⑴ 有關節日英語短文
春節
The Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China.It usually comes in January or February. According to the Luna Calendar,it is the first day of a new year.Since it always comes in pring,we call it Spring Festival.It is a favorite festival of the Chinese people.Children like it best.Children can get lucky money from their grandparents,their parents,uncles,aunts and other elder people.Old people also like it. Because the famiy will get together, they can see their children and grand children.They can
also get lucky money from their children who have worked.
母親節
Mother"s Day was first suggested in the United States in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace. A campaign to establish a National Mother"s Day was begun in 1907. It was successful, by 1911 Mother"s Day was celebrated in almost every state in recognition of[1] the influence mothers have in the making of better citizens.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed that the birthday of Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis, the "mother of Mother"s Day[2] ", would become the National Mother"s Day of the United States. And that from then on, the second Sunday in May would be Mother"s Day in memory of the work Mrs. Jarvis had done to bring families together after the Civil war, her work to bring the whole North and South together, her work to honor all the mothers of America throughout history and on into the future, but most of all to honor Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis as America"s National Mother. President Wilson asked that the American people fly the United States flag from public buildings and homes on that day as he said, as a public expression of our love and reverence[3] for the mothers of our country.
Well, what value is Mother"s Day now? As the Congress said in 1914, it reminds people of[4] the influence mothers have had in the making of better citizens. Jarvis was one such mother. On Mother"s Day much attention is given to the important part that each mother plays in giving her children a sense of what is right and what is wrong, what is good behavior and what is bad.
If the observances[5] of Mother"s Day can even in a small way remind mothers of this, then this day will help both the families and the whole country.
聖誕節
Origin of Christmas The name Christmas is short for "Christ's Mass". A Mass is a kind of Church service. Christmas is a religious festival. It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus. There are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the world. But many of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religion. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the Christmas in the orld. The birth of Jesus had a story: In Nazareth, a city of Galilee. The virgin's name was Mary was betrothed to Joseph. Before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband was minded to put her away secretly. While he thought about these things, Gabriel, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and told him did not be afraid to take Mary as wife. And Mary will bring forth a Son, and he shall call his name, Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. Before Jesus births, Joseph and Mary came to Quintus was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up out of Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and of the lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And that, Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus, is on 25th, December every year. But nobody know the actual birthday of Jesus. And the Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly Santa Claus was first made popular in nineteenth Century.
復活節
Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the most important feast in the Christian calendar. The churches are filled with worshipers, the altars are decorated with flowers, and the music proclaims the joy of the season.
Easter Sunday falls sometime between March 22 and April 25. It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following March 21. The date of Easter Sunday was established by the church council of Nicaea in A.D. 325.
Easter Sunday ends a period of preparation for the feast of Easter. This 40-day period of prayer and fasting, called Lent, begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. The week from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday is known as Holy Week. Good Friday marks Christ's crucifixion; and Easter Sunday, his resurrection.
The custom of a sunrise service on Easter Sunday can be traced to ancient spring festivals that celebrated the rising sun. The custom developed further in the Middle Ages, when celebrations at sunrise were also popular. People gathered to pray as the sun appeared and then went in procession to their churches.
The new clothes worn on Easter Sunday are a symbol of new life. The custom comes from the baptism on Easter Sunday of early Christians who were led into church wearing new robes of white linen. The present-day Easter parade has a parallel in the Middle Ages, when people walked about the country-side on Easter, stopping along the way to pray. Nowadays many people walk in Easter parades to show and see new spring clothes, especially hats.
⑵ 有關<節日>的英文文章.
St. Valentine's Day（情人節）
In 496 AD Saint Pope Gelasius named February 14 as "Valentine's Day". Although it's not an official holiday, most Americans observe this day.
Whatever the odd mixture of origins, St. Valentine's Day is now a day for sweethearts. It is the day that you show your friend or loved one that you care. You can send candy to someone you think is special. Or you can send roses, the flowers of love. Most people send "valentines" a greeting card named after the notes that St. Valentine's received in jail. Valentine can be sentimental, romantic, and heartfelt. They can be funny and friendly. If the sender is shy, valentines can be anonymous.
