Origin of Christmas 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 orld. 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 Quintus 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 be delivered. 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.
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萬聖節 (Halloween) 是在每年的十月三十一日，當天晚上打扮得「鬼」模「鬼」樣，愈嚇人愈好。小孩子則忙著挨家挨戶要糖果，而且不忘說句「 Trick or treat， 」 (給糖吃，不然就搗蛋 )。
萬聖節究竟怎麼來的？其實在天主教會裡面，十一月一日是諸聖節 (All Saints Day)，隔天十一月二日則為萬靈節(All Souls Day，或譯為追思亡者節 )，可以說是萬聖節的起源。
天主教會將一些生前具有超高德性的信徒封為聖人，以表彰那些信徒，並立為其他信徒所遵循的模範。但因為具有非凡德性的信徒其實不少，只是不為人知而已，對於那些沒沒無聞的人來說，教會未將其立為聖人，好像有點不公平，所以在諸聖節那天，紀念所有被教會冊封的聖人及應該被封為聖人卻未被封聖的信徒。
其實，早在西元前數世紀，凱爾特人（Celts，居住在蘇格蘭、威爾斯及愛爾蘭等地）便在十月三十一日的時候，慶祝一個名為「 Samhain 」的節日。因為在十月底，活人世界跟死人世界之間的界線會變得模糊，因此死人的靈魂很容易進入活人的世界，跟我們農曆七月開鬼門的傳說很像。在那一天，大家會穿著奇裝異服，在外面遊行，希望能把外面的孤魂野鬼給嚇跑。
至於南瓜燈的由來，與愛爾蘭的一個傳說有關。相傳古時候有個人名叫 Jack，一天到晚喝醉酒。有一天大概又喝醉了，竟然將撒旦哄到樹上，又叫撒旦在樹上刻了一個十字架，結果撒旦被困在樹上下不來。後來Jack 就跟撒旦談條件，如果撒旦能保證他死後不會進地獄，就會把撒旦弄下來，撒旦果真答應。然而他不入地獄，卻也進不了天堂，只好在黑暗世界中不停地遊蕩。撒旦給他一個大頭菜挖空做成的燈籠，裡面放著炭火，讓他在黑暗的世界中能夠找到路。
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Halloween
Trick-or-Treat 不給糖就搗蛋
Jack-o'-lantern南瓜燈籠
witches 巫婆
black cat 黑貓
scary ghosts可怕的鬼魂
Nasty goblins 噁心(醜陋的)小妖精
candy糖果
Pumpkin 南瓜
broom掃把
二千多年前，塞爾特族人（即目前的蘇格蘭人、愛爾蘭人等）一年之中最害怕的日子莫過於十月三十一日的晚上。每年十月三十一日的前夕是，塞爾特族人的年度豐收祭典，象徵著一年的結束，以及新一年的開始！每年的這一天是塞爾特族人，表達他們對太陽神的敬意，因為太陽神讓他們的穀物豐收，以應付即將到來的冬天！可是在這一個夜晚也是惡靈力量最強大的一天，因此塞爾特族的牧師和祭司也會主持祭典，安撫掌管死亡的神！在古時候，如果有旱災或是其它重大的災難，人們便會帶上醜陋的面具，因為他們相信惡運是由惡靈帶來的，而惡靈會被醜陋的面具嚇走！事實上古時的歐洲人，在這一天來臨之前便會儲存足夠的糧食過冬，並且把家裏弄得很溫暖舒適，而因為害怕還在外面遊走的惡靈，如果有人晚上必須出門，便會戴上面具，希望惡靈認不出他們來！後來有小孩穿上鬼和精靈的衣服，出去嚇鄰居，演變到後來，大約四十年前，人們開始請小朋友吃糖果！玩起"Trick or Treat"！英格蘭有些部份地方，還會有窮人上門要些食物或錢呢！西班牙人則是在這一天會供上蛋糕和豆類食品給惡靈享用，希望能度過一個平安的冬天。後來到了第四世紀，因為基督教的興盛，這一天便被強迫改為上帝死亡日--萬聖節！告知人們，偉大的上帝將會為他們趕走惡靈！Jack-O'-Lantern燈的典故 傳說愛爾蘭有一個名叫Stingy Jack的男子，他有一天邀請惡靈來喝一杯，因為兩個人喝完後沒錢付帳，他就說服惡靈變成六便士(six pennies)，來付酒錢，可是Jack並沒有拿它來付錢，反而用一條銀紙鎮住惡靈，讓它出不來，惡靈開始哀求Jack，Jack說只要惡靈一整年都不要來嚇他，他就放它出來，惡靈答應了，所以Jack過了無憂的一年，到了第二年的萬聖節，惡靈又出現了，它又答應不會來騷擾Jack一年，可是一年還沒過完，Jack就去世了，天堂拒絕收他，於是他來到了地獄，可是惡靈已經答應他，不騷擾他了，怎麼辦呢？Jack堅持不肯離去，因為路實在是太黑了，他找不到路出去，於是惡靈就隨便丟給他一塊已經燒得通紅的煤炭，Jack便把煤炭放入大頭菜內，這就是Jack-O'-Lantern的典故！後來蘇格蘭人的小孩便模仿他，挖空大頭菜，放入蠟燭。