Christmas (Christmas),every year December 25,is a traditional festival of the church calendar,it is christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ celebrate day.On Christmas day,most of the Catholic church will first try on December 24,i.e.the Christmas Eve held on December 25th at midnight mass,and some of the Christian church will hold good tidings,then celebrate Christmas on December 25th,Christianity another big branch - eastern orthodox Christmas celebrations are annually in January 7.
Holiday custom
Westerners in red,green and white three colors for Christmas colors,Christmas comes every family should use Christmas colors to decorate.Red have Christmas flower and Christmas candle.Green is the Christmas tree.It is the main Christmas decorations,cut down to the fir,with a class of the evergreen tree of nai gives decoration and into.The overhanging colorful lights,gifts and flowers,also lit Christmas candle.Red and white christmastime is Santa Claus,Christmas activities in the most popular figure.Western children on Christmas Eve before going to sleep,should be in the fireplace or pillow next to put a sock,waiting for Santa Claus in their sleep to put presents socks inside.In the west,Santa is also a custom.Christmas traditions are numerous,including worldly,religion,nation,Christmas related between countries as the difference is very big.Most people are familiar with Christmas symbols and activities,such as the Christmas tree,Christmas ham,Yule log,Holly,mistletoe and exchanging gifts,are Christian missionaries from early Asatru pagan midwinter festivals in Yule absorption and holiday.For the winter solstice celebration in early Christian to northern before there is widely carried out a word,today Christmas in Scandinavian swahili is still pagan jul (or yule).The Christmas tree is considered first appeared in Germany.Pope forehead I slightly I didn't try to prohibit popular pagan holidays,but allowed Christian preachers of their given the significance of Christian reinterpretation,he allowed most of the custom continues to exist,just slightly modified,even remain the same.Religion and government authorities and a celebration of the trade between the Christmas to continue.In Christian theocratic rule prosperous regions,such as Cromwell govern England and early New England colonies,celebration is prohibited 3.In the Russian revolution,celebrating Christmas by Soviet Soviet communist regime banned 75 years.Even in nowadays some Christian sects,such as Jehovah's witnesses,some fundamentalist and puritans organization,still get Christmas as no bible approved pagan festivals,and refused to celebrate.Since Christmas celebration customs in northern Europe popular,combine with the northern hemisphere winter Christmas decorations and Santa Claus myth appeared.
Christmas tree
Christmas tree
The Christmas tree (Christmas tree) is Christmas celebration in one of the most famous tradition.Usually people before and after the Christmas tree in evergreen pine or get into the house like outdoors,and Christmas lights and colorful ornamental decorations.And an angel or stars on the top of the tree.With the candle and adornment to decorate the fir or loosen up the evergreens,as part of the Christmas celebration.Modern Christmas tree originated in Germany.The germans in each December 24,is the Adam and eve section,in the home decorate a tree fir trees of Eden (dry),will be hanged thereon,wafers symbolic holy bread (christians sin mark).Modern switch to various cookies instead of holy bread,but also often add symbolic Christ candles.In addition,indoor also sets up the Christmas tower,is a wooden triangle structure,there are many small frame lattice placed the statue of Christ,minus evergreen tree decorated with branches,candles and a star.By the 16th century,Christmas tower and the garden of Eden tree amalgamative for the Christmas tree.The 18th century,the custom in Germany Lutheran believers in quite popular,but until the 19th century just popular throughout the country,and became a German deep-rooted tradition.In the early nineteenth century,the Christmas tree to Britain,In the mid 19th century queen Victoria's husband,prince Albert Germany to popularization.Victorian Christmas tree decorated with candles,candy,pastry and design and color with ribbons and paper chains hanging on the branch.Early in the 17th century the Christmas tree namely by German immigrants to North America,to the 19th century,wide for popularity.In Austria and Switzerland,Poland and Dutch also quite popular.In China and Japan,the Christmas tree in the 19th and 20th century by the American missionaries introduced into,decorated with colorful profusion of flowers.In western countries,Christmas is also a family reunion HeXiQing festival,usually at home display a Christmas tree.In the west,whether christians,Christmas must prepare a Christmas tree,to increase the festive joy atmosphere.The Christmas tree is generally use fir cypress such evergreen trees to make,the symbol of life forever.The tree decorated with all kinds of the candle,CaiHua,toys,stars,hang various Christmas gifts.Christmas Eve,people dance and sing around Christmas tree merrymaking.
Christmas card
Christmas CARDS (Christmas CARDS) is very popular in the United States and Europe,but also for maintaining distant relatives and friends relationship one way.Many families with CARDS with annual family photo or family news,press generally includes family members in the past year the advantages of specialty,etc.
Christmas stockings
Christmas hat cartoon version
The first is before the big one pair of red socks,the size of the premise.Because Christmas is used socks loaded gifts,so is the children's favorite things at night they will link their socks in the bed,waiting for the next morning gifts received.
Christmas hat
That is a red hat,allegedly evening wear sleeping in addition to sleep a little warm outside,the next day and you will also find that hat much more too beloved gift.It rave nights in the leading role,wherever you go to which corner can see all kinds of Christmas hats.The religious celebrations on will advent/advent,will begin advent is about in 11 month nativity celebration,expected to advent church will have specific activity or ceremony.Generally include advent carols,inside this paragraph of time use will advent calendar celebration,still can send to children during the candy and chocolate.Before Christmas,church in church arrangement with many Christmas activities,also can be in the church choir sing Christmas carols.On Christmas Eve and Christmas,special activities include midnight mass.Other faiths have can ride the Christmas holiday celebrating their winter celebration.The most obvious example is Judaism hanukkah,in the 21st century,family members in hanukkah inside also began exchanging gifts.Christmas is also reasonable for islamic world accept,because Jesus in Islam is a prophet,in celebration of his birth is no reason rejected.Christmas secular celebrate on in western countries for muslims has become very popular.