Who said that the conservative and serious Capricorn is more difficult to let go? I just don't want to show off! On Christmas Eve, Capricorn had better go to the mountain to see the night view, but it's not all for romance, the night view … is free! Not all to save money. Look at those African people who have no food. How can they stand eating and drinking, don't you think? But remember, pay attention to the night scene, and don't rush to the public interest and direct traffic on the mountain!

Aquarius: an opportunity to show extraordinary wisdom

Aquarius will not spend more money and time on Christmas Eve. You think revelers are ignorant, not to mention that you have been cynical. What you care about is how many resources are left on the earth to waste? Where will the fate of mankind go? You are suitable for practice or potential development, and pray with your heart and friends who care about human survival. It is also possible that you have too many sudden ideas too soon, and you can't decide the perfect way to celebrate the holiday before the end of Christmas Eve!

Pisces: a day to spread love on Christmas Eve.

Pisces is suitable for bringing good news to Christmas Eve and comforting those who need comfort. You'd better take an oversized bag full of food and drink and feed the birds and fish to the seaside. Simple and kind Pisces are often moved by sad stories. You often think that if the little match girl met you earlier, she wouldn't be so hungry and would be loved by the Lord!

How do we spend Christmas?

There may be 1000 ways to celebrate Christmas, but there are only a few ways to celebrate Christmas on campus.

After a random survey, Wu Da undergraduates spend Christmas like this:

Festive places: streets, restaurants, karaoke bars and bars.

Holiday companions: lovers, roommates and friends.

Holiday mode:

Most students still choose to indulge themselves on Christmas Eve, and solitude is even more necessary. In fact, limited by conditions, there are only a few choices: shopping, eating a big meal, singing K, going to a bar, in short, spending money with one or several friends to buy a carnival. Few people choose to go to church, perhaps because it is too far away.

Views on Christmas:

1) disapproves of Christmas, and thinks that Christmas in China is westernized, and it is easy to blindly identify with western culture, and then worry about China's traditional culture.

2) it doesn't matter. 24 and 25 are still very common days. You can arrange them at will. As long as you want, you won't make it special just because it's Christmas or Christmas Eve.

3) I agree that Christmas is not fashionable because it is a western festival, just because it is romantic. Take advantage of the Christmas atmosphere in the streets to give my life one more program. Christmas is just a reason for joy.

Understanding of Christmas: Most people only have a vague concept of commemorating the birth of Jesus, but that's all. It is unclear about the origin of various customs. It seems that Christmas is really just a reason for joy, and it is too early to say that culture has invaded.

Reflections on Christmas

Festivals are a combination of culture and folk customs. The emergence, spread and evolution of a festival has its national psychological and cultural background. Since the reform and opening up, people's living standards have been continuously improved. Traditional festivals are not as important as before in carrying people's deep-seated needs, and people yearn for a new cultural life. However, foreign festivals are gradually accepted by people, especially young college students with open minds, and gradually become a special supplement to fashion and folk customs on campus and even in society because of its uniqueness. It embodies a kind of interest, hobby and desire of people, especially college students, and reflects the changes of their cognitive level, moral level, culture and aesthetic level.

[Opinion 1] Concerns about traditional culture

Various "foreign festivals" in modern China were heated up by businessmen year by year. From Mother's Day and Father's Day, which symbolize family ties, to Halloween and Thanksgiving in western culture, they are constantly sought after by fashionable young people. However, it has become an indisputable fact that those traditional festivals in China are gradually ignored.

Professor Fu Xichun of Beijing Normal University believes that the traditional festivals of any nation are passed down to adapt to the people's feelings, customs and habits of that nation and are a concentrated reflection of national culture. Festivals of the Chinese nation are rich in China folk culture, which has brought people a strong affinity, thus forming a long-standing custom, which has been passed down from generation to generation and continues to this day, and many of its precious things are still charming. Although many young people are chasing new trends, infatuated with foreign festivals and keen on "Christmas", "lovers" and "fools", the feeling of Chinese New Year is always the strongest in the hearts of Chinese people. "Year" is like an endless link, connecting the hearts of all Chinese people all over the world, which is irreplaceable by any foreign festival.

Li, a professor at Shandong University and president of the Provincial Folklore Research Association, said with great concern that our folk festivals are gradually losing, while foreign festivals are taking advantage of it and heating up. With the process of urbanization, the folk atmosphere of festivals in some big cities has been gradually weakened. Although some old people can barely love traditional festivals, they are certainly out of place for young people who need spiritual satisfaction. Therefore, it is urgent to rescue folk art including traditional festival culture.

