圣诞快乐

Merry Ch                                                 

圣诞节（Christmas）亦称耶稣圣诞节、主降生节，天主教亦称耶稣圣诞瞻礼。译名为“基督弥撒”，它源自古罗马人迎接新年的农神节，与基督教本无关系。在基督教盛行罗马帝国后，教廷随波逐流地将这种民俗节日纳入基督教体系，同时以庆祝耶稣的降生。

Christmas (Christmas) also known as Jesus Christmas, the Nativity of the Lord, also known as the Catholic Christmas. Translated as "Christ's Mass", it is derived from the Ancient Roman Festival of Saturnalia and has nothing to do with Christianity.After Christianity became popular in the Roman Empire, the church went with the flow and incorporated this folk festival into the Christian system to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

纪念耶稣出生    To commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ

据说耶稣是因着圣灵成孕，由圣母玛利亚所生的。神便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。

It is said that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary.Then Gabriel, an angel of God, told Joseph in a dream not to take Mary away because she was pregnant but to marry her and name the child Jesus. This meant that he should save the people from their SINS.

圣诞文化

Christmas culture

圣诞节宗教神秘感的逐渐淡化，固然与科学发展有关，也与商品经济有关。市场经济下可以用各种赢利的形式包装圣诞节，商家使出各式各样的促销手段吸引消费者购买商品，圣诞节在使人们获得更多节日消费的理由的同时，也增添更多节日闲聊的谈资——消费文化。

The gradual weakening of the religious mystery of Christmas has as much to do with commodity economy as with scientific development.Under the market economy, Christmas can be packaged in a variety of profitable forms. Merchants use all kinds of promotional methods to attract consumers to buy goods. Christmas not only gives people more reasons for holiday consumption, but also adds more topics for holiday gossip -- consumer culture.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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