聖誕節的由來
The name Christmas is short for 'Christ's Mass'. A Mass is a kind of Church service.
Christmas is a religious festival. It is the day we celebrate as the birthday of Jesus.
“聖誕節”這個名稱是“基督彌撒”的縮寫。彌撒是教會的壹種禮拜儀式。聖誕節是
壹個宗教節日我們把它當作耶穌的誕辰來慶祝，因而又名耶誕節。
There are special Christmas services in Christian churches all over the world. Butmany of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religion.
Exchanginggifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the Christmas in the world.
這壹天，世界所有的基督教會都舉行特別的禮拜儀式。但是有很多聖誕節的歡慶活
動和宗教並無半點關聯。交換禮物，寄聖誕卡，這都使聖誕節成為壹個普天同慶的日子。
The birth of Jesus had a story: In Nazareth, a city of Galilee. The virgin's name was Mary。she was betrothed to Joseph. Before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
Joseph her husband was minded to put her away secretly. While he thought about these things,Gabriel, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and told him did not be afraid to take Mary as wife. And Mary will bring forth a Son, and he shall call his name, Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
耶穌的出生是有壹段故事的，耶穌是因著聖靈成孕，由童女馬利亞所生的。神更派遣使者加伯列在夢中曉諭約瑟，叫他不要因為馬利亞未婚懷孕而不要她，反而要與她成親，把那孩子起名為“耶穌”，意思是要他把百姓從罪惡中救出來。
Before Jesus births, Joseph and Mary came to Quintus was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up out of Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the houseand of the lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was that while they were there, days were for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
當馬利亞快要臨盆的時候，羅馬政府下了命令，全部人民到伯利恒務必申報戶籍。約瑟和馬利亞只好遵命。他們到達伯利恒時，天色已昏，無奈兩人未能找到旅館渡宿，只有壹個馬棚可以暫住。就在這時，耶蘇要出生了！
And that, Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus, is on 25th, December every year. But nobody know the actual birthday of Jesus. And the Christmas has become popular when Christmas cards appeared in 1846 and the concept of a jolly Santa Claus was first made popular in nineteenth Century.
聖誕節便始於十二月二十五日紀念耶蘇的誕生，但真實的誕生日就沒有人知道了。
十九世紀，聖誕卡的流行、聖誕老人的出現，聖誕節也開始流行起來了。