一直都不知道平安夜为什么要吃苹果，据我所知国外平安夜都不会像中国人这样大肆庆祝吧？国外的圣诞节相当于中国的除夕夜，大家也是欢聚一堂吃喝一顿的，讲究的同样是团圆。中国人平安夜吃苹果的习俗是怎么来的？
国外平安夜根本就不吃苹果，苹果在平安夜大受欢迎主要还是因为中国人比较注重谐音词，图吉利，就将苹果包装成了“平安果”。中国人平安夜吃苹果的背后，实则是大量的商家和广告推动，平安夜一晚上买苹果的能赚到以往一个月的钱。
In China, only about one percent of people are Christians, so most people only know a few things about Christmas. Because of this, Christmas is only often celebrated in the major cities. In these big cities there are Christmas Trees, lights and other decorations on the streets and in department stores. Santa Claus is called 'Shen Dan Lao Ren' and has grottos in shops like is Europe and America.
A tradition that's becoming popular, on Christmas Eve, is giving apples. Many stores have apples wrapped up in colored paper for sale. People give apples on Christmas Eve because in Chinese Christmas Eve is called 'Ping An Ye' (which means quiet or silent night) and the word for apple in Chinese is 'Ping Guo' which sounds similar.在谷歌上搜索“christmas eve apple"关键词，可以看到大部分网页都有“China”和“Chinese”，其内容也是外国人对于中国人平安夜吃苹果的好奇。