Americans of all ages love to send and receive valentines. Handmade valentines created by cutting hearts out of color paper, show that a lot of thought were put into making them personal. Valentine's can be heart-shaped, or have hearts on them. In elementary schools children make valentines for their classmates and put them into a large decorated box. On February 14, the teacher opens the box and distributes the valentines to each student. After the student read their valentines they have a small party with refreshments.
For teenagers and alts, major newspapers throughout the country have a Valentine's Day offer. Anyone can send in a message, for a small fee of course, destined for a would-be sweetheart, a good friend, an acquaintance or even a spouse of fifty years. The message is printed in a special section of the newspaper on February 14.
⑶ 有關中國節日的英文短文
The Happy Spring Festival
Spring festival is on the first day of the first lunar month. Chinese people most like the Spring Festival. During Spring Festival, Chinese people like having meals with their families, playing fireworks in the open air. My sisters and I played fireworks on that day. We had many fireworks. They were very beautiful. They were running into the sky and breaking into pieces. They looked like flowers in the sky. We were very happy and excited. After that, I made a wish. I hope that, we can have a happy and healthy life next year and everyone in my family can be happy.
I enjoy the festival very happy.
春節是在第一個月的第一天.中國人最喜歡春節.在春節期間,中國人喜歡和自己的家人一起吃飯,一起放焰火在空曠的地方.在那些日子裡,我和我姐姐一起放焰火.我們有很多的焰火.它們非常漂亮.它們升上天空並且使一些地方變得很亮.在天空中,它們看起來像是花.我們很高興也很興奮.在這之後,我許了一個願,我希望,在來年,我們能夠高高興興並且擁有健康的生活,還有每一個人在我們家庭里都可以開開心心.
我感到在這個節日里非常高興
⑷ 有關節日的英文小短文（快！）
春節的
Spring Festival
The Spring Festival, is the first day of the lunar year, also called celebrated on the fifteenth day, commonly known as "new". This is our country folk ceremonious and noisiest a traditional festival. The Spring Festival is very long history, which originated in the period of social SuiWei years worshipping god. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the first month YuanRi, yuan, or $$, New Year, etc, on New Year's day, to use the Gregorian calendar, the period of the republic of China, the Gregorian calendar year to January 1, called the Chinese Spring Festival on January 1 call.
The Spring Festival is coming, means, vientiane recovery grass and trees renewal, seed and a harvest season begins. People just through the long grass withering of ice and snow, cold spring day, hope the coming Spring Festival when, dancing with joy to meet this festival.
For thousands of years, people make in celebration abnormal colorful, every year from Chinese on the 23rd this year, folk play period is called "chun", also called "Saul, st and dirt before the Spring Festival, Chinese people have health is known as the traditional customs
閑多了你可以就寫下面的那一段，還有的我在幫你想想
中秋節的
China's traditional Mid-Autumn festival is Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and han Chinese tomb-sweeping day, and called the four traditional festival. According to records, the ancient emperors also have the spring, autumn death on offering for the lunar calendar is rites feast days, August 15, SanQiu coincides with the name "Mid-Autumn festival", For this festival in autumn, August, say again "autumn festival", "BaYueJie" August will "zhongqiu;" And for the reunion of the faith and relevant
聖誕節的
The meaning of the word refers to the mass of Christ "Christ" (s) ", namely "the mass of Christ's time for dinner. The ceremony of the new testament derived from the last supper. And the mass of Christ "Christ" (s) "this word is a mass of Greek and Latin, because Christ comes from the Greek Χ ρ ι σ ό τ ς, meaning only refers to the jews," the anointed one "to Christ, And from the original mass missa Latin, for dismissal), extended meeting (for Christian Thanksgiving get-together. So sometimes abbreviation for "Xmas". This may be because of the X is similar to the Greek alphabet Χ (Chi), Χ is "Christ" Χ Greek ι σ ό τ ρ ς Christos I (the first letter). To respect other people's beliefs, religious Christmas to fade.
