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。
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.
扩展资料
圣诞节是为了庆祝耶稣的出生而设立的，但《圣经》中却从未提及耶稣出生在这一天，甚至很多历史学家认为耶稣是出生在春天，直到3世纪，12月25日才被官方定为圣诞节。尽管如此，还是有一些东正教把1月6日、7日定为圣诞节。
圣诞节本是宗教节日。十九世纪，圣诞卡的流行、圣诞老人的出现，使圣诞节开始渐渐流行起来。圣诞庆祝习俗在北欧流行后，结合着北半球冬季的圣诞装饰也出现了。十九世纪初发展至中叶，整个欧洲、美洲开始过起了圣诞节。并衍生出了相应的圣诞文化。
圣诞节传播到亚洲是在十九世纪中叶，日本、韩国、中国等都受到了圣诞文化的影响。改革开放后，圣诞节在中国传播地尤为突出，至二十一世纪初，圣诞节有机地结合了中国当地习俗，发展日趋成熟。
