“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。聖誕節是一個宗教節日,我們把它當作耶穌的誕辰來慶祝,因而又名耶誕節。耶穌的出生是有一段故事的,耶穌是因著聖靈成孕,由童女瑪利亞所生的。神更派遣使者加伯列在夢中曉諭約瑟,叫他不要因為瑪利亞未婚懷孕而不要她,反而要與她成親,把那孩子起名為“耶穌”,意思是要他把百姓從罪惡中救出來。當瑪利亞快要臨盆的'時候,羅馬政府下了命令,全部臣民必須申報戶籍。約瑟和瑪利亞只好遵命,回到約瑟的家鄉猶大的白冷(伯利恆)。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,耶穌要出生了,於是瑪利亞唯有在馬棚裡生下耶穌,並將襁褓放在馬槽內。後人為紀念耶穌的誕生,便定十二月二十五為聖誕節,年年望彌撒,紀念耶穌的出世。
The origin of the Christmas: the name Christmas is short for “Christ’s mass”. The mass of the church is a church service. Christmas is a religious holiday, we take it as the birthday of Jesus to celebrate, name and Christmas. Jesus is the birth of a story, Jesus is because of the holy spirit, born of the virgin Mary. God sent messengers gerber more listed in a dream to Joseph, and told him not to because maria unmarried pregnancy and not her, but want to marry with her, put the child called “Jesus”, meaning is to he rescued the people from sin. When Mary is about to give birth, the Roman government ordered the, all subjects must declare census register. When Joseph and Mary had to obey orders, back to the home of judah Joseph white cold (Bethlehem). They reached Bethlehem, it’s already faint, but two people had failed to find a hotel, only a stable can stay. At this time, Jesus to be born, and maria only in the stable gave birth to Jesus, and will put in a manger sheath. Later generations to commemorate the birth of Jesus, and for December 25 as the Christmas day, looking every year to mass, the birth of Jesus.