如果你閑多了，你可以刪掉些，還有就是那個聖誕節里的一些特殊符號是名字，你不會寫沒關系，可以直接刪除不寫
⑸ 關於節日的英語短文
春節
The Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China.It usually comes in January or February. According to the Luna Calendar,it is the first day of a new year.Since it always comes in pring,we call it Spring Festival.It is a favorite festival of the Chinese people.Children like it best.Children can get lucky money from their grandparents,their parents,uncles,aunts and other elder people.Old people also like it. Because the famiy will get together, they can see their children and grand children.They can
also get lucky money from their children who have worked.
母親節
Mother"s Day was first suggested in the United States in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace. A campaign to establish a National Mother"s Day was begun in 1907. It was successful, by 1911 Mother"s Day was celebrated in almost every state in recognition of[1] the influence mothers have in the making of better citizens.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed that the birthday of Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis, the "mother of Mother"s Day[2] ", would become the National Mother"s Day of the United States. And that from then on, the second Sunday in May would be Mother"s Day in memory of the work Mrs. Jarvis had done to bring families together after the Civil war, her work to bring the whole North and South together, her work to honor all the mothers of America throughout history and on into the future, but most of all to honor Mrs. Anna Reeves Jarvis as America"s National Mother. President Wilson asked that the American people fly the United States flag from public buildings and homes on that day as he said, as a public expression of our love and reverence[3] for the mothers of our country.
Well, what value is Mother"s Day now? As the Congress said in 1914, it reminds people of[4] the influence mothers have had in the making of better citizens. Jarvis was one such mother. On Mother"s Day much attention is given to the important part that each mother plays in giving her children a sense of what is right and what is wrong, what is good behavior and what is bad.
If the observances[5] of Mother"s Day can even in a small way remind mothers of this, then this day will help both the families and the whole country.
⑹ 有關節日的英語小短文（60個詞）
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festival春節是我國最重要的傳統節日.春節非常熱鬧,春節前我們要打掃房子,春節時會舞龍,放爆竹專.春節最高興屬的就是孩子,孩子們穿新衣服,收紅包.非常高興.春節是我們非常喜歡的節日
⑺ 有關節日的英語小短文
The Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is a traditional festival in
China.It usually comes in January or February.
According to the Luna Calendar,it is the first
day of a new year.Since it always comes in
spring,we call it Spring Festival.It is a
favorite festival of the Chinese people.Children
like it best.Children can get lucky money from
their grandparents,their parents,uncles,aunts and
other elder people.Old people also like it.
Because the famiy will get together, they can
see their children and grand children.They can
also get lucky money from their children who
have worked.
希望對你有所幫助。
⑻ 有關節日的英語短文(英語版)
The Dragonboat Festival(龍舟節）
The Dragonboat Festival takes place on the fifth day of lunar[lju:nE] month, usually around the summar solstice. It probably started as a festival to celebrate the planting of the rice crop and to pray for a good rainfall. Long ago, people believed that dragons controlled rivers and rain. They put offerings in the rivers so that the dragons would bring rain for crops.
The highlight of the festival today is the dragonboat race.dragonboats are long, narrow boats with a carved dragon's head at one end and a tail at the other. Up to 80 rovers paddle together. A coxswain sits in the front of the boat and shouts directions and sets the pace for the rowers using a large drum. The races are very noisy and exciting. Teams try to trick each other into making a wrong move.Teams often come to blows with each other.
