Christmas Trivia 圣诞节冷知识

Things you probably did not know about Christmas.

你可能不知道关于圣诞节的事情。

Christmas was not always on December 25

圣诞节并不总是在12月25日

Though Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, there is no mention of December 25 in the Bible.

虽然圣诞节是庆祝耶稣基督的诞生，但圣经中并没有提到12月25日。

Most historians believe he was actually born in the spring.

大多数历史学家认为祂实际上是在春天出生的。

It was not chosen as the official holiday until the Third Century.

直到三世纪，才被选为官方假期。

Some argue that the date was picked because it coincided with the pagan festival of Saturnalia.

有些人认为，这个日期被挑选出来是因为它恰逢土星祭典节日。

Celebrating agricultural god Saturn with partying and gift-giving.

以派对和送礼来庆祝农业神土星。

Thank Germany's Prince Albert for introducing the Christmas tree

感谢德国的艾伯特亲王介绍了圣诞树

Another Christmas tradition stemming from Saturnalia was the Christmas tree.

圣诞节的另一个源于农神节的圣诞传统是圣诞树。

During the winter solstice, branches served as a reminder of spring.

冬至期间，枝桠充当了提醒春天的到来。

The Germans are credited with first bringing evergreens into their homes and decorating them.

德国人首先将常青树带入家中并装饰它们。

Germany's Prince Albert introduced the tree to his new wife, England's Queen Victoria, that the tradition took off.

德国的阿尔伯特亲王向他的新妻子英国的维多利亚女王介绍了圣诞树，传统就此起飞。

The royal couple were sketched in front of a Christmas tree in 1848 and royal fever did its work.

这对皇室夫妇在1848年在一棵圣诞树前画了一幅画，而皇室狂热起了效应。

Coca-Cola came up with the red Santa suit

可口可乐推出了红色圣诞装

Santa wore a variety of colorful suits through the years including red, blue, white and green.

圣诞老人穿着红色、蓝色、白色和绿色等多种色彩的套装。

But the popular image of his red coat came from a 1930s ad by Coca Cola.

但他的红色大衣的流行形象来自可口可乐公司的二十世纪三十年代的广告。

St Nicholas morphed into Santa Claus

圣尼古拉斯演变成圣诞老人

St. Nicholas, a Christian bishop living in the fourth century AD.

圣尼古拉斯是生活在公元四世纪的基督教主教。

St. Nicholas gave away his abundant inheritance to help the needy.

圣尼古拉斯放弃了他丰富的遗产来帮助穷人。

He also was known for good deeds like rescuing sisters from prostitution.

他的善行也因为从卖淫中拯救姊妹而获得了。

He was not just the protector of children, St. Nicholas is also the patron saint of unmarried women, prisoners, thieves and pawnbrokers.

他不仅是儿童的保护者，圣尼古拉斯也是未婚女性，囚犯，小偷和当铺的守护神。

Hanging stockings

悬挂袜子

According to legend, hanging stockings came from the take of a poor man who could not afford his three daughters dowries.

据传说，悬挂袜子起源自一个穷人，他付不起三个女儿的嫁妆。

St. Nicholas dropped a bag of gold down their chimney one night so that the eldest could wed.

一天晚上，圣尼古拉斯把一袋金子扔在烟囱里，这样老大就可以结婚了。

But it fell into a stocking that was drying by the fire!

但是它却掉入放在炉火旁烘干的长袜里！

Rudolph was almost named Reginald

鲁道夫几乎被命名为雷金纳德

A copywriter named Robert L. May first invented the oddball reindeer in 1939 as a marketing gimmick for Montgomery Ward holiday colouring books.

一位名叫罗伯特·L·梅的撰稿人于1939年首先发明了古怪的驯鹿，作为蒙哥马利·沃德假日着色书的营销噱头。

May considered naming the reindeer Reginald and Rollo.

梅考虑为驯鹿命名为雷金纳德和罗洛。

And his nose was not originally going to be red.

它的鼻子原本不是红色的。

A red nose was viewed as a sign of chronic alcoholism and Montgomery Ward did not want him to seem like a drunkard.

红鼻子被认为是慢性酒精中毒的征兆，蒙哥马利·沃德不希望它看起来像酒鬼。

Good thing they changed it.

幸好他们改变了主意。

Jingle Bells was originally a Thanksgiving song

《铃儿响叮当》原是感恩节的一首歌

James Lord Pierpont, an organist from Savannah, Georgia, first performed a song he wrote, "The One Horse Open Sleigh," at his church's Thanksgiving concert.

乔治亚州，萨凡纳的风琴手詹姆斯·皮尔蓬首先在他的教堂的感恩节演唱会上演唱了一首他写的《一匹马打开雪橇》。

The song was re-published in 1857 and given the title of today.

这首歌于1857年重新出版，并获得今天的称号。

It is also the first song broadcast from space.

这也是第一首从太空播放的歌。

It was broadcasted on December 16, 1965, on the Gemini 6.

它于1965年12月16日在双子座6号播放。

Santa has his own zip code

圣诞老人有他自己的邮政编码

Every year, letters to Santa Claus flood post offices across the world.

每年世界各地的邮局都被写给圣诞老人的信淹没。

Some Canadian Post Office workers even started answering them.

一些加拿大邮局的工作人员甚至开始回复他们。

But as more letters arrived, they set up a special zip code for Santa as part of a "Santa Letter-Writing Programme".

但随着更多的信件到达，他们为圣诞老人设立了一个特殊的邮政编码，作为“圣诞老人写信计划”。

The zip code? (H0H 0H0).

邮政编码？（H0H 0H0）。

The twelves days of Christmas

圣诞节十二天

The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as "Twelvetide", is a festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity of Jesus Christ.

圣诞节十二天也被称为“十二潮”，是庆祝耶稣基督诞生的基督教节日。

In most Western ecclesiastical traditions, Christmas Day is considered the "First Day of Christmas".

在大多数西方教会传统中，圣诞日被认为是“圣诞节的第一天”。

The Twelve Days of Christmas are from December 25 to January 5.

圣诞节十二天从12月25日到1月5日。