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今日话题：The Origin of Christmas 圣诞节的由来

Christmas Day-December 25-which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ（耶稣基督）, the founder of the Christian religion（基督宗教）, is the biggest and best-loved holiday in the United States.

According to the Bible（圣经）, the holy book of Christians（基督徒）, God decided to allow his only son，Jesus Christ，to be born to a human mother and live on earth so that people could understand God better and learn to love God and each other more. “Christmas”- meaning“celebration of Christ ”- honors the time when Jesus was born to a young Jewish woman（犹太女人） Mary（玛丽亚）.

Mary was engaged to（订婚）be married to Joseph（约瑟）, a carpenter（木匠) ,but before they came together，she was found to be with child, but Joseph, her husband, was a righteous （正义的）man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace（羞耻) he had in mind to divorce her quietly, but after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ”Do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived (怀孕）in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins（罪）.”

Although the exact date of the birth of Jesus nearly 2000 years ago is unknown, the calendar（日历) on the supposed date dates all time into B.C.(Before Christ 公元前)and A.D.( a Latin phrase，Anno Domini，“in the year of our Lord.” 公元后). For the first 300 years, Jesus‘ birthday was celebrated on different dates. Finally, in the year 354, church leaders chose December 25 as his birthday.

托福雅思口语

Please describe your favorite holiday.

Talk about your happy moment. ( Christmas? ) hahahah 

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