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1、 简单少儿英语故事翻译Do you know? Origin of Chdstmas_圣诞由来The name Christmas is short for“Christs Mass”A Mass is a kind of Church serviceChristmas is a religious festivaIIt is the day we celebrate as the birthday of JesusThere are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the worldBut many of t
2、he festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religionExchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the Christmas In the worldThe birth of Jesus had a story：In Nazareth，a city of GalileeThe vIrgins name was Mary was betrothed to JosephBefore they came
3、together，she was found withchild of the Holy SpiritJoseph，her husband was minded to put her away secretlyWhile he thought about these things，Gabriel，an angel of the Lord appeared to him in adream and told hIm did not be afraid to take Mary as wifeAnd Mary，will bring forth a Son，and he shall call his
4、 name，Jesus,for he will save his people from their sinsBefore Jesus birthsJoseph and Mary came to Quintus was governing SyriaSo all went to be registered，everyone to his own cityJoseph also went up out ofGalileeout of the city of Nazarethinto Judea，to the city of Davidwhich iS called Bethlehem，becau
5、se he was of the house and of the lineage of David，to be registered with Mary。his betrothed wife，who was with childSo it was that while they were therethe days were completed for her to be deliveredAnd she brought forth her firstborn Sonand wrapped him in swaddling clothsand laid him in amangerbecau
6、se there was no room for them jn the jnnAnd thatChristmas IS the feast of the nativity of Jesusis on 25th，December every yearBut nobody know the acluaI birthday of JesusAnd the Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1 846 and the concept of a joily Santa Claus was first made p
7、opular in nineteenth Century“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督弥撒”的缩写。弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。耶诞节是一个宗节我们把它当作耶稣的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，世界全部的基督教会都进行特殊的礼拜仪式。但是有许多圣诞节的庆祝活动和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物，寄圣个诞卡，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的节日。4世纪初，1月6日是罗马帝国东部各教会纪念耶稣降生和受洗的双重节日、称为“主显节”Epiphany，亦称“显现节”即上帝通过耶稣向世人显示自己。当时只有耶路撒冷的教会例外，那里只纪念耶稣的诞生而不纪念耶稣的受洗。后来历史学家们在罗马基督徒
8、习用的日历中发觉公元354年12月25日页内记录着：“基督降生在犹大的伯利恒。”经过讨论，一般认为12月25日伴为圣诞节可能开头于公元336年的罗马教会)约在公元375年传到小亚细亚的安提阿，公元430年传到埃及的亚历山大里亚，耶路撒冷的教会承受得最晚，而亚美尼亚的教会则仍旧坚持1月6日主显节是耶稣的诞辰。12月25日原来是波斯太阳神(即光明之神)密特拉(Mithra)的诞辰，是一个异教徒节日，同时太阳神也是罗马国教众神之一。这一天又是罗马历书的冬至节，崇拜太阳神的异教徒都把这一天当作春天的盼望，万物复苏的开头。可能由于这个缘由，罗马教会才选择这一天作为圣诞节。这是教会初期力图把异教徒的风俗习
9、惯基督教化的措施之一。后来，虽然大多数教会都承受12月25日为圣诞节，但又固各地教会使用的历书不同，详细日期不能统一，于是就把12月24日到其次年的1月6日定为圣诞节节期(Christmas Tide)，各地教会可以依据当地详细状况在这段节期之内庆祝圣诞节。自从12月25日被大多数教会公认为圣诞节后，原来1月6日的主显节就只纪念耶稣受洗了，但天主教会又把1月6日定为“三王来朝节”，以纪念耶稣生时东方三王(即三位博士)来朝拜的故事。随着基督教的广泛传播，圣诞节已成为各教派基督徒，甚至广阔非基督徒群众的一个重要节日。在欧美很多国家里，人们特别重视这个节日，把它和新年连在一起，而庆祝活动之喧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耶稣降生的传奇有关。
