Christmas history 圣誕節(jié)的歷史

Christmas Day-December 25-which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, the founder of the Christian religion, is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the Christian World.

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"- meaning "celebration of Christ "- honors 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 her quietly.

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 what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 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."

Although the exact date of the birth of Jesus nearly 2,000 years ago is not known, the calendar on the supposed date divides all time into B.C. (Before Christ )and A.D. ( a Latin phrase, Anno Domini, "in the year of our Lord.") For the first 300 years, Jesus' birthday was celebrated on different dates. Finally, in the year 354, church leaders chose December 25 as his birthday.

圣誕節(jié)十二月二十五日慶祝耶穌基督的誕生，基督教的創(chuàng)始人，是最大的和最喜愛的節(jié)日基督教世界。

根據圣經，基督徒的圣書，上帝決定讓他唯一的兒子，耶穌基督，是出世到人類的母親，生活在地球上，以便人們能更好地了解上帝、學習熱愛上帝和彼此更多。”圣誕節(jié)”的意思是“慶祝基督”榮譽的時候，耶穌是一個年輕的猶太婦女瑪麗出世。

瑪麗對約瑟訂婚了，木匠，但在他們走到了一起，她被發(fā)現有孩子。因為約瑟，她的丈夫，是個義人，不想讓她丟臉，所以他想悄悄地和她離婚。

但他認為，上帝的天使出現在他的夢中說，“不要害怕采取瑪麗的家作為你的妻子，因她所懷的是從圣靈。她將要生一個兒子，你要給他起名叫耶穌，因他要將自己的百姓從他們的罪。”

盡管耶穌將近2000年前出生的確切日期是未知的，在該日期的日歷，把時間分為公元前(耶穌基督誕生前)和公元(拉丁語，公元，“今年我們的主。”)的第一個300年，耶穌的生日是在不同的的日子慶祝。最后，在公元354年，教堂的領導人把十二月二十五日作為他的生日。