罗杰罗尔斯圣诞节的黑板报资料大全：Christmas

2021年1月8日发(作者：丁瓒)
圣诞节的黑板报资料大全：
Christmas
Christmas, annual Christian holiday commemorating the birth of
Jesus Christ. Most members of the Roman Catholic Church and
followers of Protestantism celebrate Christmas on December 25, and
many celebrate on the evening of December 24 as well. Members of the
Eastern Orthodox Church usually delay their most important seasonal
ceremonies until January 6, when they celebrate Epiphany, a
commemoration of the baptism of Jesus. Epiphany also traditionally
commemorates the arrival of the Three Wise Men of the East in
Bethlehem (near Jerusalem, Israel), where they adored the infant Jesus
and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The
official Christmas season, popularly known as either Christmastide or
the Twelve Days of Christmas, extends from the anniversary of Christ
'
s
birth on December 25 to the
feast of Epiphany on January 6. Christmas is based on the story of
Jesus
'
birth as described in the Gospel according to Matthew (see
Matthew 1
：
18-2
：
12) and the Gospel according to Luke (see Luke
1
：
26-56). Roman Catholics first celebrated Christmas, then known as
the Feast of the Nativity, as early as 336 ad. The word Christmas
entered the English language sometime around 1050 as the Old English
phrase Christes maesse, meaning
“
festival of Christ.
”
Sch olars
believe the
frequently used shortened form of Christmas
have
come into use in the 13th century. The X stands for the Greek letter chi,
an abbreviation of Khristos (Christ), and also represents the cross on
which Jesus was crucified.
—
Xmas
—
may