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什么是“圣诞节”?
Do you know what does the western festifval Christmas really mean? How did it come to true?
It is said in the Bible(圣经)that it had been very dark before the birth of Jesus Christ(耶稣基督).He wasborn on the eve(除夕) of December 24,Virgin Mary(圣母玛利亚),Jesus's mother.After this, the world has its own time. Later people called that Eve as Christmas Eve(平安夜)，and December 25th is call Christmas Day.People began to celebrate a new start of the world,saying "Merry Christmas" to each other. The westerners regard Christmas as the first day of a new year.
This also means that if Jesus Christ lives up to now, he is 2009 years old!
圣诞节(christmas)是基督教的一个重要的节日，定于每年12月25日，纪念耶稣基督的诞生，同时也是普遍庆祝的世俗节日。 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
“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督彌撒”的缩写。彌撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。耶诞节是一个宗教节。我们把它当作耶稣的诞辰來庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，世界所有的基督教会都举行特別的礼拜仪式。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。
圣诞老人
据说他原是小亚细亚每拉城的主教，名叫圣尼古拉，死后被尊为圣徒，是一位身穿红袍、头戴红帽的白胡子老头。每年圣诞节他驾着鹿拉的雪橇从北方面来，由烟囱进入各家，把圣诞礼物装在袜子里挂在孩子们的床头上或火炉前。所以，西方人过圣诞节时，父母把给孩子的圣诞礼物装在袜子里，圣诞夜时挂在孩子们的床头上。第二天，孩子们醒来后的第一 件事就是在床头上寻找圣诞老人送来的礼物。
如今，圣诞老人已成为吉祥如意的象征，不仅是过圣诞节时不可缺少的人物，而且也是欢庆新年时不可缺少的人物。
圣诞树
据称，圣诞树最早出现在古罗马12月中旬的农神节，德国传教士尼古斯在公元8世纪用纵树供奉圣婴。随后，德国人把12月24日作为亚当和夏娃的节日， 面条做成的圣诞树在家放上象征伊甸园的“乐园树”，上挂代表圣饼的小甜饼，象征赎罪;还点上蜡烛，象征基督。
在西方，不论是否基督徒，过圣诞节时都要准备一棵圣诞树，以增加节日的欢乐气氛。圣诞树一般是用杉柏之类的常绿树做成，象征生命长存。树上装饰着各种灯烛、彩花、玩具、星星，挂上各种圣诞礼物。圣诞之夜，人们围着圣诞树唱歌跳舞，尽情欢乐
圣诞袜
最早以前是一对红色的大袜子，大小不拘。因为圣诞袜是要用来装礼物的，所以是小朋友最喜欢的东西，晚上他们会将自己的袜子挂在床边，等待第二天早上收礼
圣诞帽
那是一顶红色帽子，据说晚上戴上睡觉除了睡得安稳和有点暖外，第二天你还会发现在帽子里多了点心爱的人送的礼物。在狂欢夜它更是全场的主角，无论你去到哪个角落，都会看到各式各样的红帽子。
圣诞卡
是祝贺圣诞及新年的贺卡，上面印着关于耶稣降生故事的图画，以及"庆祝圣诞"、"新年快乐"之类祝愿的话。圣诞卡(圣诞卡片)在美国和欧洲很流行，也视为维持远方亲朋好友关系的方式之一。许多家庭随贺卡带上年度家庭合照或家庭新闻，新闻一般包括家庭成员在过去一年的优点特长等内容。
圣诞老人【圣诞老人的由来】
圣诞老人原来的名字叫做尼古拉，在第四世纪的时候，出生在小亚细亚巴大拉城，家庭富有，父母亲是非常热心的天主教友，不幸他的父母早逝。尼古拉长大以后，便把丰富的财产，全部捐送给贫苦可怜的人，自己则出家修道，献身教会，终生为社会服务。尼古拉后来作了神父，而且还升为主教。他一生当中，做了很多慈善的工作，他最喜欢在暗中帮助穷人，圣诞老人是他后来的别号，这个名字是出自他暗中送钱，帮助三个女孩子的故事。
英语版：Christmas (christmas) is an important Christian festival, scheduled for December 25 each year to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, but also the general celebration of the secular holidays. Westerners with red, green, white and three colors for the Christmas colors, Christmas comes each household must be used to decorate the Christmas colors. Red with Christmas flowers and Christmas candles. Green is the Christmas tree. It is the main Christmas ornaments, with cut to the cedar, cypress was a kind of evergreen tree decorated pyramid formed. Colorful lanterns hanging above, gifts and paper flowers, but also lit the Christmas candles
"Christmas" is the name "Christ Mass" acronym. Mass is a liturgical church. Christmas is a religious festival. We treat it as Jesus's birthday to celebrate, and thus also known as Christmas. On this day, all the world's Christian churches have held a special worship services. However, there are many Christmas festivities and religious do not have the slightest relevance. The exchange of gifts, send Christmas cards, which are to make Christmas as a time for celebration.
Santa
He was said to originally pulling for each city in Asia Minor bishop named St. Nicholas, revered as a saint after his death, is wearing a red robe, white beard old man wearing a Red Hat. Christmas every year, he drove a sleigh pulled the deer from the north aspects, from the chimney into the Ge Jia, the Christmas gifts packed in stocking hanging in the children's bed or in front of the fire. Therefore, Westerners Christmas, the parents to give their children Christmas gifts packed in socks, the Christmas Eve, when hung in children's bedside on. The next day, the children wake up first thing in the bed to find Santa Claus brought gifts.