1、圣诞节晚宴上的餐前祷告

Lee, A seven-year-old boy, was asked to say thanks for the Christmas dinner. The family members bowed their heads in expectation. Lee began his prayer, thanking God for his Mommy, Daddy, brothers, sister, Grandma, and all his aunts and uncles. Then he began to thank God for the food.

He gave thanks for the turkey, the stuffing, the Christmas pudding, even the cranberry sauce. Then lee paused, and everyone waited …… and waited. After a long silence, the young fellow looked up at his mother and asked, "If I thank God for the Brussels sprouts, won't he know that I'm lying？"

有个小男孩叫Lee，今年七岁，圣诞节晚餐开桌前，家人让他做餐前祷告。家人都带着期待的申请低头看着他，Lee开始做他得祷告，首先，他谢谢上帝赐予他爸爸妈妈，哥哥姐姐，奶奶还有他们家的所有叔叔婶婶。然后，他开始感谢上帝赐予他得圣诞节晚餐了。

他感谢上帝赐予他火鸡，馅儿饼，圣诞布丁和红莓酱。然后Lee停下来了，大家等啊等啊……Lee沉默了很长时间，然后抬起头看着他妈妈说：“妈妈，如果我感谢上帝赐予我甘蓝菜，他会知道我在撒谎吗？”

2、平安夜的由来

The origin of Christmas Eve

The night when Jesus was born, a shepherd, in the wilderness, suddenly heard a voice from heaven, and gave them the good news that Jesus was born. According to the Bible, Jesus came to be the king of the world, so the angel sent the message to more people.

Later, people will follow the angels, in the Christmas Eve night journalists everywhere preaching the message of Jesus was born, until today, caroling has become a indispensable Christmas show.

Usually caroling team consists of about twenty young people, plus a preparation of the little girl dressed as an angel and a Santa claus. In the Christmas Eve about after nine, the start of a good tidings.

Whenever I go to a family good news team, will be the first to sing the first few familiar Christmas songs, and then from the little girl read the words of the Bible to let the family know that tonight is the day of the birth of Jesus Christ. After we go to pray to sing one or two poem, again by the generous Santa Claus Christmas gift delivery to the family in the small hall, good news reported that the entire process is complete!

耶稣诞生的那一晚，一在旷野看守羊群的牧羊人，突然听见有声音自天上传来，向他们报耶稣降生的好消息。根据圣经记载，耶稣来是要作世人的王，因此天使便透过这些牧羊人把消息传给更多的人知道。

后来人们就效仿天使，在平安夜的晚上到处报人传讲耶稣降生的消息，直到今日，报佳音已经变成圣诞节不可缺少的一个节目。

通常佳音队是由大约二十名青年人，加上一备装扮成天使的小女孩和一位圣诞老人组成。在平安夜晚上大约是九点过后，开始一家一家的去报佳音。

每当佳音队去到一个家庭时，先会唱几首大家都熟悉的圣诞歌曲，然后再由小女孩念出圣经的话语让该户人家知道今夜是耶稣降生的日子，过后大家一起祷告再唱一两首诗歌，再由慷慨大方的圣诞老人派送圣诞礼物给那个家庭中的小厅子，整个报佳音的过程就完成了!

圣诞节是一个充满传奇色彩的节日，也是基督教重视的重要节日。西方国家的圣诞节是个隆重的节日，民间有很多丰富色彩的传说。每年的深冬，圣诞节的温馨唤起对亲人的思念，圣诞节是家人团聚的好日子。