Long long ago, a farmer served a poor boy on a cold windy night and gave him a big meal. The boy cut a Fir tree's branch and inserted it into the earth before he left.
很久以前，一位农民在一个风雪交加的夜里接待了一个饥寒交迫的小孩，让他吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐，这个孩子告别之时折了一根杉树枝插在地上。
He said, "There will be many presents in this branch every year this time. I wish I can pay back to your favor by this beautiful Fir tree." After the boy left, the farmer discovered that the branch had grown up as a big tree.
他说：“年年此日，礼物满枝，留此美丽的杉村，报答您的好意。”小孩走后，农民发现那树枝竟变成了一棵小树。
Then he realized that the boy was an envoy of the god. Since then, People call that night as the Christmas Eve, and call that branch as the Christmas tree. In western countries,
whatever you are, everyone will prepare a Christmas tree to increase the happiness of the Christmas day.
这时，他才明白自己接待的是一位上帝的使者。从此，人们把那个晚上称作圣诞夜，把那根树枝称作圣诞树。在西方，不论是否基督徒，过圣诞节时都要准备一棵圣诞树，以增加节日的欢乐气氛。