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Ⅰ. IntroductionIt is believed that Spring Festival and Christmas Day are respectively the most important festivals for the Chinese and Americans. There exists a clear division between the two festivals. Spring Festival, which is commonly known as the Chinese or Lunar New Year, is the most important festival in the Chinese calendar. It symbolizes the beginning of the year, and also the signal to another fresh start in one’s life. America culture lays more on religion, which has something to do with the history of the Americans. In those days religion played a very important role in their daily life. The most important festival in America is Christmas, which is celebrated in honor of their forefather—Jesus Christ. This essay is going to study the difference between Spring Festival and Christmas Day, which can make us know more about the two festivals.Ⅱ, the brief introduction of Spring Festival and Christmasi, the introduction of Spring FestivalSpring Festival, the day for people to have sacrifice activities and family reunion in China, is a extraordinary significant festival for our Chinese, which has a history for 4000years. It is the symbol of unity, prosperity and expectation. When the Spring Festival is coming, people go out to purchase necessities for the new year. On New Year’s eve, each family would have a sumptuous feast of reunion., which always includethe dumplings. The next morning, the first day of Spring Festival, elders would give red envelopes to their younger generations to bring fortune to them, which is called Lucky Money. During the Spring Festival, expect to worship ancestors, people also dress up in new clothes to visit family and friends, which is called “Bai Nian” . With the improvement of people’s living conditions, mental cultures, such as the desire for family love, friendship, harmony and satisfaction, are being paid close attention by more and more people. As a result, those traditional festivals, like Spring Festival, become increasing important. These prominent traditional Chinese culture, is enjoying popular support, and should be developed and expanded.ⅱ,the introduction of ChristmasChristmas Day, the day Americans celebrate as the birthday of Jesus Christ, is a religious festival. The name Christmas is short for “Christ’s Mass”. This festival will be celebrate on December 25th every year in America, and it usually lasts for 7days. Christmas Day is the most important Day for Americans, just like Spring Festival for Chinese. People start to prepare nearly a month ago, such as the Christmas Tree or the gifts for children. On Christmas Eve, it is also called the Silent Night, Americans all around the world try their best to go home to have a wonderful meal. Families will have a busy party. Before going to bed, children will put their stockings on the head of the bed, in order to getgifts from the Father Christmas in time.On the Christmas Day morning, children would be very excited to find that their stockings are full of gifts. Actually, these gifts are from their parents, not Father Christmas. Nowadays, with the evolution of Christmas Day, the way to celebrate this festival has changed a lot, but some traditional culture of Christmas Day still exist in America.Ⅲ, the comparison of preparations for Spring Festival and Christmasⅰ,the preparations for Spring Festival in ChinaIn China, six days before the Spring Festival, people will clean their houses completely to welcome the coming of new year. For people themselves, they will buy some new clothes for them to wear between spring festival, which should be the symbol of auspiciousness. In the next few days, people go out to buy some necessities for the festival, such as the paper for spring festival couplets, some delicious food, and firecrackers. Before the festival, debt matters will be cleaned, because the next year is a new start, and some people need these money to have a wonderful festival. When the spring festival is coming, doors are decorated with vertical scroll of characters on red paper whose texts seek good luck and praise nature. In many homes, incense is burned , and also in the temples as a mark of respect to ancestors. In addition, symbolicflowers and fruits are used to decorate the house, and colorful new year pictures are placed on the wall.ⅱ,the preparations for Christmas in AmericaIn America, preparations for Christmas Day starts in early December when decorations are put up, including door wreaths, artificial trees and nativity scenes. One of the traditions is to decorate and bless their Christmas Tree. Decorations include colored lights, balls(originally reflect the candlelight in a dazzling way), tinsel, and a star on the top. In addition, every family will prepare a lot of Christmas card, and write some best wishes on them. And give these cards to their friends and families on the Christmas Day. Some market or family will also put a Father Christmas before the door.Ⅳ, the comparison of activities between Spring Festival and Christmasⅰ, activities in Spring Festival in ChinaOn New Year’s Eve, most houses are brightly lit and a large family dinner is served. If possible, all members of the family would gather for the important family meal. Even if a family member could not attend, an empty seat would be kept to symbolize his presence at the banquet. At midnight, the younger generations of the family would bow and show their aspects to their parents and elders. At twelve clock in midnight,fireworks are lit to drive away evil spirits. The first day of Spring Festival is often spent in visiting neighbors, families and friends. The children are given Red Envelopes, good luck money wrapped in those envelopes. Starting from the second day, people began going out to visit friends and relatives, taking with them gifts and Red Envelopes for the children. Visitors would be greeted with traditional New Year delicacies, such as melon seeds, flowers, fruits, and New Year cakes.ⅱ, activities in Christmas in AmericaOn Christmas Eve, most people who celebrate Christmas also participate in special holiday rituals in their homes. Families often decorate evergreen Christmas Trees and place colorfully wrapped presents beneath them. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas Cards to friends and relatives are the customs of celebrating the Christmas in America. The card often depicts a family celebration and its caption reads,”Merry Christmas and New Year to You.”The Father Christmas delivers toys to all children. Children often hang stockings on the head of their bed, and awake in the next morning to find the stocking filled with gifts from Father Christmas.Ⅴ, The Analysis of the Chinese-America Cultural Differences.Although both Spring Festival and Christmas Day are very important festivals for Chinese and Americans, they are quite different. Why thesedifferences can exist? Chinese culture is deeply rooted in agriculture and the festivals are localized by the agricultural activities. It is definitely decided by the state situation and people’s living habits in the long history. But America culture is structured on the foundation of religion, thus the festivals have strong ties with Christianity. The religion have an intensive impact on people’s life.Ⅵ, conclusionBoth Spring Festival and Christmas Day are the most important festivals for the Chinese and Americans. Spring Festival is significant because it is a good time for people to strength family ties. Many festival activities can reflect Chinese culture. For example, families often get together to have dinners, which is a good time for relatives, friends, and colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely. The most outstanding holiday in America is Christmas, which is celebrated in memory of Jesus Christ. As a result, there are a lot of religious activities during the festival. As we all know, the Spring Festival is the most important festival in our Chinese life, and the Christmas is a tradition of the western festival. 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