Silent night ~Jingle bells
Accompanied by a familiar melody
Christmas Eve is here as promised.
Brass bells and colored lights hung all over the streets,
The streets and alleys are filled with a strong festive atmosphere!
Christmas is not only a grand holiday for devout believers, but also an influential holiday around the world. The beautiful meaning of "Christmas Eve" has also been accepted and recognized by our people.
In order to celebrate Christmas, many families in the West usually gather together for a Christmas dinner on the night of December 24. At the dinner table, yellow circle-shaped slices of fresh orange herald good wishes. Roses, walnuts, cinnamon and brightly colored fruits are traditional Christmas table ornaments.
In addition to roast turkey at Christmas dinner, some families are also accustomed to placing a whole roast suckling pig on the table, and people in Europe and the United States also like to put an apple in the pig's mouth. Desserts after dinner, usually plums, puddings and minced meat pies, etc., will be blessed with good fortune after eating these kinds of food.
Christmas in different countries, peace in the same world
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the United States</h1>
Every Christmas, students from foreign countries celebrate Christmas with friends like family. Some international students, led by local friends, drove to the local forest farm to cut a small Christmas tree, and then worked together to tie the tree to the roof of the car and pull it home. In the United States, Christmas Eve people are full of enthusiasm, and the big screens on the fashionable streets roll with Christmas elements of advertisements. As the countdown began, the crowd cheered and shouted out the numbers together. The last big Christmas tree appeared on the screen, sending Merry Christmas wishes.
On Christmas Eve, the living room is lined with a large Christmas tree, and the trees are hung with lanterns, bells, colorful balls, snowflakes and other decorations, and the trees are full of gifts that everyone brings to exchange with each other. The multiculturalism of the United States makes students feel the warmth of home thousands of miles away.
Affected by the epidemic this year, American universities have also done their homework in terms of epidemic prevention and safety, and in order to cope with the holiday epidemic prevention, many colleges and universities have provided nucleic acid tests for students who leave campus. It is believed that with the launch of the vaccine and the control of the epidemic, next year can usher in a free and joyful Christmas.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the United Kingdom</h1>
The British have an interesting traditional custom of Christmas, and at Christmas the church will hold a Christingle ceremony for children, "The Light of Jesus", which is meant to celebrate the light of Jesus illuminating the world. Children make "the light of Jesus" from oranges, raisins, candles, red ribbons, peanuts, etc., bring them to the church to light the top candles together, and collect donations for children's charities.
This year's students in the UK may have a unique Christmas, the new crown virus mutation is too fast, Santa Claus is still in quarantine, I am afraid that I can't catch this year's No. 25 train, it is expected to arrive on January 8th? In the online news of these days, people have seen the crowds of London railway stations surging and a large number of people fleeing London before the epidemic lockdown, and the scene was once very chaotic...
But in fact, people who have a little common sense and have lived in London know that the British are very fond of taking the train. Almost every weekend, the major train stations in the UNITED Kingdom are very crowded, last weekend was the last weekend before Christmas, even the students of the School of Magic were anxious to go home for the holiday, and nine and three-quarters of the stations were crowded to burst...
Although the mutant virus is fierce and does spread faster than the original virus, fortunately it does not cause more severe symptoms in patients, and the effectiveness of the vaccine against the mutated virus has not diminished. Therefore, students do not have to worry too much, British universities are fully prepared in the fight against the epidemic, stricter epidemic prevention measures, more flexible teaching methods, and humanized psychological counseling to ensure that students can better adapt to the study abroad life under the epidemic.
Finally, the little assistant warmly reminds the students here that health and safety are the first to study abroad. There are festivals every year, but there is only one body. While celebrating Christmas, don't forget to pay attention to protective measures, wear masks when crowded or close to personnel, and pay attention to personal hygiene and timely disinfection.
Wanjia Study Abroad wishes students a happy and healthy Christmas Eve and a Merry Christmas!