圣诞袜的故事(英文)大纲
每年12月25日,是基督徒庆祝耶稣基督诞生的庆祝日,也就是圣诞节。本文是为大家整理的圣诞袜的故事,希望大家的圣诞节过得充实而愉快!
there was a kindly nobleman whose wife had died of an illness leaving the nobleman and his three daughters in despair. after losing all his money in useless and bad inventions the family had to move into a peasant’s cottage, where the daughters did their own cooking, sewing and cleaning.
when it came time for the daughters to marry, the father became even more depressed as his daughters could not marry without dowries1, money and property given to the new husband’s family.
one night after the daughters had washed out their clothing they hung their stockings over the fireplace to dry. that night saint nicholas2, knowing the despair of the father, stopped by the nobleman’s house. looking in the window saint nicholas saw that the family had gone to bed. he also noticed the daughters, stockings. inspiration struck saint nicholas and he took three small bags of gold from his pouch3 and threw them one by one down the chimney and they landed in the stockings.
the next morning when the daughters awoke they found their stockings contained enough gold for them to get married. the nobleman was able to see his three daughters marry and he lived a long and happy life.
today children all over the world continue the tradition of hanging christmas stockings. in some countries children have similar customs. in france the children place their shoes by the fireplace, a tradition dating back to when children wore wooden peasant shoes. in holland the children fill their shoes with hay and a carrot for the horse of sintirklass4. in hungary children shine their shoes before putting them near the door or a window sill5. italian children leave their shoes out the night before epiphany6, january 5, for la befana7 the good witch. and in puerto rico children put greens and flowers in small boxes and place them under their beds for the camels of the three kings8.
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