愛爾蘭人則是用馬鈴薯或是大頭菜；英格蘭則用甜菜；後來他們移民到了美國發現一個更好用的燈籠--南瓜Pumpkin！從此以後你看到的萬聖節裝飾，就變成了南瓜囉！兩千五百年前，居住在大不列顛的居爾特人，他們相信世人的生活是由神明所主宰的。相信死亡之神 Samhain在１０月３１日的夜晚會和逝者一起重返人間，這天居爾特人燃起大火，焚燒動物以作為給死亡之神的獻禮。有些居爾特人用動物的頭或皮毛做成的服飾打扮自己，就是今天歐美萬聖節化粧舞會的由來。死亡之神的夜晚，是令人驚駭的時刻，象徵冬天的來臨，這就是萬聖節前夕的初始。今天歐美國家慶祝萬聖節，宗教的意義轉薄，經由現代創新又求變的化裝舞會，傳遞出對萬聖節的緬懷。2500 years ago,the Celts living in the Great Bri-tain believed that human is mastered by gods.They alsobelieved that Samhain,the death god,would come back tothe earthly world with the dead at the night on octob-er 3l.The Celts built bonfires and fired animals as s-acrificial offerings to the death god. Some Celts weredressed in costumes made from animal heads or furs, w-hich was the origin of contemporary Halloween masquer-ade. The night of the death god was a horrifying timethat signified the coming of winter and was the begin-ning of Halloween eve. Today, the religious meaning ofHalloween has been weaken;instead,the holiday expres-ses man's cherishing memory of Halloween via innovati-ve,ever-changing modern masquerade.
http://www.iclubs.com.tw/cgi/root/editor_article/read.cgi?class_dir=05&article_file=972870624
Jack-o'-lantern南瓜燈籠
witches 巫婆
black cat 黑貓
scary ghosts可怕的鬼魂
Nasty goblins 噁心(醜陋的)小妖精
candy糖果
Pumpkin 南瓜
broom掃把
二千多年前，塞爾特族人（即目前的蘇格蘭人、愛爾蘭人等）一年之中最害怕的日子莫過於十月三十一日的晚上。每年十月三十一日的前夕是，塞爾特族人的年度豐收祭典，象徵著一年的結束，以及新一年的開始！每年的這一天是塞爾特族人，表達他們對太陽神的敬意，因為太陽神讓他們的穀物豐收，以應付即將到來的冬天！可是在這一個夜晚也是惡靈力量最強大的一天，因此塞爾特族的牧師和祭司也會主持祭典，安撫掌管死亡的神！在古時候，如果有旱災或是其它重大的災難，人們便會帶上醜陋的面具，因為他們相信惡運是由惡靈帶來的，而惡靈會被醜陋的面具嚇走！事實上古時的歐洲人，在這一天來臨之前便會儲存足夠的糧食過冬，並且把家裏弄得很溫暖舒適，而因為害怕還在外面遊走的惡靈，如果有人晚上必須出門，便會戴上面具，希望惡靈認不出他們來！後來有小孩穿上鬼和精靈的衣服，出去嚇鄰居，演變到後來，大約四十年前，人們開始請小朋友吃糖果！玩起"Trick or Treat"！英格蘭有些部份地方，還會有窮人上門要些食物或錢呢！西班牙人則是在這一天會供上蛋糕和豆類食品給惡靈享用，希望能度過一個平安的冬天。後來到了第四世紀，因為基督教的興盛，這一天便被強迫改為上帝死亡日--萬聖節！告知人們，偉大的上帝將會為他們趕走惡靈！Jack-O'-Lantern燈的典故 傳說愛爾蘭有一個名叫Stingy Jack的男子，他有一天邀請惡靈來喝一杯，因為兩個人喝完後沒錢付帳，他就說服惡靈變成六便士(six pennies)，來付酒錢，可是Jack並沒有拿它來付錢，反而用一條銀紙鎮住惡靈，讓它出不來，惡靈開始哀求Jack，Jack說只要惡靈一整年都不要來嚇他，他就放它出來，惡靈答應了，所以Jack過了無憂的一年，到了第二年的萬聖節，惡靈又出現了，它又答應不會來騷擾Jack一年，可是一年還沒過完，Jack就去世了，天堂拒絕收他，於是他來到了地獄，可是惡靈已經答應他，不騷擾他了，怎麼辦呢？Jack堅持不肯離去，因為路實在是太黑了，他找不到路出去，於是惡靈就隨便丟給他一塊已經燒得通紅的煤炭，Jack便把煤炭放入大頭菜內，這就是Jack-O'-Lantern的典故！後來蘇格蘭人的小孩便模仿他，挖空大頭菜，放入蠟燭。