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圣诞节的由来您知道吗？The word Christmas is a combination of the words Christ and Mass.“Christmas”这个词是“基督”和”弥撒“的缩写，彌撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。 For todays Christian, the origin of Christmas is, and should be, the birth of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Bible. Nothing more and nothing less. However, most of what we witness on December 25th each year has absolutely nothing to do with that blessed day, which probably occurred in late summer or early fall about 2,000 years ago. In fact, most of the customs and traditions of Christmas actually pre-date the birth of Jesus, and many of them are downright deceptive in their meaning and origin. Anyway, who cares whenChrist was born? 耶诞节是一个宗教节日，世人把它当作耶稣的诞辰來庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，世界所有的基督教会都举行特別的礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。又有人说耶稣诞生是在夏末秋初，并非圣诞之日。然而，圣诞节究竟是否耶稣诞辰之日对于现代人来说已经不那么重要，它就像我们的春节一样，大家相聚一堂，交换礼物，寄圣诞卡，吃火鸡大餐，圣诞节是一个普天同庆的日子。圣诞节小常识：圣诞树 Christmas Tree据称，圣诞树最早出现在古罗马12月中旬的农神节，德国传教士尼古斯在公元8世纪用纵树供奉圣婴。随后，德国人把12月24日作为亚当和夏娃的节日，在家放上象征伊甸园的“乐园树”，上挂代表圣饼的小甜饼，象征赎罪；还点上蜡烛，象征基督。到16世纪，宗教改革者马丁.路德，为求得一个满天星斗的圣诞之夜，设计出在家中布置一颗装着蜡烛的圣诞树。圣诞卡 Christmas Card世界上第一张圣诞卡是1843年英国人亨利.高乐爵士提议，由约翰.卡尔葛荷斯利设计的。卡片上画的是一个贵族家庭，三代人一齐举杯对一位不在场的亲友表示祝贺。当时他印了1000张，没有用完的印刷厂就以每张1先令的价钱卖出。圣诞卡就这样诞生了。圣诞歌 Christmas Songs圣诞歌曲曲目不断丰富，我们最熟悉的就是Jingle Bell，为欧美国家所喜闻乐见的还有：Adeste Fidelis、Angles We Have Heard On High、Angels Watching Over Me、A Child Is Born、Silent Night.。活跃于当今乐坛的A1、Destinys Child、Bruce Springsteen、Mariah Carey、Luther Vandross、Gloria Estefan等音乐巨星也纷纷出力，有不少新的圣诞歌曲问世。（圣诞歌曲链接：/christmas_songs/template_channel.phtml?channel_id=17）圣诞老人 Santa Claus圣诞老人原指公元4世纪时小亚细亚专区 的主教尼古拉，他因和蔼可亲慷慨济贫万里闻名。到了6世纪，东方把他尊称为圣尼古拉。由于民间有关尼古拉的传说中，都联系到少年儿童和礼物，从此，圣诞老人便成为专门在圣诞节向孩子们送礼物的慈祥老人的形象。到了18世纪，通过文学和绘画，圣诞老人逐渐成为身穿红外衣的白胡子、白眉毛老人形象。圣诞礼物 Christmas Gift据圣经记载，来自东方的圣人在耶稣降生的时候赠送礼物，这就是圣诞老人为儿童赠送礼品习俗的由来。英国孩子在圣诞前夕把长统袜子放在壁炉旁，相信圣诞老人在夜里会从大烟囱下来，给他们带来满袜子的礼物。法国的孩子把鞋放在门口，让圣婴来时把礼物放在鞋里面。圣诞大餐 Christmas Dinner正像国人过春节吃年夜饭一样，欧美人过圣诞节也很注重全家团聚，围坐在圣诞树下，共进节日美餐。圣诞大餐吃火鸡的习俗始于1620年，火鸡烤制工艺复杂，味道鲜美持久，以致麦兜小朋友垂涎三尺。这种风俗盛于美国。英国人的圣诞大餐是烤鹅，而非火鸡。奥大利人爱在平安夜里，全家老小约上亲友成群结队地到餐馆去吃一顿圣诞大餐，其中，火鸡、腊鸡、烧牛仔肉和猪腿必不可少，同时伴以名酒，吃得大家欢天喜地。Finally, wish everybody a merry Christmas and happy new year! 89/33445566/pycs/2003/new110/002/1.wma.89/33445566/pycs/2003/new110/002/50.wma1.Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 2.Wham - Last Christmas 3.Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas 4.The Pogues Ft Kirsty Maccoll - Fairy Tale Of New York 5.The Pretenders - 2000 Miles 6.Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 7.Elton John - Step Into Christmas 8.Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry 9.Boney M - Marys Boy Child 10.Johnny Mathis - When A Child was Born 11.Greg Lake - I Believe In Father 12.Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 13.Gloria Estefan - Christmas Through Your Eyes 14.Shakin Stevens - Blue Christmas 15.Robson & Jerome - I Believe 16.Michael Bolton - Santa Claus I Coming To Town 17.Luther Vandross - Have Yourself A Merry Christmas 18.Swv - This Christmas 19.East 17 - Stay Another Day 20.Shakin Stevens - Merry Christsmas 21.3T - Endless Christmas 22.Cyndi Lauper - Early Christmas 23.Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Merry Christmas Baby 24.Westlife - I Have A Dream 25.Cliff Richard - The Millennium 26.Bing Crosby - White Christmas 27.Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas 28.Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 29.Eva Cassidy - Over The Rainbow 30 David Essex - A Winters Tale 31.Doris Day - Ill Be Home For Christmas 32.The Pretenders - Have Yourself A Merry Christmas 33.Gladys Knight - Do You Hear White 34.Atlantic Starr - Silver Bells 35.Lutricia McNeal - When A Child was Born 36.Natalie Cole - The Christmas Song 37.Neil Diamond - You Make It Feel Like Christmas 38.Tony Bennett - Winter Wonderland 39.The Wombles - Wombling Merry Christmas 40.Darlene Love - All Alone On Chrismas 41.Jewel - Silent Night 42.Human Nature - Last Christmas 43.Linda Ronstadt - When You Wish 44.Mariah Carey - O Holy Night 45.Eartha Kitt - Sant