Christmas custom

Christmas, also known as Christmas, is an important festival for Christians to commemorate the birth of Jesus, also known as Jesus Christmas and nativity festival, and Catholicism is also known as Jesus Christmas ceremony. This is a traditional festival in the west, which falls on February 25th every year.

1. Dress up the Christmas tree

This tradition refers to decorating the Christmas tree with colored lights, gold foils, garlands, decorations and sweets. Nowadays, the Christmas tree is also an indispensable part of celebrating festivals.

Christmas tree is the most important decorative element of Christmas. The earliest Christmas tree was placed outside the house. In order to avoid the hard work of losing gifts under the Christmas tree, the Christmas tree was gradually moved into the house. It is said that the Christmas tree first appeared in ancient Rome, and later became a deep-rooted tradition in Germany under the influence of German missionaries, and spread to Britain at the beginning of the19th century. Because of its bright green color and pleasant aroma, the leaves are not easy to fall off after cutting and drying, so fir has become the most traditional and popular Christmas tree variety.

2. Christmas dinner

Just like people in China eat New Year's Eve, Christmas in Europe and America is also an important day for family reunion. Sitting around the Christmas tree and enjoying Christmas dinner has become the core content of Christmas. The preparation time of a big meal is not as simple as China's New Year's Eve. In Hungary, it is customary to drink fish soup on Christmas Eve. Authentic fish soup needs to be boiled with 3-5 different kinds of fish, which takes 6 hours.

roast turkey

Roast turkey is a masterpiece of Christmas dinner, and its status in China is just like that in jiaozi. This custom has lasted for more than 300 years, even longer than the United States. Because turkey has little fat, it is not easy to roast fresh turkey with juice. Generally, minced pork belly or butter marinated with seasoning is filled between chicken skin and meat, and stuffing such as onions, carrots, celery and other vegetables is filled in the abdominal cavity of turkey, coated with olive oil and honey, and then baked in the oven for 6-8 hours. Hungarians don't eat birds on Christmas Eve, but they eat turkeys, which shows the charm of turkeys.

Give gifts to each other

From 65438+February 6, the Christmas party began. Cities, communities, schools, social groups, families, friends and other organizations are all overwhelmed by the party, in which everyone exchanges gifts and enjoys delicious food together. The most exciting thing is the children, who get free gifts at every party. The expectation and surprise of this day will last until Christmas Eve.

This tradition comes from a legend: three wise men give presents to the baby Jesus at Christmas. Every Christmas, friends and relatives, especially children, will give gifts to each other. The story of Santa Claus also comes from this tradition.

Send Christmas cards

Christmas cards are very popular in the United States and Europe. The United States alone sends 654.38 billion Christmas cards every year. Sending Christmas cards is not only the joy of celebrating Christmas, but also the best way to express blessings to relatives and friends, especially to lonely relatives and friends, which is a kind of care and comfort. This year, when answering a military question about his gift to the first lady, the President of the United States specifically mentioned that he chose a very, very beautiful Christmas card for the first lady, which shows the importance of Christmas cards. With the popularity of e-mail and e-cards, it is inevitable for successful people to send Christmas greetings to friends and important customers before Christmas.

Christmas has always been a traditional festival for westerners. This festival spread to Asia in the middle of19th century, and gradually became popular in countries such as Japan and South Korea. Before Christmas every year, there is already a Christmas atmosphere here. The streets will be decorated with Christmas trees and Santa Claus, and the atmosphere of joy is very strong. Some Asian countries even have holidays on Christmas Day. Now Christmas is not only a holiday in Europe, but also a holiday in other countries.