我らシアトルの住民は，感謝祭が終わるとすぐにクリスマスの準備に入ります。
今年はショッピング エリアに人出が多いように思えます。郵便局も既にかなりの列が出来ているし，何かと景気がいいのでしょうかね。
雨多きシアトルの我々は、ハロウィンが終わるとドンヨリと雨又雨の日が来年の春まで、4月か5月か6月までいつこの雨の日々が終わるのかと待ち望み、鬱病になる人の数も他の都市よりも多いと言われたりしています。
木の葉が落ちて冬至を向かえる12月21日まで昨日も今日も、日暮れが早く侘しく、12月3日に見られたというスーパームーンを見ようなぞとは所詮無理なお話です。それでもお隣のロシアさんたちのホームタウンである冬になれば、昼でも暗いサンクト ペテルブルグよりはまだましだけれどと思いつつもやれやれです。
そんなわけで我が家では感謝祭の日にクリスマスの明かりをつけます。これで華やかに暗い雨の日も多少は救われるというものです。
キリスト教の２０００年の歴史は、キリスト教の布教されたヨーロッパを中心に、異教の神々の神事を巻き込みながら、季節にそってキリスト教の貴重な記念日を自然界と一体と成しながら創造してきた歴史なのですね。
このクリスマスの日の設定もイエス様がお生まれになった日がわからいながら、遠い昔からヨーロッパ各地に伝播されている冬至の祝いをイエスさまの誕生日として、暗い冬の日を明るく華やかに祝い、以後毎日少しずつ日が長くなる冬を過ごしながら春の復活際に至ります。何と自然とマッチしたことでありましょう。
We are Seattle people preparing for Christmas, right after Thanksgiving day or Thanksgiving day.
There are many people in the shopping area in this year. The post office has already made a considerable line, and I wonder if the economy is good for something.
Residents of Seattle who have a lot of rain as you know, After Halloween is over, we will have the days of rain and rain until the next spring. We don't know how long. Anyway we are going to have rainy days, until April or May or June, so it is said the number of people in Seattle are depressed more than another city .
Dark and rain, it is still better than winter in Saint Petersburg , the home town of the neighbor of Russia. Yes but it is still awful season we are having.
That's why at our home we like to have a Christmas light on Thanksgiving Day. This is good to help dark rainy day make bright.
The history of Christianity in 2000 is a history that has been created valuable days along involving of pagan gods, centered on the Christian missionary in Europe. This Christmas Day setting also celebrates the dark winter day brightly as Jesus' birthday following after winter solstice festival spread all over Europe from long ago. After Christmas people were waiting thought cold winter until spring comes it is Easter. How matched with nature.
We are Seattle people preparing for Christmas, right after Thanksgiving day or Thanksgiving day.
There are many people in the shopping area in this year. The post office has already made a considerable line, and I wonder if the economy is good for something.
Residents of Seattle who have a lot of rain as you know, After Halloween is over, we will have the days of rain and rain until the next spring. We don't know how long. Anyway we are going to have rainy days, until April or May or June, so it is said the number of people in Seattle are depressed more than another city .
Dark and rain, it is still better than winter in Saint Petersburg , the home town of the neighbor of Russia. Yes but it is still awful season we are having.
That's why at our home we like to have a Christmas light on Thanksgiving Day. This is good to help dark rainy day make bright.
The history of Christianity in 2000 is a history that has been created valuable days along involving of pagan gods, centered on the Christian missionary in Europe. This Christmas Day setting also celebrates the dark winter day brightly as Jesus' birthday following after winter solstice festival spread all over Europe from long ago. After Christmas people were waiting thought cold winter until spring comes it is Easter. How matched with nature.
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