When did the custom of giving apples on Christmas Eve begin? Where does it come from?

The origin of the custom of giving apples on Christmas Eve:

It is understood that "Peace Fruit" is decorated with brightly colored and good-looking imported apples, mostly red snakes Fruits, green snake fruits, and of course domestically produced red Fuji apples are packaged and dressed as "safe fruits". It is said that "Peace Fruit" symbolizes peace and harmony. The reason why "Apple" is chosen as the first choice of "Peace Fruit" is because it takes the pronunciation of "Apple".

It is said that the greengrocer's decoration of "Peace Fruit" was inspired by young people. At the beginning, some young people bought one or two imported apples, and then took them to the gift shop to wrap them and prepare them as gifts for good friends on Christmas Eve. This "business opportunity" was immediately captured by savvy businessmen.

Most of the people who are interested in this new thing are teenagers. They all think it is worth spending 5 yuan to give a gift with the meaning of "peace" to their friends. It seems that while Christmas Eve quietly passes the "peace fruit" in people's hands, it also conveys a beautiful blessing.

However, the custom of sending peace fruits on Christmas Eve is said to be unique to China. Because Chinese people pay more attention to homophonic sounds. For example, on the wedding night, peanuts, red dates and lotus seeds are placed under the quilt, which means "early (jujube) will give birth to a precious son". Christmas Eve is Christmas Eve, Christmas is December 25th, and Christmas Eve is the night of December 24th. The word "平" in apple has the same pronunciation as the word "ping" in Ping'an, so the Chinese imbue the auspicious meaning of "Ping'an" in apples. Hence the custom of giving apples on Christmas Eve. Sending apples means that the sender wishes the recipient a safe and peaceful new year, and it also has the meaning of girls giving apples to their boyfriends at Christmas, wishing him peace and wishing the love between them peace and eternity.

The origin of giving apples on Christmas

The origin of giving apples on Christmas comes from Germany and the Czech Republic.

In Germany, it is said that Santa Claus will dress up as a holy boy and put nuts and apples in children's shoes. He roams around in a two-wheeled carriage and observes people's behavior, especially children. If he behaves well, he will get apples, nuts, candies and many other prizes. Bad boys get a whip. Parents suddenly had the idea to adopt this legend to encourage their children to be obedient, and gave their children apples to praise them.

In the Czech Christmas tradition, cutting apples is a prediction for the coming year. They cut the apple into pieces. If the core is visible at first, it indicates good luck in the coming year. If not, it means bad luck in the coming year.