According to the Bible,the holy book of Christians,God decided to al-low his only son,Jesus Christ,to be born to a human mother and live on the 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 his 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 A.D.church leaders chose December 25 as his birthday.
英文：It is said that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born by the Virgin Mary.God sent a messengerGabriel.
to tell Joseph in his dream that instead of rejecting Mary because she was unmarried and pregnant.
he would marry her and call the child Jesus.
meaning that he would save the people from their sins.When Mary was about to be born.
the Roman government ordered all the people to declare their residence registration in Bethlehem.
Joseph and Mary had to obey. When they arrived in Bethlehem.
it was already dark, but they could not find a hotel to stay, only a barn to stay. Just then,
Jesus was about to be born. So Mary gave birth to Jesus only in the manger. In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus.
the following generations set December 25 as Christmas,.
and celebrated the birth of Jesus with annual mass.
中文：据说耶稣是因着圣灵成孕，由圣母玛利亚所生的。神更派遣使者加伯列在梦中晓谕约瑟，叫他不要因为马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。
当马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必申报户籍。约瑟和马利亚只好遵命。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。于是马利亚唯有在马槽上，生下耶稣。后人为纪念耶稣的诞生，便定十二月二十五为圣诞节，年年望弥撒，纪念耶稣的出世。
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