Christmas had also been celebrated by the early Church on January 6th, when they also celebrated the Epiphany (which means the revelation that Jesus was God's son) and the Baptism of Jesus.
在早期的教会中，圣诞节同样也在1月6日庆祝，那一天他们也庆祝主显节（意味着耶稣是神之子的启示）以及耶稣的洗礼。
Now Epiphany mainly celebrates the visit of the Wise Men to the baby Jesus, but back then it celebrated both things!
现在主显节主要庆祝智者欢迎耶稣的到来，但是以前它同时庆祝两件事。
Jesus's Baptism was originally seen as more important than his birth, as this was when he started his ministry. But soon people wanted a separate day to celebrate his birth.
耶稣的洗礼最开始被看做比他生辰还要重要的事，当他开始了他的政府之旅。但是人们还是想要一个独立的日子庆祝他的诞生。
Most of the world uses the 'Gregorian Calendar' implemented by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. Before that the 'Roman' or Julian Calendar was used (named after Julius Caesar). The Gregorian calendar is more accurate that the Roman calendar which had too many days in a year!
世上大部分地区使用“罗马教皇格利高里的日历”，1582年有格利高里教皇十三世所执行。在罗马或者尤里乌斯公历使用之前（之后被称为尤里乌斯凯撒）。格利高里日历比每一年多了好几天的罗马日历更加精确。
When the switch was made 10 days were lost, so that the day that followed the 4th October 1582 was 15th October 1582. In the UK the change of calendars was made in 1752. The day after 2nd September 1752 was 14th September 1752.
当点火讯号制作出来，十天过去了所以1582年10月4号之后的那一天是1582年的10月15号。在英国日历的更改是在1752年。这一天在1752年9月2日之后，也就是1752年12月14日。
Many Orthodox and Coptic Churches still use the Julian Calendar and so celebrate Christmas on the 7th January (which is when December 25th would have been on the Julian calendar). And the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates it on the 6th January!
许多天主教和科普特教，仍然使用尤里乌斯日历，所以在1月7日庆祝圣诞节（这在尤里乌斯日历上的日期曾经是12月25号）。美国使徒教庆祝圣诞节是在1月6日。
In some part of the UK, January 6th is still called 'Old Christmas' as this would have been the day that Christmas would have celebrated on, if the calendar hadn't been changed. Some people didn't want to use the new calendar as they thought it 'cheated' them out of 11 days!
英国的一部分地区，认为1月6日还是被叫做旧的圣诞节，因为它曾经是庆祝圣诞节的日子，如果日历没有改变。一些人不想使用新日历，因为它骗走他们了十一天。
Christians believe that Jesus is the light of the world, so the early Christians thought that this was the right time to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
基督教相信耶稣是世界之光，所以早期的基督教徒想这才是庆祝耶稣诞生的日子。
They also took over some of the customs from the Winter Solstice and gave them Christian meanings, like Holly, Mistletoe and even Christmas Carols!
他们同样接管来源于冬至的一些风俗习惯，并给予他们基督教的含义，比如冬青，槲寄生甚至圣诞颂歌。
St Augustine was the person who really started Christmas in the UK by introducing Christianity in the 6th century. He came from countries that used the Roman Calendar, so western countries celebrate Christmas on the 25th December.
圣奥古斯丁是英国正式开始庆祝圣诞节的一个人，在六世纪介绍圣诞节。他来自使用罗马日历的国家，所以西方国家庆祝圣诞节在十二月二十五日。
Then people from Britain and Western Europe took Christmas on the 25th December all over the world!
来自英国和西欧的人们把12月25号的圣诞节带到世界各地。