为什么外国人过圣诞节都要吃火鸡、布丁、肉馅饼，玩圣诞拉炮，寄圣诞贺卡，挂起长筒袜，唱圣诞颂歌呢？一起了解下这些圣诞传统的起源。
Discoverthefascinatingstoriesbehindthesefestivetraditions, fromChristmasfoodandcarolstogreetingscardsandcrackers.
从圣诞美食、圣诞颂歌到圣诞贺卡、圣诞拉炮，在圣诞节的传统节目背后都有什么有趣的故事呢？
Christmascards 圣诞贺卡
HavinghelpedsetupthePublicRecordsOffice (nowthePostOffice), SirHenryColeandartistJohnHorsleycreatedthefirstChristmascardin 1843 asawayofencouragingpeopletouseitsservices.
在帮助创建了邮局之后，1843年亨利・柯尔爵士和艺术家约翰•霍斯利一起制作了世界上第一张圣诞贺卡，鼓励人们使用邮政服务。
Cardscostashilling (equivalenttoalmost £5.75 now) andstampsapenny (about 40patmodernprices). Advancesinprintingbroughtpricesdown, makingcardshugelypopularbythe 1860s. By 1900 thecustomofsendingChristmascardshadspreadthroughoutEurope.
当时一张圣诞贺卡价格是一先令 TheChristmastree 圣诞树
WhileChristmastreeshavebeenaroundforamillenniuminnorthernEurope, thefirstonedidnotappearintheUKuntilthe 1830s. WhenPrinceAlbertputupaChristmastreeatWindsorCastlein 1841, hestartedwhatbecameanevergreentrend.
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