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Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, the Nativity of the babe in the manger whom Christians believe was the Son of God. Indeed, the very word Christmas means “Christ festival”. Yet there can be little doubt that for many it is Santa Claus — not Jesus — who is the human face of Christmas. In fact, it is fair to say that in much of the world, Santa is better known than the Christ who gave his name to the holiday.
圣誕節(jié)是慶?;健@名被基督徒視為上帝之子的嬰兒在馬槽里的誕生。的確,“圣誕節(jié)”這個(gè)詞意思就是“基督的慶典”。然而,可能有許多人會(huì)有點(diǎn)疑惑,圣誕節(jié)的代表人物竟是圣誕老人,而不是耶穌。事實(shí)上,這樣說(shuō)也不為過(guò):在世界上許多地方,圣誕老人要比賦予該節(jié)日名稱(chēng)的基督還更出名。
(短文節(jié)選,本期開(kāi)始連載:圣誕老人,報(bào)上名來(lái))