圣诞节的由来（翻译）
每年的12月25日，是基督教徒纪念耶稣诞生的日子，称为圣诞节。
从12月24日于翌年1月6日为圣诞节节期。节日期间，各国基督教徒都举行隆重的纪念仪式。圣诞节本来是基督教徒的节日，由于人们格外重视，它便成为一个全民性的节日，国家一年中最盛大的节日，可以和新年相提并论，类 是西方似我国过春节。
西方人以红、绿、白三色为圣诞色，圣诞节来临时家家户户都要用圣诞色来装饰。红色的有圣诞花和圣诞蜡烛。绿色的是圣诞树。它是圣诞节的主要装饰品，用砍伐来的杉、柏一类呈塔形的常青树装饰而成。上面悬挂着五颜六色的彩灯、礼物和纸花，还点燃着圣诞蜡烛。
红色与白色相映成趣的是圣诞老人，他是圣诞节活动中最受欢迎的人物。西方儿童在圣诞夜临睡之前，要在壁炉前或枕头旁放上一只袜子，等候圣诞老人在他们入睡后把礼物放在袜子内。在西方，扮演圣诞老人也是一种习俗。
“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督弥撒”的缩字。弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。耶诞节是一个宗教节。我们把它当作耶苏的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，全世界所有的基督教会都举行特别的礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物，寄圣诞卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。
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December 25 of each year is the day when Jinianyesu was born, called Christmas.
From December 24 on January 6 of the following year, it is the Christmas Festival. During the festival, Christians in all countries hold a grand memorial ceremony. Christmas was originally a Christian holiday. Because people attached great importance to it, it became a national holiday. The country's biggest festival of the year can be compared with the New Year. The kind is similar to the Chinese New Year in the West.
Westerners use red, green, and white colors as Christmas colors. When Christmas comes, every household must use Christmas colors to decorate. The red ones have Christmas flowers and Christmas candles. The green one is the Christmas tree. It is the main decoration of Christmas. It is decorated with trees such as fir and cypress that are shaped like towers. It was hung with colorful lights, gifts and paper flowers, and lit Christmas candles.
Red and white meet Santa Claus, the most popular figure at Christmas events. Western children put a sock in front of a fireplace or pillow before going to sleep on Christmas Eve, waiting for Santa to put a gift in the sock after they fall asleep. In the West, it is also a custom to play Santa Claus.
The name "Christmas" is the abbreviation of "Christ Mass." Mass is a church service. Christmas is a religious festival. We celebrate it as the birthday of Jesus, and therefore also known as Christmas. On this day, all Christian churches around the world hold special liturgies. But there are many Christmas celebrations that have nothing to do with religion. The exchange of gifts and the sending of Christmas cards make Christmas a day of universal celebration.
耶稣（Jeshua ben Joseph，公元前4年-30年或前5年-29年），基督宗教教义的中心人物，也是基督宗教的创始人。
耶稣是西元三十年左右生活于今巴勒斯坦一带的历史人物，接受施洗者约翰洗礼并且被罗马人钉死殉道在十字架上。之后第三天复活，显现给门徒看有四十天之久，然后升天，坐在天父的右边，叫信他的人不至灭亡，反得永生。
