聖誕節由來英語作文
聖誕節並不是我國的節日，那你知道它的起源嗎?下面是關於的內容，歡迎閱讀！
篇一：聖誕節由來
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. 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 religion. 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 virgin's 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. So it was that while they were there, the days were completed for her to bedelivered. 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.
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”這個名稱是“基督彌撒”的縮寫。彌撒是教會的一種禮拜儀式。耶誕節是一個宗教節。我們把它當作耶蘇的誕辰來慶祝，因而又名耶誕節。這一天，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，這都使聖誕節成為一個普天同慶的日子。
聖誕節是基督教世界最大的節日。4世紀初，1月6日是羅馬帝國東部各教會紀念那穌降生和受洗的雙重節日、稱為“主顯節”Epiphany，亦稱“顯現節”即上帝透過那穌向世人顯示自己。當時只有那路拉冷的教會例外，那裡只紀念耶穌的誕生而不紀念那穌的受洗。後來歷史學家們在羅馬基督徒習用的日曆中發現公元 354年12月25日頁內記錄著：“基督降生在猶大的伯利恆。”經過研究，一般認為12月25日伴為聖誕節可能開始於公元336年的羅馬教會)約在公元375年傳到小亞細亞的`安提阿，公元 430年傳到埃及的亞歷山大里亞，那路撒冷的教會接受得最晚，而亞美尼亞的教會則仍然堅持1月6日主顯節是那穌的誕辰。12月25日塬來是波斯太陽神(即光明之神)密特拉(Mithra)的誕辰，是一個異教徒節日，同時太陽神也是羅馬國教眾神之一。這一天又是羅馬曆書的冬至節，崇拜太陽神的異教徒都把這一天當作春天的希望，萬物復甦的開始。可能由於這個塬因，羅馬教會才選擇這一天作為聖誕節。這是教會初期力
圖把異教徒的風俗習慣基督教化的措施之一。後來，雖然大多數教會都接受12月25日為聖誕節，但又固各地教會使用的歷書不同，具體日期不能統一，於是就把12月24日到第二年的1月6日定為聖誕節節期(Christmas Tide)，各地教會可以根據當地具體情況在這段節期之內慶祝聖誕節。自從12月25日被大多數教會公認為聖誕節後，塬來1月6日的主顯節就只紀念耶穌受洗了，但天主教會又把1月6日定為“叄王來朝節”，以紀念耶穌生時東方叄王(即叄位博士)來朝拜的故事。隨著基督教的廣泛傳播，聖誕節已成為各教派基督徒，甚至廣大非基督徒群眾的一個重要節日。在歐美許多國家裡，人們非常重視這個節日，把它和新年連在一起，而慶祝活動之熱鬧與隆重大大超過了新年，成為一個全民的節日。12月25日的主要紀念活動都與那穌降生的傳說有關。
耶蘇的出生是有一段故事的，耶蘇是因著聖靈成孕，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“耶蘇”，意思是要他把百姓從罪惡中救出來。
當馬利亞快要臨盆的時候，羅馬政府下了命令，全部人民到伯利恆務必申報戶籍。約瑟和馬利亞只好遵命。他們到達伯利恆時，天色已昏，無奈兩人未能找到旅館渡宿，只有一個馬棚可以暫住。就在這時，耶蘇要出生了!於是馬利亞唯有在馬槽上，生下耶蘇。後人為紀念耶蘇的誕生，便定十二月二十五為聖誕節，年年望彌撒，紀念耶蘇的出世。
聖誕節便是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。
篇二：聖誕節由來
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.
12月25日的聖誕節是慶祝基督教創始人耶穌基督生日的日子，是基督教世界最大的、人們最喜愛的節日。 據基督教徒的聖書《聖經》說，上帝決定讓他的獨生子耶穌基督投生人間，找個母親，然後就在人間生活，以便人們能更好地瞭解上帝、學習熱愛上帝和更好地相互熱愛。“聖誕節”的意思是“慶祝基督”，慶祝一個年輕的猶太婦女瑪麗婭生下耶穌的時刻。 瑪麗婭已和木匠約瑟夫訂婚。可是，在他們同居之前，約瑟夫發現瑪麗婭已懷孕。因為約瑟夫是個正派的人，又不想把這件事說出去讓她丟臉，所以他想悄悄地和她分手。
他正在考慮這事時，上帝的天使出現在他的夢中，對他說，“不要嘀咕了，把瑪麗婭娶回家。她懷的孩子來自聖靈。她將生下個男孩子，你們給孩子起名叫耶穌，因為他將從罪惡中拯救人們。” 儘管耶穌的確切生日並不清楚，大約是在2000年前，但是日曆按著假定日期把時間分為公元前(耶穌基督誕生前)和公元后(A.D. 是拉丁文縮寫，意思是“有了我們主--耶穌的年代”)。在公元后的頭三百年間，耶穌的生日是在不同的日子慶祝的。最後，在公元354年，教堂的領導人把12月25日定為耶穌基督的生日。