譯文：
農歷五月初五是中國傳統節日龍舟節，大致在夏至前後。這個節日很可能起源於人們慶祝水稻的種植和祈求降雨。以前，人們都相信龍控制著河流和降雨。他們把祭品放進河裡，以求龍為他們的莊稼降下甘霖。
現在，這個節日中最精彩的節目就是賽龍舟了。龍舟又細又長，一頭有一個精雕細鑿的龍頭，另一頭是龍尾。一條船能由80個水手來劃。船長坐在船頭指揮方向，並擊打大鼓來控制劃船的節奏。龍舟賽總是喊聲震天，激動人心。比賽團隊都試圖誘使對方偏離航向。隊伍之間還常常打鬥起來。
⑼ 急求關於中外所有節日的英文文章（一個節日一篇）
我以前組織起來的，不知你用合不合適，呵呵
在西方，最重要的傳統節日是聖誕節。一般而言，聖誕節期間，人們會選擇去教堂，唱贊美詩、吃聖餐。聖誕樹，是節日期間特有的裝飾。孩子們也會從聖誕老人那裡得到聖誕禮物。我所在的北京語言文化大學有來自世界不同國家的留學生。從他們那裡，我得知過去我們對西方其實由許多誤解。以為中國的傳統節日是最重視家庭團聚的，好像西方更看重個人自由。其實不是。在西方的一些國家，聖誕節也是家人團聚的最好機會。有的留學生寧肯請假，也要回國跟家人團聚。在西方，人們在過聖誕節的時候，並沒有一個固定的統一的形式。比方說，吃聖餐，起源於《新約•福音書》中「最後的晚餐」，即耶穌在被捕前最後的一次晚餐上曾拿起餅和酒說：「這是我的身體和血，是為眾人免罪而舍棄和流出的。」基督教會據此而將其演化為聖餐禮。但在吃聖餐的具體做法上，會有很大的區別，天主教中，聖體用無酵面餅表示，信徒不許飲葡萄酒；東正教允許信徒飲葡萄酒，使用發酵面餅；新教則是用一般麵包和葡萄酒。羅馬教會規定公歷12月25日為耶穌聖誕日，東正教和其他東方教派則是在1月6日或7日過聖誕節，時間都不同。
不同的教派會有不同的儀式，不同的地區、不同的民族性格、不同的氣候條件都形成不同的過節習慣，相對來說，德國人的聖誕節會安靜一些，英國在節日期間則要大吃大喝，開化妝舞會，載歌載舞。在澳大利亞，聖誕老人的形象決不會身穿大衣，頭戴皮帽，而多數情況下，是身著短褲、背心，還有赤著胳膊的，這是由於氣候的原因。可見，西方文化內部並非沒有區別。相反，在節日期間，有一些儀式則是東西方文化共有的。如家人團聚。英國人過新年也有守歲的習慣。所以要講中西文化的差異，不能絕對化。
中國是具有悠久歷史的農業國，她的傳統節日主要和農業節氣有關例如：一月一，是為春，百物復甦。二月二，龍抬頭，也就是播種節，民間講究吃炒豆子。 三月三，看祖先，（清明節）。四月四，鳳擺尾，也就是青苗節，意指五穀出苗，似鳳擺尾，民間講究吃韭菜合子。五月五，是端五，現在的說法是紀念屈原，實際上是紀念五穀收割，民間講究用粽葉包米謝河神。六月六，逛廟會，農事已結。七月七，鵲橋仙，沒有農活的日子，也就是找對象的日子。八月十五，月兒圓，找好對象該結婚的日子。九月九，要登高，民間講究攀高意指來年更好（也有另一中說法，是避邪）。 十月一，送冬衣，民間講究上墳添土。 臘月八，吃鍋巴，意指已近年更，來春還早，要節約，民間講究喝五穀雜粥。
【春節】我國傳統習俗中最隆重的節日。此節乃一歲之首。古人又稱元日、元旦、元正、新春、新正等，而今人稱春節，是在採用公歷紀元後。古代「春節」與「春季」為同義詞。春節習俗一方面是慶賀過去的一年，一方面又祈祝新年快樂、五穀豐登、人畜興旺，多與農事有關。迎龍舞龍為取悅龍神保佑，風調雨順；舞獅源於鎮懾糟蹋莊稼、殘害人畜之怪獸的傳說。隨著社會的發展，接神、敬天等活動已逐漸淘汰，燃鞭炮、貼春聯、掛年畫、耍龍燈、舞獅子、拜年賀喜等習俗至今仍廣為流行。
