Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus， is on 25th， December every year. But nobody know the actual birthday of Jesus.
The Origin of Christmas
The name Christmas is short for “Christs 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. There are special christmas services in Christian churches all over the world. But many of the festivities of Christmas do not have anything to do with religionreligion n.宗教， 信仰.
圣诞节便是于十二月二十五日纪念耶稣的诞生，但真实的诞生日就没有人知道了。
圣诞节的起源
“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。圣诞节是一个宗教节。我们把它当作耶稣的诞辰来庆祝。这一天，世界所有的基督教会都举行特别的礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。
Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards are the modern ways of celebrating the Christmas in the world.
The birth of Jesus had a story： In Nazareth， a city of Galilee. The virgins name was Mary 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.
Before Jesus births， Joseph and Mary came to Quirnius 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 house and of the lineage of David， to be registered with Mary， his betrothed wife， who was with child.
交换礼物，寄圣诞卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。
耶稣的出生是有一段故事的：耶稣是因着圣灵成孕，由童女玛利亚所生的。神更派遣使者加伯列在梦中晓谕约瑟，叫他不要因为玛利亚未婚怀孕而不要她，反而要与她成亲，把那孩子起名为“耶稣”，意思是要他把百姓从罪恶中救出来。
当玛利亚快要临盆的时候，罗马政府下了命令，全部人民到伯利恒务申报户籍。约瑟和玛利亚只好遵命。辗转各城市去伯利恒，玛利亚因身怀有孕，她将以约瑟的身份申报户籍。
So it was that while they were there， the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her first born Son， and wrapped him in swaddling cloths， and laid him in a manger， because there was no room for them in the inn.
And that， Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus， is on 25th， December every year. But nobody know the actualactual adj.实际的， 真实的， 现行的， 目前的 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.
他们到达伯利恒时，天色已昏，无奈两人未能找到旅馆渡宿，只有一个马棚可以暂住。就在这时，耶稣要出生了！于是玛利亚惟有在马槽上，生下耶稣。
圣诞节便是于十二月二十五日纪念耶稣的诞生，但真实的诞生日就没有人知道了。十九世纪，圣诞卡的流行、圣诞老人的出现，圣诞节也开始流行起来了。
圣诞节是基督教世界最大的节日。 随着基督教的广泛传播，圣诞节已成为各教派基督徒，甚至广大非基督徒群众的一个重要节日。在欧美许多国家里，人们非常重视这个节日，把它和新年连在一起，而庆祝活动之热闹与隆重大大超过了新年，成为一个全民的节日。
