圣诞节的由来中英文

圣诞节的由来中英文

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发布时间：2014-12-01

圣诞节是几月几日：2014年12月25日，农历十一月初四，星期四

圣诞节(Christmas)，这个名称是“基督弥撒”的缩写。弥撒是教会的一种教会的一种礼拜仪式。圣诞节是一个宗教节。是庆祝耶稣的诞辰，因而又名耶诞节。

圣诞节的由来中英文对照

12月25日的圣诞节是庆祝基督教创始人耶稣基督生日的日子，是美国最大、人们最喜爱的节日。

据基督教徒的圣书《圣经》说，上帝决定让他的独生子耶稣基督投生人间，找个母亲，然后就在人间生活，以便人们能更好地了解上帝、学习热爱上帝和更好地相互热爱。“圣诞节”的意思是“庆祝基督”，庆祝一个年轻的犹太妇女玛丽娅生下耶稣的时刻。

玛丽娅已和木匠约瑟夫订婚。可是，在他们同居之前，约瑟夫发现玛丽娅已怀孕。因为约瑟夫是个正派的人，又不想把这件事说出去让她丢脸，所以他想悄悄地和她分手。他正在考虑这事时，上帝的天使出现在他的梦中，对他说，“不要嘀咕了，把玛丽娅娶回家。她怀的孩子来自圣灵。她将生下个男孩子，你们给孩子起名叫耶稣，因为他将从罪恶中拯救人们。”

尽管耶稣的确切生日并不清楚，大约是在2000年前，但是日历按着假定日期把时间分为公元前(耶稣基督诞生前)和公元后(A. D.

是拉丁文缩写，意思是“有了我们主--耶稣的年代”)。在公元后的头三百年间，耶稣的生日是在不同的日子庆祝的。最后，在公元354年，教堂的领导人把12月25日定为耶稣基督的生日。

The Origin of Christmas

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 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”- 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.

圣诞大餐

正像中国人过春节吃年饭一样，欧美人过圣诞节也很注重全家人围坐在圣诞树下，共进节日美餐。

圣诞大餐吃火鸡的习俗始于1620年。这种风俗盛于美国。英国人的圣诞大餐是烤鹅，而非火鸡。奥大利人爱在平安夜里，全家老小约上亲友成群结队地到餐馆去吃一顿圣诞大餐，其中，火鸡、腊鸡、烧牛仔肉和猪腿必不可少，同时伴以名酒，吃得大家欢天喜地。