关于圣诞节的英语海报-merry-xmas是什么意思

Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year!

・Beautiful dream comes true

・Bring you Good wishes of happiness. This Christmas and on the coming year.

・During this Season may the loy and love of Christmas be yours.

・Each Christmas brings me wonderful thoughts and memories... and you get lots of presents, Oh well, Merry Christmas.

・Greeting you warmly with a wish that‘s sincere for a healthy happy and wonderful days.

・Have a heartwarming holiday! Warmest wishes for a very merry Christmas

・Have a Wonderful Holiday Season!

・Here are special greetings And the best of wishes, too - May Christmas and the coming year Bring happiness to you!

・Hope your holiday is great and your New Year a prosperous one.

・Hope you holidays are filled with all you favorite things this Christmas ... and all the happiness you could wish for.

・I could always tell that you wrapped Santa‘s presents

・I hope you will join with me in bringing in the new spring. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

・In our hearts, we‘ll always be near Merry Christmas!

・Joy to the World. Wishing you an extremely merry Chirstmas

・Joyous Christmas! Warm Holiday Wishes!

・May Happiness follow wherever you go

・May Peace and Happiness be with you at this holy Chirstmas season and always.

・May magic fill your days and all your dreams come true this holiday season.

・May the blessings of Christmas fill you heart with hope and joy!

・May the joy and peace of Christmas be with you today and always.

・May the light of our Savior‘s love be with you at Christmas and always... and all the happiness you could wish for.

・May the light of the holiday season shine brightly in your heart

・May the magic of this Christmas season fill your heart with peace.

・May you be blessed with all things bright and beautiful at Christmastime and

lthough, for Christians, Christmas is not the most important of festivals, it is probably the most widely celebrated religious occasion in the West. This festival celebrates the birth of the messiah in Bethlehem Palestine about two thousand years ago. This messiah was Jesus Christ who, Christians believe, was sent to save mankind and absolve them from their sins. Nowadays, you might be forgiven for missing the religious element to this festival as it has descended somewhat into an orgy of consumerism and indulgence. Gifts are given amongst family and friends and cards wishing “Seasonal Greetings” sent between just about everyone. Father Christmas, otherwise known as Santa Claus, is said to squeeze his way down chimneys across the world on Christmas Eve and deliver presents to any children that have behaved well over the last year. Another important motif of the festival is the Christmas tree, around which traditionally people would dance around hinting at the pagan origins of this mid-winter celebration.

圣诞节

虽然对基督教徒来说,圣诞节并不是其最重要的节日,但是在西方,它却是一个最受广泛庆祝的节日。圣诞节庆祝的是两千多年前弥赛亚(犹太人盼望的复国救主)在巴勒斯坦伯利恒的诞生。这个弥赛亚就是耶稣(基督教信奉的救世主)。基督教徒相信,耶稣是被派来拯救人类并协助人们摆脱罪恶的救世主。如今,就算你已经忘记了这个节日的本来意义也不会有人怪罪你,因为,现在的圣诞节已经演变成为大肆消费、狂欢与纵情享受的节日。在这个节日里,亲人们、朋友间都会互送礼物,满载着“节日祝福”的贺卡也会送到每一个人的手中。“圣诞之父”(Father Christmas),也就是我们所熟知的“圣诞老人”(Santa Claus),据说会在圣诞节前夕顺着烟囱下来,给世界各地的孩子们送去礼物,这些收到礼物的孩子必定是那些在过去的一年中各方面表现都很优秀的孩子。圣诞节的另一个重点是圣诞树,在这一天,人们会围着圣诞树跳舞,这也表明圣诞树是圣诞节形成之前的隆冬节日的重要组成部分。

merry-xmas的意思是:圣诞快乐(Merry Christmas的别称)

Merry 是一个形容词,意识为:快乐的。

Xmas 和 Chirstmas 是一样的,Xmas是通过Chirstmas的读音缩写的。

Christmas 里的 Christ 用 X 代替,是因 Christ 一词的希腊文 Χριστοs的第一个字母大写写法很像英文的 X ,初期的基督徒因为使用语言为希腊文,确实常以X(ρ)来作基督的缩写。英语中将 Christmas 写作Xmas可追溯至16世纪,其早期形式例如“X'temmas”

所以,Xmas 是希腊文和英文的混合体,而非一个正式用法的英文词,不可以加上撇号成为 X’mas 。

在外国乃至现在国内许多商家在圣诞节期间,挂出 Merry Xmas 两个词的海报 ( Merry X’mas 是错误的写法 ) ,但在正式的场合仍以 Merry Christmas 为正确庆祝圣诞节的称呼。