Christmas, also known as Christmas, is translated as "Christ Mass", a traditional western festival, which falls on December 25 each year.
圣诞节(Christmas)又称耶诞节,译名为“基督弥撒”,西方传统节日,在每年12月25日。
Mass is a church service. Christmas is a religious festival because it is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus, hence the name "Christmas".
弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。圣诞节是一个宗教节,因为把它当作耶稣的诞辰来庆祝,故好冲名“耶诞节”。
Most Catholic churches hold midnight mass on Christmas Eve on the 24th, that is, in the early morning of December 25, while some Christian churches hold good news and then celebrate Christmas on December 25. Another major branch of Christianity-Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on January 7 each year.
大部分的天主教教堂都会先在24日的平安夜,亦即12月陪神25日凌晨举行子夜弥撒,而一些基督教会则会举行报佳音,然后在12月25日庆祝圣诞节;基督教的另一大分支——东正教的圣诞节庆则在每年的1月7日。
Christmas is also a public holiday in the western world and many other regions, such as Hong Kong, Macao, Malaysia and Singapore in Asia. In fact, the Bible does not record the date of Jesus' birth. Christmas was set by later generations.
圣诞节也是友乱歼西方世界以及其他很多地区的公共假日,例如:在亚洲的香港、澳门、马来西亚和新加坡。圣经实际上并无记载耶稣诞生日期,圣诞节是后人公定的。