In this regard, the industry believes that rising to the height of the nation will throw cold water on the overheated foreign festival: any nation, culture is the foundation. Festivals are an important carrier of national cultural heritage. Traditional festivals in China, such as Spring Festival, Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, pay special attention to family reunion and the joy of the whole people, and are full of strong oriental culture. This is not only the embodiment of national cohesion and centripetal force, but also the charm of our national culture. Relying on consanguinity and geography, national culture embodies the spirit and character of a nation and is a natural link for the development of a nation. At present, western culture is sweeping the world with its powerful economic power. China people's yearning for western life and the weakness of traditional culture and education have infiltrated into people's cultural life, unconsciously changing people's way of thinking, values, lifestyle and behavior orientation. When we think Dragon Boat Festival is not as important as Christmas, when we lament that moon cakes are not as delicious as McDonald's, when we can read Homer's original epic with relish in western languages but don't know what the Four Books and Five Classics are, when we don't want to go home for reunion during the Spring Festival or even call our families, and we are obsessed with giving gifts to our lovers before Valentine's Day, I wonder if we have been alert to the cultural psychological variation caused by the dislocation of cultural identity-the "banana culture phenomenon" with yellow skin and white heart will occur among us. When we really feel that cultural psychology is drifting and begging for food from the remnants of western culture, we become slaves of Christian culture. The loss of national culture is the loss of national spirit and national character. If a nation loses its own culture, it will not collapse, and it is absolutely impossible to gain a foothold in the world competition, let alone contribute to the development of diverse world cultures.

[Viewpoint 2] Christmas enriches our lives.

Different from Christmas in the western religious and cultural background, Chinese Christmas is just a festival, not a political festival, but a custom of people, a festival handed down from generation to generation, and a spiritual sustenance of people, just like a grand temple fair. For young people in China, Christmas is a reason to get together, go to bars and go to shopping malls for discounts, that's all. Foreign culture will have an impact on young people, but China culture dissolved in blood will not be so vulnerable. Under the cover of the dress, it is still a fiery China heart. After Christmas, young people still say that instant-boiled mutton and boiled fish are more delicious than turkey.

Professor Wang from the School of Finance and Economics of Jiaotong University believes that the Foreign Festival is just a festive ceremony in the hearts of most young people in China, and there is no other meaning. Modern people are under too much pressure. They need to find a suitable opportunity and legal channels to vent their feelings without reaching the point of mental breakdown. After Christmas, it doesn't mean that you have accepted a certain belief. Sending roses on Valentine's Day may not change your moral values.

Xu Wanbang, a professor in the Department of Ethnology at Minzu University of China, said that with the reform and opening up, it is normal for some foreign festivals to enter China people's lives. On the one hand, it shows that we have more and more contacts with foreigners and foreign cultures; On the other hand, it also shows that China people are willing to make more foreign friends in the world. Because celebrating foreigners' festivals shows our respect for their culture, this phenomenon of cultural exchange and gradual integration is inevitable in the process of cultural development. We spend Christmas not to believe in Christianity and Catholicism, but to seek a kind of holiday rest and happiness. In fact, foreign festivals have been celebrated in China for a long time, such as March 8th International Women's Day, May 1st International Labor Day and June 1st International Children's Day. In addition, in recent years, some days proposed by the United Nations, such as "World Food Day" and "World Day for Helping the Disabled", are actually festivals, and even the Olympic Games are festivals.

Others think that "foreign festivals" also embody a kind of culture, which cannot be totally denied. Moreover, we do not copy all the "foreign festivals", but have a choice. China people's favorite "foreign festivals" are mainly Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Father's Day. All these will help to enhance the affection between relatives, lovers and friends. What's wrong with it? Nowadays, people live under great pressure and communicate less and less with each other. Don't we need to create more opportunities to cultivate feelings? As long as it can enhance feelings, whether it is a traditional festival or a "foreign festival", the more the better.

[Viewpoint 3] Traditional culture should keep pace with the times.

Tradition and modernity are not natural enemies, but traditional wisdom and emotion can be used as cultural resources for the construction of modern society. Although tradition as a whole cultural system will eventually be broken, there are still many valuable cultural fragments that can be used as a golden thread to connect our contemporary spiritual life and social life. For example, the Spring Festival is loaded with heavy historical accumulation and emotional aggregation, and inherits the source of blood and the root of life. It is the ethical expression of a nation and the family emotion that constitutes this society. However, we must face up to the fact that under the impact of many foreign festivals, the influence of traditional festivals in China is gradually declining, and our cultural birthmark is fading, facing the embarrassment of being at a loss. Putting aside the argument that foreign festivals weaken and dispel traditional folk psychology, and not talking about the right or wrong of "overdrawing" foreign festivals, we should rationally see that the status of traditional festivals is declining in the inheritance schools, and even our propaganda and education positions are facing a total loss; On the carrier of inheritance, there are faults in the cultural view and the educational chain. In this sense, it is really time to say something to children, and the whole society has the responsibility to put more things on the traditional scale of children.

Of course, it goes without saying that the Chinese New Year custom, which has been deposited in the long river of history, is inevitably mixed with some bad habits. There are also factors that need to be adjusted and updated in tradition, and customs should be constantly updated, and today's advanced culture and civilized fashion should be injected. China's traditional culture can only be carried forward if it keeps pace with the times, eliminates the weeds and preserves the seeds, and absorbs new life. As Xu Wanbang, a professor in the Department of Ethnology at Minzu University of China, said, the mutual penetration of festival culture is one of the development trends of culture. Under the strong impact of western culture, on the one hand, we should pay attention to learning the advanced parts of western culture, on the other hand, we should also pay attention to adhering to the fine traditions of our own culture and not let foreign festivals become spiritual and emotional dependence. If we lose our unique and excellent traditional culture, then the Chinese nation will not exist. Christmas economy gives us an inspiration: from the economic point of view, we may find new growth points by digging the cultural connotation of the Spring Festival.