愛爾蘭人則是用馬鈴薯或是大頭菜；英格蘭則用甜菜；後來他們移民到了美國發現一個更好用的燈籠--南瓜Pumpkin！從此以後你看到的萬聖節裝飾，就變成了南瓜囉！兩千五百年前，居住在大不列顛的居爾特人，他們相信世人的生活是由神明所主宰的。相信死亡之神 Samhain在１０月３１日的夜晚會和逝者一起重返人間，這天居爾特人燃起大火，焚燒動物以作為給死亡之神的獻禮。有些居爾特人用動物的頭或皮毛做成的服飾打扮自己，就是今天歐美萬聖節化粧舞會的由來。死亡之神的夜晚，是令人驚駭的時刻，象徵冬天的來臨，這就是萬聖節前夕的初始。今天歐美國家慶祝萬聖節，宗教的意義轉薄，經由現代創新又求變的化裝舞會，傳遞出對萬聖節的緬懷。2500 years ago,the Celts living in the Great Bri-tain believed that human is mastered by gods.They alsobelieved that Samhain,the death god,would come back tothe earthly world with the dead at the night on octob-er 3l.The Celts built bonfires and fired animals as s-acrificial offerings to the death god. Some Celts weredressed in costumes made from animal heads or furs, w-hich was the origin of contemporary Halloween masquer-ade. The night of the death god was a horrifying timethat signified the coming of winter and was the begin-ning of Halloween eve. Today, the religious meaning ofHalloween has been weaken;instead,the holiday expres-ses man's cherishing memory of Halloween via innovati-ve,ever-changing modern masquerade.
http://www.iclubs.com.tw/cgi/root/editor_article/read.cgi?class_dir=05&article_file=972870624
Halloween 萬聖節
Halloween 萬聖節
trick or treat 不給糖就搗蛋
broom 掃把
skeleton 骷髏頭
costume 特別的裝扮
mask 面具
兩千五百年前，居住在大不列顛的居爾特人，他們相信世人的生活是由神明所主宰的。相信死亡之神 Samhain在１０月３１日的夜晚會和逝者一起重返人間，這天居爾特人燃起大火，焚燒動物以作為給死亡之神的獻禮。有些居爾特人用動物的頭或皮毛做成的服飾打扮自己，就是今天歐美萬聖節化粧舞會的由來。死亡之神的夜晚，是令人驚駭的時刻，象徵冬天的來臨，這就是萬聖節前夕的初始。今天歐美國家慶祝萬聖節，宗教的意義轉薄，經由現代創新又求變的化裝舞會，傳遞出對萬聖節的緬懷。２500 years ago,the Celts living in the Great Britain believed that human is mastered by gods.They also believed that Samhain,the death god,would come back to the earthly world with the dead at the night on october 3l.The Celts built bonfires and fired animals as sacrificial offerings to the death god. Some Celts were dressed in costumes made from animal heads or furs, which was the origin of contemporary Halloween masquerade. The night of the death god was a horrifying time that signified the coming of winter and was the beginning of Halloween eve. Today, the religious meaning of Halloween has been weaken;instead，the holiday expresses man's cherishing memory of Halloween via innovative,ever-changing modern masquerade.
