What do you know about Christmas?

1. Introduction

Christmas, also known as Christmas, the birthday of Jesus, translated as "Christ's Mass", is a traditional Western festival on December 25th every year. The Mass is a liturgy of the Church. Christmas is a religious festival, because it is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus, hence the name "Christmas".

On this day, all Christian churches in the world hold special worship services. But there are many Christmas celebrations that have nothing to do with religion. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards make Christmas a day of universal celebration.

2. Customs

1. Decorating the Christmas tree: This tradition refers to using colored lights, Christmas customs: gold foil, Christmas customs: garlands, Christmas customs: ornaments, Christmas Festival customs: Candy strips and other decorations decorate pine trees. Nowadays, Christmas trees are also an integral part of celebrating the holidays.

2. Lighting Christmas Candles: This tradition refers to people placing a lit candle outside the house during Christmas. Even in the darkest room, candles bring light and represent hope. In earlier times, when Christians were deeply persecuted, they were prohibited from preaching and praying. Therefore, Christians place a candle outside the house to indicate that they are still praying silently in their hearts.

3. Baking Christmas cake: This British tradition has been spread for centuries. People used to drink plum porridge on Christmas Eve. As time goes by, people will also enjoy preserved fruits, Christmas customs: honey and spices, etc. Then Christmas cake will replace plum blossom porridge.

4. Giving each other gifts: This tradition comes from a legend: Three wise men gave gifts to the baby Jesus on Christmas. Every Christmas, relatives and friends, especially children, give each other gifts, and the story of Santa Claus comes from this tradition.

5. Singing Christmas carols: This is an ancient custom: Christmas traditional songs always echo one after another during the Christmas period. Songs bring joy to people and add to the festive atmosphere. Every year when we celebrate Christmas, various Christmas hymns or carols such as "The First Christmas", Christmas Customs: "Jingle Bells", Christmas Customs: "Joy to the World" and other Christmas hymns or carols are played.

Extended information:

The character closely related to "Christmas" is "Santa Claus". Every Christmas, Santa Claus rides on a reindeer, and the Holy Child comes to the world holding a Christmas tree. , as the world changed, writers and artists began to describe Santa Claus as the image we are familiar with today in red clothes and white beard.

Santa Claus is a derivative of the Christian saint Saint Nicholas. According to legend, more than 1,600 years ago, there was a man named Nicholas in Bari, Netherlands. His family was rich, and his parents were very ardent Catholics. When Nicholas grew up, he donated all his rich property to the poor. Poor man, he became a monk, dedicated himself to the church, and served society all his life.

Nicholas later became a priest and was promoted to bishop. During his life, he did a lot of charity work. His favorite thing was to help the poor in secret. Santa Claus was his later nickname. The name came from the fact that he secretly sent money to help three girls and gave them three bags of gold to escape. The sad story of being sold.

In 1822, Dutch missionaries spread the story of this great philanthropist to the United States, and dressing up as Santa Claus gradually became popular all over the world. According to legend, when Nicholas secretly gave one of the bags of gold to one of the women, he threw the gold through one of the windows and it happened to fall into a stocking hanging on the fireplace. As a result, the gift-giving method of putting gifts in Christmas socks has been passed down to this day.

It is said that every night on December 24th, Santa Claus will fly in the sky on a sleigh pulled by 9 reindeer, enter the house through the chimney from house to house, and then secretly put gifts on the bed of good children. Stockings on your head, or piled under the Christmas tree by the fireplace.

Through the image of Santa Claus, many parents, in order to better motivate and educate their children on Christmas Day, will use this story to let the children learn about Santa Claus through some things. The gift given.

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