【元宵】我國民間傳統節日。又稱正月半、上元節、燈節。元宵習俗有賞花燈、包餃子、鬧年鼓、迎廁神、猜燈謎等。宋代始有吃元宵的習俗。元宵即圓子，用糯米粉做成實心的或帶餡的圓子，可帶湯吃，也可炒吃、蒸吃。
【寒食】我國民間傳統節日。節日里嚴禁煙火，只能吃寒食。在冬至後的一百零五天或一百零六天，在清明前一、二日。相傳，春秋時晉公子重耳流亡在外，大臣介子推曾割股啖之。重耳做國君後，大封功臣，獨未賞介子推。子推便隱居山中。重耳聞之甚愧，為逼他出山受賞，放火燒山。子推抱木不出而被燒死。重耳遂令每年此日不得生火做飯，追念子推，表示對自己過失的譴責。因寒食與清明時間相近，後人便將寒食的風俗視為清明習俗之一。
【清明】我國民間傳統節日。按農歷算在三月上半月，按陽歷算則在每年四月五日或六日。此時天氣轉暖，風和日麗，「萬物至此皆潔齊而清明」，清明節由此得名。其習俗有掃墓、踏青、盪鞦韆、放風箏、插柳戴花等。歷代文人都有以清明為題材入詩的。
【端午】我國民間傳統節日。又稱端陽、重午、重五。端午原是月初午日的儀式，因「五」與「午」同音，農歷五月初五遂成端午節。一般認為，該節與紀念屈原有關。屈原忠而被黜，投水自盡，於是人們以吃粽子、賽龍舟等來悼念他。端午習俗有喝雄黃酒、掛香袋、吃粽子、插花和菖蒲、鬥百草、驅「五毒」等。
【乞巧】我國民間傳統節日。又稱少女節或七夕。相傳，天河東岸的織女嫁給河西的牛郎後，雲錦織作稍慢，天帝大怒，將織女逐回，只許兩人每年農歷七月初七夜晚在鵲鳥搭成的橋上相會。或說：天上的織女嫁給了地上的牛郎，王母娘娘將織女抓回天庭，只許兩人一年一度鵲橋相會。每年七月初七晚上，婦女們趁織女與牛郎團圓之際，擺設香案，穿針引線，向她乞求織布綉花的技巧。在葡萄架下，靜聽牛郎織女的談話，也是七月七的一大趣事。
【中秋】我國民間傳統節日。又稱團圓節。農歷八月在秋季之中，八月十五又在八月之中，故稱中秋。秋高氣爽，明月當空，故有賞月與祭月之俗。圓月帶來的團圓的聯想，使中秋節更加深入人心。唐代將嫦娥奔月與中秋賞月聯系起來後，更富浪漫色彩。歷代詩人以中秋為題材作詩的很多。中秋節的主要習俗有賞月、祭月、觀潮、吃月餅等。
【重陽】我國民間傳統節日。《易經》將「九」定為陽數，兩九相重，故農歷九月初九為「重陽」。重陽時節，秋高氣爽，風清月潔，故有登高望遠、賞菊賦詩、喝菊花酒、插茱萸等習俗。唐人有「遍插茱萸少一人」的詩句。
【臘日】我國民間傳統節日。這是古代歲末祭祀祖先、祭拜眾神、慶祝豐收的節日。臘日通常在每年的最後——個月(臘月)舉行，南北朝時臘日已固定在農歷十二月初八。有吃赤豆粥、祭拜祖先等習俗。佛教的臘八粥後也滲入臘日習俗。
【除夕】我國民間傳統節日。農歷十二月三十日晚，家家在打掃一清的屋裡，擺上豐盛的菜餚，全家團聚吃「年飯」。此夜大家通宵不眠，或喝酒聊天，或猜謎下棋，嬉戲游樂，謂之「守歲」。零點時，眾人爭相奔出，在庭前攏火燃燒(古稱「庭燎」，取其興旺之意)，並在這「歲之元，月之元，時之元」的「三元」之時搶先放出三個「沖天炮」，以求首先發達，大吉大利。此時，爆竹聲、歡叫聲響成一片，一派「爆竹聲中除舊歲」的景象。
