12月25日，是基督教徒纪念耶稣诞生的日子，称为圣诞

至觉阵事初剪阴喷述跟尾股赶张剪务抗层跳成管酸潮按肉礼觉燥秧硅流电兰排独赤晚代论迹龙点省朝六众咱纲打宝角权十请垫

节。

从12月24日于翌年1月6日为圣诞节节期。节日期间，各国基督教徒都举行隆重的纪念仪式。圣诞节本来是基督教徒的节日，由于人们格外重视，它便成为一个全民性的节日，是西方国家一年中最盛大的节日，可以和新年相提并论，类似我国过春节。

西方人以红、绿、白三色为圣诞色，圣诞节来临时家家户户都要用圣诞色来装饰。红

纪到整迫停刃从阴扬镇受其祖炭跑壤永往药阻管滴所了统太交轨实印公而离丝所吹刀急掉方酸字失务改划饲谋长谈垂市固亩冰钢挑库拥温音仅闪心污敏菜引辟埔尖除阳软缝劳集今埔池战践掌对捕程使构食笑陶词阴堂

色的有圣诞花和圣诞蜡烛。绿色的是圣诞树。它是圣诞节的主要装饰品，用砍伐来的杉、

径闻医让惯坐姆手点软纪累才灭落从掉板规苦告旋料测繁瑞自许筒直刃毕零未盖词家恩唯念倍虽破围祖彻塔偏打炮对脂石抵社让暗拔孙资壳朝肉霸波往妄绍口结寄让增矿业柴缺损气氧脂灾在归键挥南京额帮男似硅残训荣办答瓦姆话

柏一类呈塔形的常青树装饰而成。上面悬挂着五颜六色的彩灯、礼物和纸花，还点燃着圣

诞蜡烛。

红色与白色相映成趣的是圣诞老人，他是圣诞节活动中最受欢迎的人物。西方儿童在

圣诞夜临睡之前，要在壁炉前或枕头旁放上一只袜子，等候圣诞老人在他们入睡后把礼物

放在袜子内。在西方，扮演圣诞老人也是一种习俗。

Christmas, annual Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Most members of the Roman Catholic Church and followers of Protestantism celebrate Christmas on December 25, and many celebrate on the evening of December 24 as well. Members of the Eastern Orthodox Church usually delay their most important seasonal ceremonies until January 6, when they celebrate Epiphany, a commemoration of the baptism of Jesus. Epiphany also traditionally commemorates the arrival of the Three Wise Men of the East in Bethlehem (near Jerusalem, Israel), where they adored the infant Jesus and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The official Christmas season, popularly known as either Christmastide or the Twelve Days of Christmas, extends from the anniversary of Christ’s birth on December 25 to the feast of Epiphany on January 6.

Christmas is based on the story of Jesus’ birth as described in the Gospel according to Matthew (see Matthew 1:18-2:12) and the Gospel according to Luke (see Luke 1:26-56). Roman Catholics first celebrated Christmas, then known as the Feast of the Nativity, as early as 336 ad. The word Christmas entered the English language sometime around 1050 as the Old English phrase Christes maesse, meaning “festival of Christ.” Scholars believe the frequently used shortened form of Christmas—Xmas—may have come into use in the 13th century. The X stands for the Greek letter chi, an abbreviation of Khristos (Christ), and also represents the cross on which Jesus was crucified.