Christmas
圣诞节
- Awesome
- Celebration, Presents, Red
- holiday, break, cold
- Holiday, Catholicism, and Santa
- holiday, family, gift
- holidays, celebration
- presents, spending, fun, food
- Santa, tree
- Santa claus, christmas carols
- tree, lights, family
- winter, holiday
- 圣诞树、礼物、袜子
- 圣诞礼物，圣诞老人，彩灯
- 圣诞老人，礼物，雪，烟囱
- 外国节日，基督教，苹果
- 礼物，圣诞老人，雪人
- 老爷爷，圣诞礼物，圣诞树
- 耶稣、狂欢、张灯结彩
- 苹果 拉雪橇
- 西方节日，气氛欢乐
- 铃铛 ， 麋鹿 ，壁炉
- 麋鹿，长筒袜，圣诞树
Discussion
I noticed that the American students and Chinese students both put similar words for christmas, like holidays, presents, santa, and religion. Since Christmas is so commercialized and well known as a time of gift giving, I think that the idea of the holiday has spread to Chinese culture; so Chinese students are also familiar with the holiday.
The Americans focused more on the fun things about Christmas like presents and holiday break. The Chinese students paid more attention to the traditional interpretation of the holiday. I wonder if the Chinese students learned about Christmas from the movies?
我们发现，在看美剧时，只要是过节都是圣诞节，所以我们对圣诞节的认识大部分来源于电视。有很多人说美国的圣诞节相当于中国的春节，大家都知道中国有许多传统节日且过法不同，那么美国除了圣诞节，还有些什么盛大的传统节日？
美国学生提到家人，而中国学生没有提到，学习文化没有学到精髓
两国学生主要集中于圣诞树。美国学生大多都写节假日，而中国学生主要写假日的感受和场景。那么导致两者对圣诞节不同评价的原因会有哪些呢？中国的春节在一年之初，为什么圣诞节会在冬季呢？
陈书婷 ,
We celebrate Christmas here on December 25th. We also consider our ‘new year’ to be on January 1st and we only celebrate on that day. Christmas is in the winter for us because it is in December. In countries closer to the equator it is actually warm during Christmas!