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trick or treat 不給糖就搗蛋
broom 掃把
skeleton 骷髏頭
costume 特別的裝扮
mask 面具
兩千五百年前，居住在大不列顛的居爾特人，他們相信世人的生活是由神明所主宰的。相信死亡之神 Samhain在１０月３１日的夜晚會和逝者一起重返人間，這天居爾特人燃起大火，焚燒動物以作為給死亡之神的獻禮。有些居爾特人用動物的頭或皮毛做成的服飾打扮自己，就是今天歐美萬聖節化粧舞會的由來。死亡之神的夜晚，是令人驚駭的時刻，象徵冬天的來臨，這就是萬聖節前夕的初始。今天歐美國家慶祝萬聖節，宗教的意義轉薄，經由現代創新又求變的化裝舞會，傳遞出對萬聖節的緬懷。２500 years ago,the Celts living in the Great Britain believed that human is mastered by gods.They also believed that Samhain,the death god,would come back to the earthly world with the dead at the night on october 3l.The Celts built bonfires and fired animals as sacrificial offerings to the death god. Some Celts were dressed in costumes made from animal heads or furs, which was the origin of contemporary Halloween masquerade. The night of the death god was a horrifying time that signified the coming of winter and was the beginning of Halloween eve. Today, the religious meaning of Halloween has been weaken;instead，the holiday expresses man's cherishing memory of Halloween via innovative,ever-changing modern masquerade.
引用:http://www.tacocity.com.tw/keelung/k4/k49/k49-3.htm
Halloween萬聖節
兩千五百年前，居住在大不列顛的居爾特人，他們相信世人的生活是由神明所主宰的。相信死亡之神 Samhain在１０月３１日的夜晚會和逝者一起重返人間，這天居爾特人燃起大火，焚燒動物以作為給死亡之神的獻禮。有些居爾特人用動物的頭或皮毛做成的服飾打扮自己，就是今天歐美萬聖節化粧舞會的由來。死亡之神的夜晚，是令人驚駭的時刻，象徵冬天的來臨，這就是萬聖節前夕的初始。今天歐美國家慶祝萬聖節，宗教的意義轉薄，經由現代創新又求變的化裝舞會，傳遞出對萬聖節的緬懷。
２500 years ago,the Celts living in the Great Britain believed that human is mastered by gods.They also believed that Samhain,the death god,would come back to the earthly world with the dead at the night on october 3l.The Celts built bonfires and fired animals as sacrificial offerings to the death god. Some Celts were dressed in costumes made from animal heads or furs, which was the origin of contemporary Halloween masquerade. The night of the death god was a horrifying time that signified the coming of winter and was the beginning of Halloween eve. Today, the religious meaning of Halloween has been weaken;instead，the holiday expresses man's cherishing memory of Halloween via innovative,ever-changing modern masquerade.
２500 years ago,the Celts living in the Great Britain believed that human is mastered by gods.They also believed that Samhain,the death god,would come back to the earthly world with the dead at the night on october 3l.The Celts built bonfires and fired animals as sacrificial offerings to the death god. Some Celts were dressed in costumes made from animal heads or furs, which was the origin of contemporary Halloween masquerade. The night of the death god was a horrifying time that signified the coming of winter and was the beginning of Halloween eve. Today, the religious meaning of Halloween has been weaken;instead，the holiday expresses man's cherishing memory of Halloween via innovative,ever-changing modern masquerade.
