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.
庆祝基督教创始人耶稣基督诞生的圣诞节12月25日是基督教世界中最大、最受欢迎的节日。
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.
根据圣经《基督教圣典》，上帝决定允许他的独子耶稣基督，生为人母，活在地球上，这样人们才能更好地理解上帝，学会更爱上帝和彼此。&“圣诞节”是为了纪念耶稣降生给一个年轻的犹太妇女马利亚。
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.
的马利亚与木匠约瑟夫订婚，但在他们走到一起之前，发现她有孩子。因为她丈夫约瑟是个义人，不想让她蒙羞，所以他想悄悄地和她离婚。
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."
但他考虑过之后，有一位耶和华的使者在梦中向他显现，说：“不要害怕娶马利亚为妻，因为她所怀的，是从圣灵怀的。她将要生一个儿子，你要给他起名叫耶稣，因为他将拯救他的子民脱离罪恶。"；
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.
虽然不知道将近2000年前耶稣的确切出生日期，但在假定日期的日历上，一直分为公元前（在基督之前）和公元前（拉丁语，Anno Domini，"；在那一年在最初的300年里，耶稣的生日是在不同的日子庆祝的。最后，在354年，教会领袖选择12月25日作为他的生日。