聖誕節的普及

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以下翻譯自:http://didyouknow.org/christmas/

Christmas becomes popular

The popularity of Christmas was spurred on in 1820 by Washington Irving’s book The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall.

In 1834, Britain’s Queen Victoria brought her German husband, Prince Albert, into Windsor Castle, introducing the tradition of the Christmas tree and carols that were held in Europe to the British Empire.

A week before Christmas in 1834, Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol (in which he wrote that Scrooge required Cratchit to work).  It was so popular that neither the churches nor the governments could not ignore the importance of Christmas celebrations.

In 1836, Alabama became the first state in the US to declare Christmas a legal holiday.

In 1837, T.H. Hervey’s The Book of Christmas also became a best seller.

In 1860, American illustrator Thomas Nast borrowed from the European stories about Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children, to create Father Christmas (Santa Claus).

In 1907, Oklahoma became the last US state to declare Christmas a legal holiday. Year by year, countries all over the world started to recognize Christmas as the day for celebrating the birth of Jesus.

聖誕節的普及

聖誕節在1820年由於華盛頓·歐文的著作-The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall,促使聖誕節更為流行。

在1834年,英國維多利亞女皇帶他的德國老公-亞伯特王子到溫莎城堡裡面,向他介紹從歐洲留傳至英國王室的聖誕樹以及聖誕故事傳統。

1834 年聖誕節的前一周,查爾斯.狄更斯出版了一本聖誕歌頌(中文譯: 小氣財神) (裡頭寫到守財奴Scrooge如何壓榨Cratchit不斷工作)。其受歡迎的程度讓教會和政府都不得不注意到聖誕節的重要性。

在1836年,阿拉巴馬成為美國第一個正式慶祝聖誕節的一州。

在1837年,T.H. Hervey的書- The Book of Christmas 也成為當時最暢銷書。

1860年,美國漫畫家湯瑪斯‧奈斯特取自歐洲關於Saint Nicholas(兒童守護神)的故事,創造出聖誕節之父(聖誕老人)。

在1907年,奧克拉荷馬州成為美國最後正式慶祝聖誕節的一州。年復一年,全世界的國家都開始認定聖誕節是為了慶祝耶穌誕生的日子。