圣诞节来历英文版【篇一：圣诞节由来 中英文】 圣诞节历史由来 圣诞节是一个宗节，我们把它当作耶苏的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节这一天，世界所有的基督教教会都举行特别的礼拜仪式交换礼物，寄圣诞卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子 圣诞节是基督教世界最大的节日历史学家们在罗马基督教徒习用的日历中发现公元354年12月25日页内记录着：“耶稣降生在犹大的伯利恒经过研究，一般认为12月25日伴为圣诞节随着基督教的广泛传播，圣诞节已成为各教派基督徒，甚至广大非基督徒群众的一个重要节日在欧美许多国家里，人们非常重视这个节日，把它和新年连在一起，而庆祝活动之热闹与隆重大大超过了新年，成为一个全民的节日12月25日的主要纪念活动都与那稣降生的传说有关 耶苏的出生是有一段故事的，耶苏是因着圣灵成孕，由童女玛利亚所生的 马利亚的丈夫约瑟夫在与她成亲前发现她已经怀孕，便决不在与她成亲神更派遣使者加伯列在梦中晓谕约瑟夫，叫他不要因为玛利亚未婚怀孕而不要她，反而要与她成亲，并把那孩子起名为“耶苏”，因为这个孩子是要他把百姓从罪恶中救出来的 当玛利亚快要临盆的时候，罗马政府下了命令，全部人民到伯利恒务必申报户籍。
约瑟和玛利亚只好遵命他们到达伯利恒时，天色已昏，无奈两人未能找到旅馆渡宿，只有一个马棚可以暂住就在这时，耶苏要出生了！于是玛利亚唯有在马槽上，生下耶苏后人为纪念耶苏的诞生，便定十二月二十五为圣诞节，纪念耶苏的出世但真实的诞生日就没有人知道了 十九世纪，圣诞卡的流行、圣诞老人的出现，圣诞节也开始流行起来了 origin of christmas christmas is a religious festival. it is the day we celebrate as the birthday of jesus. exchanging gifts and sending christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the christmas in the world. christmas day on december 25, which celebrates the birth of jesus christ, the founder of the christian religion, is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the united states. according to the bible, the holy book of christians, god decided to allow his only son, jesus christ, to be born to a human mother and live on earth so that people could understand god better and learn to love god and each other more. christmas means the celebration of christ ,which is the time when jesus was born to a young jewish woman mary. mary was engaged to be married to joseph, a carpenter, but before they came together, she was found to be with child. because joseph, her husband, was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce herquietly. but after he had considered this, an angel of the lord appeared to him in a dream and said, do not be afraid to take mary home as your wife, because she will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. christmas is a christian holiday that celebrates the birth of jesus christ. on this day, many go to church, where they take part in special religious services. during the christmas season, they also exchange gifts and decorate their homes with christmas trees.【篇二：圣诞老人的由来(英文版)】 圣诞老人的由来（英文版） american origins: (as sent to me by brian dodd)quote from encarta 95 the american version of the santa claus figure received its inspiration and its name from the dutch legend of sinter klaas, brought by settlers to new york in the 17th century. as early as 1773 the name appeared in the american press as st. a claus, but it was the popular author washington irving who gave americans their first detailed information about the dutch version of saint nicholas. in his history of new york, published in 1809 under the pseudonym diedrich knickerbocker, irving described the arrival of the saint on horseback (unaccompanied by black peter) each eve of saint nicholas. this dutch-american saint nick achieved his fully americanized form in 1823 in the poem a visit from saint nicholas more commonly known as the night before christmas by writer clement clarke moore. moore included such details as the names of the reindeer; santa clauss laughs, winks, and nods; and the method by which saint nicholas, referred to as an elf, returns up the chimney. (moores phrase lays his finger aside of his nose was drawn directly from irvings 1809 description.) the american image of santa claus was further elaborated by illustrator thomas nast, who depicted a rotund santa for christmas issues of harpers magazine from the 1860s to the 1880s. nast added such details as santas workshop at the north pole and santas list of the good and bad children of the world. a human-sized version of santa claus, rather than the elf of moores poem, was depicted in aseries of illustrations for coca-cola advertisements introduced in 1931 that introduced and made the red santa suits an icon. in modern versions of the santa claus legend, only his toy-shop workers are elves. rudolph, the ninth reindeer, with a red and shiny nose, was invented in 1939 by an advertising writer for the montgomery ward company. in looking for the historical roots of santa claus, one must go very deep in the past. one discovers that santa claus as we know him is a combination of many different legends and mythical creatures.the basis for the christian-era santa claus is bishop nicholas of smyrna (izmir), in what is now turkey. nicholas lived in the 4th century a.d. he was very rich, generous, and loving toward children. often he gave joy to poor children by throwing gifts in through their windows. the orthodox church later raised st. nicholas, miracle worker, to a position of great esteem. it was in his honor that russias oldest church, for example, was built. for its part, the roman catholic church honored nicholas as one who helped children and the poor. st. nicholas became the patron saint of children and seafarers. his name day is december 6th. in the p。