圣诞节的神奇历史，你了解吗TheAmazingHistoryofChristmas(3)

Now you"ll often see BCE (Before the Common Era) and CE (Common Era).
现在大家经常能看到BCE(公元前)和CE(公元前)。
No matter, the divide is still Jesus"s birth.
无论如何，这个分水岭还是基督诞生的日子。
The great kings of the first millennium recognized the significance of the day and attached themselves to it.
在前1000年里，伟大的国王们认同了这个日子存在的重要意义并非常重视。
Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, and William the Conqueror, among many others, were either baptized or coronated on December 25.
查理曼大帝，阿尔弗雷德大帝，征服者威廉都在12月25日接受洗礼或加冕。
The idea of Christmas as a time of gift-giving also goes back to the earliest days of Christianity.
圣诞节作为互赠礼物的节日的想法也可以追溯到基督教早期。
The story is told that a third-century church bishop, Nicholas, would anonymously throw bags of gold coins into the windows of the poor.
据说三世纪的主教尼古拉斯，（在这天）就会匿名把成袋的金币扔到穷人家的窗户里。
The coins supposedly landed in the shoes or stockings that were drying by the fireplace.
这些金币可能会落在壁炉旁烘干的鞋子或袜子里。
Thus, was the stocking stuffer born.
就这样，塞满礼物的袜子就出现了。