Christmas history 圣诞节的历史

　　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.
圣诞节十二月二十五日庆祝耶稣基督的诞生，基督教的创始人，是最大的和最喜爱的节日基督教世界。
根据圣经，基督徒的圣书，上帝决定让他唯一的儿子，耶稣基督，是出世到人类的母亲，生活在地球上，以便人们能更好地了解上帝、学习热爱上帝和彼此更多。”圣诞节”的意思是“庆祝基督”荣誉的时候，耶稣是一个年轻的犹太妇女玛丽出世。
玛丽对约瑟订婚了，木匠，但在他们走到了一起，她被发现有孩子。因为约瑟，她的丈夫，是个义人，不想让她丢脸，所以他想悄悄地和她离婚。
但他认为，上帝的天使出现在他的梦中说，“不要害怕采取玛丽的家作为你的妻子，因她所怀的是从圣灵。她将要生一个儿子，你要给他起名叫耶稣，因他要将自己的百姓从他们的罪。”
尽管耶稣将近2000年前出生的确切日期是未知的，在该日期的日历，把时间分为公元前（耶稣基督诞生前）和公元（拉丁语，公元，“今年我们的主。”）的第一个300年，耶稣的生日是在不同的的日子庆祝。最后，在公元354年，教堂的领导人把十二月二十五日作为他的生日。