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关于圣诞节英语作文关于圣诞节英语作文ChristmasinUnitedStatesofAmericaSantaClauswasborninUSinthe1860'shewasnamedthisashehadawhitebeardandabelly,sohewasnamedSantaClausasthiswastheDutchwordforStNicholas,Sintaklaas.AlthoughtheDutchhadboughthimwiththeminthe17thcentury,hedidnotbecomeanimportantpersonatChristmasuntiltheNovelistWashingtonIrvingputhiminanovelthathewrotein1809.ThisfirstSantaClauswasstillknownasSt.Nicholas,hedidsmokeapipe,andflyaroundinawagonwithoutanyreindeer,buthedidnothavehisredsuitorliveattheNorthPole,hedidhoweverbringpresentstochildreneveryyear.In1863HewasgiventhenameSantaClausandboretheredsuit,pipe,andhisreindeerandsleigh.NowChristmascelebrationsvarygreatlybetweenregionsoftheUnitedStates,becauseofthevarietyofnationalitieswhichhavesettledinit.InPennsylvania,theMoraviansbuildalandscape,calledaputz-undertheChristmastree,whileinthesamestatetheGermansaregivengiftsbyBelsnickle,whotapsthemwithhisswitchiftheyhavemisbehaved.EarlyEuropeansettlersbroughtmanytraditionstotheUnitedStates.ManysettledintheearlydaysintheSouth,thesesettlerswouldsendChristmasgreetingstotheirdistantneighborsbyshootingfirearmsandlettingofffireworks.InHawaiithispracticeisstillinuseasunderthesunnyskies,SantaClausarrivesbyboatandChristmasdinneriseatenoutdoors.InAlaska,astaronapoleistakenfromdoortodoor,followedbyHerod'sMen,whotrytocapturethestar.Colonialdoorwaysareoftendecoratedwithpineapple,asymbolofhospitality.InAlaska,boysandgirlswithlanternsonpolescarryalargefigureofastarfromdoortodoor.Theysingcarolsandareinvitedinforsupper.InWashingtonD.C.,ahuge,spectaculartreeislitceremoniouslywhenthePresidentpressesabuttonandturnsonthetree'slights.InBoston,carolsingingfestivitiesarefamous.Thesingersareaccompaniedbyhandbells.InNewOrleans,ahugeoxisparadedaroundthestreetsdecoratedwithhollyandwithribbonstiedtoitshorns.InArizona,theMexicanritualcalledLasPosadasiskeptup.ThisisaritualprocessionandplayrepresentingthesearchofMaryandJosephforaroomattheinn.Familiesplaythepartsandvisiteachother'shousesenactingandre-enactingthedramaan
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