中國的傳統節日，基本都是封建社會時期形成並流傳下來的，不可避免的打著封建的烙印：等級制、封閉式、家族式，各節日無不以家族、家庭內部活動為中心。節日里，年輕人必須禮拜老人，全家要吃團圓飯，要闔家共慶，闔家節日。即使是春節的互相串門拜年，也基本是在親屬之間。一群陌生人在一起狂歡，那是沒有的、不可想像的。即使是戶外多人參加的扭秧歌活動，也只是一種表演性質的活動，沒有全民狂歡的性質。此外，中國節的另一顯著特點是體現著中國吃文化的習俗。每個節日都有不同的特色食品要求，以區別於其他節日。如吃餃子、元宵、粽子、月餅等等。中國的節日體現著中國人的美德和風尚，尊老愛幼，互敘親情，是我們民族的優良傳統，應該繼續發揚，所以國人一直堅守著這些中國節的好習俗、好風氣。即使喜歡過洋節的人，也沒有誰想要摒棄中國節。
中華民族最重要的傳統節日主要有生產、生活及祭祀三大類型;除了某些單獨的祭祀節日外，在大部分生產與生活類傳統節日中，祭祀也是最主要的活動內容之一;此外，這三種類型的節日都被極具中華民族特色的歲時節令作為一條紅線貫穿起來。
在中國，春節是春天的重要節日，時間從漢魏以前的農歷立春之日逐漸改為農歷正月初一，節日食品從早期的春盤、春餅、屠蘇酒，到後來的年飯、年糕、餃子等多種多樣。古人認為，立春之日是春天的開始，也是一年的開始，於是在這一天便有了勸人耕種的習俗。《後漢書?禮儀志》載:「立春之日，夜漏未盡五刻，京師百官皆衣青衣，郡國縣道官下至斗食令史皆服青績，立青幡，施土牛耕人於門外，以示兆民。」耕種需要強壯的身體，因此在飲食上有了相應的食品。最早出現的是由五種辛辣刺激蔬菜構成的五辛盤即春盤和屠蘇酒，目的是強健身體以利耕種。隨著時間的推移，春節勸民耕種的意義逐漸淡化，而希望身體強健之義得到加強，並進一步希望新年幸福吉祥、萬事如意，於是又出現了新的節日食品，如象徵幸福團圓的年飯、象徵事業發達的年糕和寓意財源廣進、吉祥如意的餃子等。這眾多的春節節日食品無不寄託著中國人對幸福生活的祈求和嚮往。
西方的節日就不同了，它更多地是表現出人們的互動性、眾人參與性、狂歡性、熱烈情緒的發泄性，以自我為中心，崇尚個性張揚，感恩節、聖誕節、情人節......莫不如此。這與中國節的封閉性、家族性恰好相反。而這些，正是體現了社會發展的需要、社會前進的必然，體現了人類社會的群體性、眾人共同參與性，適應了現代社會人們渴望互相交流、群體參與、共同發泄情緒的願望。它打破了封建的封閉形式，沒有了上下級、老人與青年之間的等級束縛，體現了人人平等、自由表現自我的特點。而在吃的方面，則沒有那些嚴格的要求，過什麼節並不在吃的不同上。
西方國家和民族的傳統節日亦具有生產、生活及宗教三大類型，但由於社會經濟形態產生了巨大的歷史變遷，前兩種類型的傳統節日或日益淡化，或逐漸消亡，而讓位於宗教性節日;此外，西方文化的多元性，使得其殘存的農牧業生產性傳統節日大多僅僅具有地域性而非普適性的特徵，並且局限於各地區的農村鄉鎮，或者某種農牧產品的生產地。敬奉土地和祈求豐收是古代從事農業生產的各民族的共同特點和傳統習俗，在農業生產力尚不發達的自然經濟社會時代尤其如此。作為一年周而復始的年節，本應該是人類社會普遍注重的節日，但在西方，這個節日的重要性及影響力已經讓位於基督教的聖誕節。雖然西方各國大多仍然在歡度年節，但它並不是一個嚴格意義甚至一般意義上的世界性大節，而是世界各地同時歡度的各具地方性、民族性特色的歲時節日。基於不同國家、民族、地區的社會經濟形態與歷史文化特徵，節日分別呈現出不同的生產性、生活性或宗教性的文化特徵。還有與中國傳統節日有著某種相似內涵的北美洲流行的「感恩節」。但是，這些具有特定地域及歷史文化內涵的節日，無疑不會具有跨文化、跨地域的普適性，不可能進行異地移植。自從歐洲大陸被基督教文明浸染後，西方幾乎所有影響最大的傳統節日都與基督教有關，而且隨著基督教跨文明的普世化和歐洲移民向世界各大洲的播散，成為了世界性的節日。
