How to tell Christmas stories?

Christmas is an important traditional festival in the west. On this day, people usually give gifts to each other, hold banquets, decorate the Christmas tree, prepare Christmas socks and wait for Santa Claus. There are many stories about Christmas. I collected some. We can tell the children today.

Part? 0 1 the origin of Christmas

The first Christmas was initiated by Roman leader St. Kerry in 138, and the first church Christmas was held in 336.

In 440 AD, Rome designated 65438+February 25th as Christmas to commemorate the birth of Jesus. Because Jesus was born at night, 65438+February 24th was designated as Christmas Eve.

Legend has it that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. God sent the angel Gabriel to tell Yue Se, Maria's lover, in a dream that Mary would name her child "Jesus" because this child would save people from sin. At that time, the Roman government stipulated that everyone should declare their household registration when they arrived in Bethlehem. However, when Yue Se and Maria arrived in Bethlehem, it was getting late, so they couldn't find a hotel and had to live in a stable. It happened that Mary was about to give birth, so Jesus was born in a manger.

When Jesus was born, a dazzling superstar appeared over Bethlehem, and the stars shone. Seeing this signal, the three doctors crossed the mountain and followed the guidance of the stars. They saw Jesus in the manger, and the Magi bent down to open the treasure box and presented gold, frankincense and myrrh as gifts to the son Jesus. The Magi are also called the Magi and the Kings. Catholicism calls the story of the Three Magi offering gifts "Three Kings coming to Korea".

Part? 02 Santa Claus

The legend of Santa Claus comes from European folklore.

According to legend, Santa Claus is called Saint Nicholas. He lived in the 4th century. He was a kind, generous and rich man who was very kind to children. The Orthodox Church regards Nicholas as a miracle worker.

Nicholas's family is very rich, and his parents are both Catholics. Nicholas's parents died young. He exposed all his property to the poor, joined the church himself and served the society for life. After his death, people called him a saint, an old man in a red robe, a red hat and a white beard.

Nicholas did a lot of charity in his life. He always likes to help the poor in the dark. Slowly, Santa Claus became his nickname.

There is really a Santa Claus village in the world, where there are full-time Santas, and every Santa Claus needs professional training before he can take up his post. Santa Claus regards this profession as his life, and he will be Santa Claus all his life and will never do any other work again. Walking along the Arctic Line, you can see the unique Santa Claus Village Post Office in the Arctic Circle. This is the busiest post office in Finland. It is said that hundreds of thousands of letters are received from more than 50 countries and regions around the world every year, and every letter will be guaranteed to have an echo.

Santa's mailbox:

Santa Claus post office F 1-96930 north pole? Pinid Chalk

Part? 03 Red Nosed Reindeer-Rudolph

According to legend, Rudolph is the only reindeer with a red nose among Santa's reindeer. This made him feel embarrassed, and other reindeer laughed at him.

On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus still plans to travel around the world to give presents to children. But the thick fog suddenly enveloped the earth, and it was impossible to find a chimney in this weather. At this moment, Rudolph's red nose suddenly sparkled in the fog. So Santa took Rudolph to the sleigh and they set off! Rudolph brought Santa Claus safely to every chimney. Its red nose can penetrate the fog like a lighthouse! Rudolph saved Christmas that year.

Rudolph became the most famous reindeer and was loved by everyone. The red nose that once made it feel inferior has also become a unique feature.

Part? The origin of Christmas socks

According to legend, Santa Claus is the incarnation of Saint Nicholas. He was kind and charitable and did a lot of good things before his death. After his death, people missed him so much that Santa Claus became his nickname.

It is said that once he secretly gave three bags of gold to a poor man's three daughters as a dowry. When he quietly threw the gold into the chimney, a bag happened to fall into the socks hanging on the fireplace. The next morning, the daughters woke up to find that their socks were full of gold, enough for their dowry. The nobleman was able to see his daughter get married with his own eyes and lived a happy life from then on.

So the custom of giving gifts to children in socks has been handed down. To this day, naive children always solemnly hang their socks on the fireplace on Christmas Eve, waiting hopefully for Santa Claus to come from the northern snow country on a reindeer sleigh to give them presents, just like the legend says.

Part? 05 Christmas tree

According to legend, a long time ago, on a snowy Christmas Eve, a farmer took in a hungry and cold child and gave her a big Christmas dinner. Later, when the child left, he broke a fir branch and inserted it in the ground, thinking, "Every year, gifts are full of branches. Leave this beautiful fir village to repay your kindness." After the child left, the farmer found that the branch had turned into a small tree. He realized that he had received an angel from God.

Now in the west, everyone will prepare a Christmas tree every Christmas to increase the festive atmosphere. Christmas trees are usually made of evergreen trees such as cedar and cypress, which symbolizes the longevity of life. The tree is decorated with all kinds of lights and candles, colorful flowers, toys and stars, and hung with all kinds of Christmas presents. On Christmas Eve, people sing and dance around the Christmas tree and have fun.

Are these Christmas stories interesting? What other interesting stories do you know about Christmas?