Hallowen
萬聖節 (Halloween) 是在每年的十月三十一日，當天晚上打扮得「鬼」模「鬼」樣，愈嚇人愈好。小孩子則忙著挨家挨戶要糖果，而且不忘說句「 Trick or treat， 」 (給糖吃，不然就搗蛋 )。
萬聖節究竟怎麼來的？其實在天主教會裡面，十一月一日是諸聖節 (All Saints Day)，隔天十一月二日則為萬靈節(All Souls Day，或譯為追思亡者節 )，可以說是萬聖節的起源。
天主教會將一些生前具有超高德性的信徒封為聖人，以表彰那些信徒，並立為其他信徒所遵循的模範。但因為具有非凡德性的信徒其實不少，只是不為人知而已，對於那些沒沒無聞的人來說，教會未將其立為聖人，好像有點不公平，所以在諸聖節那天，紀念所有被教會冊封的聖人及應該被封為聖人卻未被封聖的信徒。
其實，早在西元前數世紀，凱爾特人（Celts，居住在蘇格蘭、威爾斯及愛爾蘭等地）便在十月三十一日的時候，慶祝一個名為「 Samhain 」的節日。因為在十月底，活人世界跟死人世界之間的界線會變得模糊，因此死人的靈魂很容易進入活人的世界，跟我們農曆七月開鬼門的傳說很像。在那一天，大家會穿著奇裝異服，在外面遊行，希望能把外面的孤魂野鬼給嚇跑。
至於南瓜燈的由來，與愛爾蘭的一個傳說有關。相傳古時候有個人名叫 Jack，一天到晚喝醉酒。有一天大概又喝醉了，竟然將撒旦哄到樹上，又叫撒旦在樹上刻了一個十字架，結果撒旦被困在樹上下不來。後來Jack 就跟撒旦談條件，如果撒旦能保證他死後不會進地獄，就會把撒旦弄下來，撒旦果真答應。然而他不入地獄，卻也進不了天堂，只好在黑暗世界中不停地遊蕩。撒旦給他一個大頭菜挖空做成的燈籠，裡面放著炭火，讓他在黑暗的世界中能夠找到路。
這種燈籠稱為 Jack-o-Lantern，愛爾蘭人在慶祝萬聖節時，都會提這種燈籠。本來是用大頭菜 (turnip )做的，後來愛爾蘭人移民到美國之後，發現用南瓜來雕刻更加容易，所以大頭菜燈就變成了南瓜燈。
至於 Halloween 這個字的意思，是從 All Hallows Eve (Hallows 指聖人 )而來，即指十一月一日諸聖節的前一天晚上。
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萬聖節-Halloween 鬼-ghost 糖果-candy巫婆-witch 南瓜-pumpkin 黑暗-dark吸血鬼-vampire 南瓜派-pumpkin pie 面具-mask蝙蝠-bat 木乃伊-mummy 骷髏- skeleton貓頭鷹-owl 黑貓-black cat 科學怪人-Frankenstein
Origin of Christmas 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 orld. 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 Quintus 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 be delivered. 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.
萬聖節究竟怎麼來的？其實在天主教會裡面，十一月一日是諸聖節 (All Saints Day)，隔天十一月二日則為萬靈節(All Souls Day，或譯為追思亡者節 )，可以說是萬聖節的起源。
天主教會將一些生前具有超高德性的信徒封為聖人，以表彰那些信徒，並立為其他信徒所遵循的模範。但因為具有非凡德性的信徒其實不少，只是不為人知而已，對於那些沒沒無聞的人來說，教會未將其立為聖人，好像有點不公平，所以在諸聖節那天，紀念所有被教會冊封的聖人及應該被封為聖人卻未被封聖的信徒。
其實，早在西元前數世紀，凱爾特人（Celts，居住在蘇格蘭、威爾斯及愛爾蘭等地）便在十月三十一日的時候，慶祝一個名為「 Samhain 」的節日。因為在十月底，活人世界跟死人世界之間的界線會變得模糊，因此死人的靈魂很容易進入活人的世界，跟我們農曆七月開鬼門的傳說很像。在那一天，大家會穿著奇裝異服，在外面遊行，希望能把外面的孤魂野鬼給嚇跑。
至於南瓜燈的由來，與愛爾蘭的一個傳說有關。相傳古時候有個人名叫 Jack，一天到晚喝醉酒。有一天大概又喝醉了，竟然將撒旦哄到樹上，又叫撒旦在樹上刻了一個十字架，結果撒旦被困在樹上下不來。後來Jack 就跟撒旦談條件，如果撒旦能保證他死後不會進地獄，就會把撒旦弄下來，撒旦果真答應。然而他不入地獄，卻也進不了天堂，只好在黑暗世界中不停地遊蕩。撒旦給他一個大頭菜挖空做成的燈籠，裡面放著炭火，讓他在黑暗的世界中能夠找到路。
這種燈籠稱為 Jack-o-Lantern，愛爾蘭人在慶祝萬聖節時，都會提這種燈籠。本來是用大頭菜 (turnip )做的，後來愛爾蘭人移民到美國之後，發現用南瓜來雕刻更加容易，所以大頭菜燈就變成了南瓜燈。
至於 Halloween 這個字的意思，是從 All Hallows Eve (Hallows 指聖人 )而來，即指十一月一日諸聖節的前一天晚上。
http://www.his.ntnu.edu.tw/~m91160/second2.htm
萬聖節-Halloween 鬼-ghost 糖果-candy巫婆-witch 南瓜-pumpkin 黑暗-dark吸血鬼-vampire 南瓜派-pumpkin pie 面具-mask蝙蝠-bat 木乃伊-mummy 骷髏- skeleton貓頭鷹-owl 黑貓-black cat 科學怪人-Frankenstein
Origin of Christmas 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 orld. 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 Quintus 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 be delivered. 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.
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