傳說有個心地善良的沒落貴族，生活非常艱難。三個女兒快要出嫁了，他為沒有錢給她們買嫁妝而難過。喜慶的聖誕夜，三個姑娘早早地蜷在炕上睡覺了，剩下父親在長吁短嘆。聖誕老人決定幫助他們。他在他們家的煙囪里撒下了許多金子，落進姑娘們烤在火爐旁的長統絲襪里。從此，他們過上了幸福而快樂的生活……聖誕節的襪子就這樣產生
英語 It is said that there was a goodness man went broke his domain. Helived a hard life and he has three daughters. The three daughters were being married but he didn't have money to buy dower for his daughters. On the happy Christmas Eve three girls went to bed early. They didn't know that their father was so worried. At last the Christmas father decided to help them . He besprinkled gold through the stack and the gold fell into the socks of the man's daughters. They lived a happy life from then on... Christmas socks was origined by this.
另一個傳說記載。據說有一位農民在一個風雪交加的聖誕夜裡接待了一個饑寒交迫的小孩，讓他吃了一頓豐盛的聖誕晚餐，這個孩子告別時折了一根杉樹枝插在地上並祝福說：“年年此日，禮物滿枝，留此美麗的杉村，報答你的好意。”小孩走後，農民發現那樹枝竟變成了一棵小樹，他才明白自己接待的原來是一位上帝的使者。這個故事就成為聖誕樹的來源。在西方，不論是否基督徒，過聖誕節時都要準備一棵聖誕樹，以增加節日的歡樂氣氛。聖誕樹一般是用杉柏之類的常綠樹做成，象徵生命長存。樹上裝飾著各種燈燭、彩花、玩具、星星，掛上各種聖誕禮物。聖誕之夜，人們圍著聖誕樹唱歌跳舞，盡情歡樂
英語 It is said that there was a farmer served a poor boy on a cold windy Christmas Eve and gave him a big Christmas meal. The boy cut a Fir tree's branch and inserted it into the Earth.He said, "Every year this time. there will be many presents in this branch. 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 grow up as a big tree. Then he realized that the boy was an envoy of the god.
This is the origin of the Christmas day. In western countries, What every you are, everyone will prepare a Christmas tree to increase the happiness of the Christmas day. Christmas trees are made of evergreen tree like Fir trees and they represent the long lives.People put candles,flowers,toys,stars on the tree and they put Christmas present on the tree. On Christmas Everepeople sing and dance happily and they enjoy themselves around the tree.