有关英语圣诞节小报

anta Claus The original name is Nicholas, in the

fourth century, was born in Asia Minor city of Pakistan big pull, the family wealth, parents are enthusiasticCatholics, unfortunately, his parents died young. Nicholas grew up, he gave a wealth of property, all donations given to the poor poor people, himself a monk convent, dedicated to the Church, a lifetime to serve the community. Nicholas was made a priest, but also was promoted to bishop. Among his life has done a lot of charity work, he most likes to secretly help the poor, Santa Claus is his later alias, a name because he was secretly give money to help the three girls story.

is the day that most Christianities celebrate the birth of Jesus.

There was no Christmas at first. It is said that the first Christmas was in 138, the first in record was in 336. But the bible doesn’t indicate on what day was Jesus born, so different Christmas days were celebrated in different places. Until 440, Roman church court fixed Dec 25 as the Christmas day.

In 1607, religious leaders all over the world met in Bethlehem and reached an agreement that Dec 25 would be the Christmas day. Since then, most Christians began to celebrate Dec 25, no matter where they are.

圣诞老人原来的名字叫做尼古拉，在第四世纪的时候，出生在小亚

细亚巴大拉城，家庭富有，父母亲是非常热心的天主教友，不幸他的父母早逝。尼古拉长大以后，便把丰富的财产，全部捐送给贫苦可怜的人，自己则出家修道，献身教会，终生为社会服务。尼古拉后来作了神父，而且还升为主教。他一生当中，做了很多慈善的工作，他最喜欢在暗中帮助穷人，圣诞

“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督弥撒”的缩写。弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。耶诞节是

一个宗节我们把它当作耶苏的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，世界所有的基督教会都举行特别的礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物，寄圣诞卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。

圣诞节是基督教世界最大的节日。4世纪初，1月6日是罗马帝国东部各教会纪念那稣降生和受洗的双重节日、称为“主显节”Epiphany，亦称“显现节”即上帝通过那稣向世人显示自己。当时只有那路拉冷的教会例外，那里只纪念耶稣的诞生而不纪念那稣的受洗。后来历史学家们在罗马基督徒习用的日历中发现公元354年12月25日页内记录着：“基督降生在犹大的伯利恒。”经过研究，一般认为12月25日伴为圣诞节可能开始于公元336年的'罗马教会）约在公元375年传到小亚细亚的安提阿，公元430年传到埃及的亚历山大里亚，那路撒冷的教会接受得最晚，而亚美尼亚的教会则仍然坚持1月6日主显节是那稣的诞辰。