Things About Christmas

Christmas is an important holiday in Christianity to commemorate the birth of Jesus. Also known as Jesus Christmas, Nativity, Catholic also known as Jesus Christmas.

The date of Jesus' birth is not recorded in the Bible. In 336 AD, the Roman Church began to celebrate the festival on December 25. December 25 was originally the birthday of the sun god stipulated by the Roman Empire. Some people think that this day was chosen to celebrate Christmas because Christians believe that Jesus is the righteous, eternal sun.

After the middle of the 5th century, Christmas, as an important holiday, became a tradition of the church and gradually spread in the Eastern and Western churches. Due to different calendars used and other reasons, the specific dates and forms of activities held by each denomination are also different.

The spread of Christmas customs to Asia was mainly in the middle of the nineteenth century, and Japan, South Korea, etc. were all influenced by Christmas culture. Nowadays, it has become a common custom in the West to give gifts to each other at Christmas, hold feasts, and add festive atmosphere with Santa Claus, Christmas tree, etc. Christmas has also become a public holiday in the Western world as well as in many other parts of the world.

Christmas cards are very popular in the United States and Europe as Christmas gifts. Many families bring their annual family photos or family news with the cards. News usually includes the advantages and specialties of family members in the past year. Sending Christmas cards on Christmas Day is not only to express the joy of celebrating Christmas, but also to express condolences to relatives and friends. Especially for relatives and friends in loneliness, it is more cordial care and comfort.

Christmas decorations include:

Christmas stockings were originally a pair of large red stockings of any size. Because Christmas socks are used to hold gifts, they are children's favorite things. At night, they will hang their socks by the bed and wait for the gift the next morning.

A Christmas hat is a red hat. It is said that when you wear it to sleep at night, in addition to sleeping peacefully and a little warmly, you will find more gifts from your loved ones in the hat the next day.

Christmas tree, usually people bring an evergreen plant (such as a pine tree) into the house or put it outdoors around Christmas, decorate it with Christmas lights and colorful decorations, and put an angel or star on the top of the tree, the Christmas tree originated from Germany.

Christmas rings, decorations that hang at the door during Christmas in Western countries, usually use green branches and leaves or rattan (pine hair, pine needles, etc.) and silver metal and gold bells with red ribbons to form the main color, The four colors of green, white, yellow and red represent joy and joy, and the words MERRY CHRISTMAS or abbreviated as X'mas are also written on it. The Christmas ring first appeared in Finland.