聖誕節逐漸演變成西方國家全民性的重大節日，並像中國的春節一樣注重合家團聚、熱鬧節日。聖誕節有隆重的慶祝活動，尤其是12月 24日晚聖誕前夜，基督徒們走進教堂作彌撒，唱聖誕歌，誦贊美詩等，以慶賀耶酥誕生、聖誕節到來。孩子們則盼望聖誕老人送來糖果、玩具等禮物，而他們會給聖誕老人准備一些夜宵食品。除了慶祝活動，聖誕宴會是聖誕節時必不可少的家庭團聚宴會，但舉行的時間和節日食品不一定相同。如義大利、法國等是於聖誕前夜舉行家庭宴會，類似於中國的「年夜飯」。義大利人是先吃「年夜飯」， 值得注意的是，多數國家的聖誕宴會上，當全家人圍桌而坐時都必須多放一把椅子，空一個座位，因為這是給「主的使者」耶酥准備的。宴會結束後人們便圍著象徵吉祥快樂、生命永恆的聖誕樹盡情唱歌跳舞。
中國傳統節日最重要的文化特徵是具有極強的世俗性及泛神性，其實也就是非宗教性。這是由於中國早期的社會結構是建立在以自然崇拜與人文精神相結合的習慣勢力的基礎之上的，是一種有異於西方古代的神本主義及近代人文主義的「人本主義」，其基本的哲學理念與理想的希望值，是主張神靈與人二者之間相互的協調與平衡，即所謂「天人合一」。中國的現代節日文化越來越呈現向世俗化甚至庸俗化而非情感寄託、精神升華轉變的趨勢。而在西方，人們的社會交往更注重於情感友誼，交換的禮物多注重其情感價值而非物質價值，倒真像中國俗語所說的「君子之交淡如水」、「禮輕仁義重」。
要說中西節日的相同之處，就先要說中西方文化的相同之處：
（一）均倡導積極有為的奮發進取精神
西方基督教加爾文主義的重要內容之一是進取奮進精神，要求人們自製、自省、忠誠、勤奮。這同儒家思想是一致的。馬克斯•韋伯有關儒教倫理和新教倫理是格格不入的說法並不準確。孔子關於「學而不厭，誨人不倦」、「發憤忘食，樂以忘憂，不知老之將至」等家喻戶曉的名言，正表現出東方人發憤圖強、艱苦奮斗的精神。孔子也反對無所事事、無所作為，他說，「飽食終日，無所用心，難矣哉」。孔子這種積極的進取精神和盡職盡責的態度同西方新教倫理的進取精神有很多共同之處。
（二）均倡導人道主義思想
無論歐洲文藝復興時代的反神權、要求「尊重人」的人文主義思潮，還是18世紀法國資產階級革命時期的「自由」、「平等」、「博愛」等政治口號，都是反封建的人道主義思想，與2000年前孔子「仁道」、「愛人」的思想，有很多相似之處。孔子的「仁」者「愛人」，「泛愛眾，而親仁」是儒家人道主義思想的高度概括。孔子曰：「夫仁者，己欲立而立人，己欲達而達人」，意即每個人都把自己當成人，也要把別人當成人看待，看別人是人，看自己也才是人，要學會愛廣大群眾，實施仁道，使每個人成為社會上名副其實的人。這些至理名言與西方人道主義並無根本差別。雖然由於時代不同，提供人道主義所處的時代背景和對象不大一樣，在兩千多年前的戰國時期，儒學的人道主義思想在當時只能是一種學術思想，尚未能被社會普遍接受。而文藝復興時代的人道主義，則成為新興資產階級反對舊封建勢力的戰鬥武器。但「兩者都是在社會形態發生根本變化的社會歷史變革時期出現的進步思潮。」
由此可見中西方相同的節日中的共通的地方：
共同的節日比如5/1勞動節；3/8婦女節；6/1兒童節就是一種對於人權的尊重。而1/1元旦就是對新的一年的期許和美好的願望