What Is The Origin Of Christmas?

　　 The origin of Christmas

" Christmas This is the abbreviation of "Christ mass". Mass is a form of worship in the church. Christmas is a festival. We celebrate it as the birthday of Jesus, and it is also known as Christmas. On this day, all Christian churches in the world hold special services. But there are many Christmas celebrations that are not related to religion. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards make Christmas a celebration day.

Christmas is the largest holiday in the Christian world. In the early fourth Century, January 6th was a double festival commemorating the birth and baptism of all the churches in the eastern part of the Empire of Rome. It was also called "Epiphany" Epiphany, also known as "appearing Festival", that is, God shows itself to the world through that. At that time, only the Lali church was excepted, which only commemorated the birth of Jesus without commemorating the baptism. Later, historians found in the calendar used by Christians in Rome that in December 25th, 354, December 25th, "Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judah." "After studying, it is generally believed that the Church of Rome, which may have begun in 336 ad in December 25th, was handed over to Antioch in Asia Minor in about 375 ad. It was handed down to Alexandria in Egypt in 430 A.D., and the cold church was the last to accept it. The church in Armenia still insisted that the epiphany was the birthday of January 6th.

In December 25th, it was originally the birth of Mithra, the Persian God of the sun. It was a pagan holiday. At the same time, the sun god was also one of the gods of Rome. This day is also the winter solstice festival of almanac in Rome. The pagans who worship the sun god regard this day as the hope of spring and the beginning of the revival of all things. Probably because of this reason, the Church of Rome chose this day as Christmas. This is one of the measures in the early days of the church to try to educate Christians in their habits and customs. Later, although most churches accepted Christmas in December 25th, they were different from each other in terms of the ephemeris, and the specific dates could not be unified. Therefore, it was designated as Christmas Tide in December 24th and January 6th in second. Since most of the churches were recognized as Christmas in December 25th, the January 6th epiphany commemorated Jesus's baptism, but the Catholic Church also designated January 6th as the "Three Kings coming to the north," in honor of the story of the three kings of the East (the three PhDs) when Jesus was born. With the wide spread of Christianity, Christmas has become an important festival for Christians and even non Christians. In many countries in Europe and America, people attach great importance to this festival and connect it with the new year. The festivities and celebrations greatly exceed the new year, and become a national holiday. The main commemorative activities in December 25th were related to the legend of the birth.

There is a story about the birth of Jesus. Jesus was born by Maria, the Holy Spirit. God sent messenger Gabriel to Joseph in his dream, asking him not to leave her because Maria was unmarried. Instead, he wanted to marry her and name the child "Jesus", meaning that he wanted to save the people from sin.

When Maria was about to give birth, the Rome government ordered that all the people in Bethlehem must declare their domicile. Joseph and Maria had to obey. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the sky was fainting, but two people could not find a hotel to cross the lodge. Just then, Jesus was born. Maria only gave birth to Jesus in the manger. In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the descendants set December twenty-five as Christmas day, hoping to commemorate the birth of Jesus.

Christmas commemorating the birth of Jesus in December 25th, but no one knows the true date of birth. In nineteenth Century, the popularity of Christmas cards, the emergence of Santa Claus, Christmas began to become popular.

　　 Legend of Santa Claus

Santa Claus Legend It appeared thousands of years ago on the Scandinavia peninsula. In the Nordic mythology, the God of Odin, wisdom, art, poetry, and war, riding on his eight feet horse in the cold winter season, gallop at the ends of the earth, punish evil and promote good, distribute gifts. At the same time, his son tried to fight against the cold with the thunder and lightning. According to pagan legend, Santa Claus is the descendant of Odin. There are also legends that Santa Claus comes from St. Nicola, so Santa Claus is also known as St.Nicholas. because most of these stories carry forward the Christian spirit. Its origins and storylines are largely forgotten, but Santa Claus is still in the spiritual world.

On Christmas day, Santa Claus rode on the Aries. The holy child came to the world with a Christmas tree. With the changes of the world, writers and artists began to describe Santa Claus as a familiar red dress and a white beard. At the same time, different countries and cultures have different explanations for Santa Claus. In Germany, he was told to play Cheng Shengtong as a nut and apple in his children's shoes. He roamed around in two wheeled wagons to observe people's behavior, especially children. If performed well, they would get many prizes such as apples, nuts, sugar and so on. Bad kids get a whip. Parents are brainwashed to use this legend to encourage children to listen. It greatly exceeded the new year and became a national holiday. Santa Claus has become the most popular symbol and tradition of Christmas. The image of the happy old elf, who drives the reindeer to bring gifts to every child from a sleigh full of toys and gifts, has been deeply remembered in people's memory.

In the late eleventh Century, religious soldiers from Italy brought back the relics of Nicholas saint to Italy and built a church in the port city Bari to commemorate him. Soon, Christians from all over the world came to pilgrimage this sage. These pilgrims take the story of Saint Nicholas back to their native place, so the legends about Santa Claus are distinctive in every country.

In twelfth Century, Saint Nicholas commemorative day appeared in Europe, giving gifts and charitable activities. Germany, France and Holland give December 6th as a religious day to give gifts to children and poor people.

When the colonists came to America, they took their Sintirklass bishop to Holland. Sintirklass was wearing a red scarf and riding a white horse. The American image of Sintirklass gradually evolved into a happy old elf. At first American writer Washington. In his comedy history of New York, Erwin describes him as a round and fat old man in Holland. In 1823, poet ClementMoore continued to dramatize the image of Sintirklass/Saint Nicholas in his poem "St.Nicholas impression". This is the Santa Claus you saw at the beginning of this article.

In 1860s, cartoon maker Thomas Nash painted a fat, kindly Santa Claus as an illustration of the week of Harper. The image of Santa Claus has begun to take root in the minds of the American people. Over time, the image of Santa Claus returned to Europe and spread to South America and spread all over the world.

Many countries have preserved their customs and legends about Santa Claus. In the legend of Holland, Santa Sintirklass also brought an assistant named Black Peter, who arrived in December 6th on a ship. He carries a large book, which describes the performance of all Holland children in the past year. Well behaved children send gifts to them, and bad children let their assistants take them away.

Santa Claus in Germany also carries an assistant called Knecht Ruprecht, Krampus or Pelzebock, carrying a big bag with a gift on her shoulder and a stick in her hand. A good boy can receive his gift, but a naughty boy will teach him a few sticks.

The Santa Claus in Italy is called La Befana; the Santa Claus in France is called Father Christmas or Pere Noel; the Santa Claus in Switzerland is called Christkindl or Christ Child; the Christmas people in the Scandinavian region are called julenisse or juletomte; and Santa Claus in Britain is also called the father of Christmas (father of Christmas), and his image is more solemn and thinner than other Santa Claus. Santa Claus in North America sends gifts to children by riding sleds pulled by reindeer. {page_break}

　　 Christmas stockings legend

Once upon a time, there lived a kindhearted aristocrat whose wife died of illness and left him and his three daughters. The aristocrat tried many inventions and failed, but so he ran out of money, so they had to move to a farmhouse, and his daughters had to cook, sew and clean in person.

In the past few years, daughters went to get married, but their father became more upset because he had no money to buy dowry for his daughters. One evening, after washing their clothes, the girls hung their stockings in front of the fireplace. Saint Nicholas knew their father's situation and came to their house that evening. He saw from the window that the family had fallen asleep and noticed the stockings of the girls. Then he took three small packages of gold from his pocket and threw them down from the chimney, just falling into the stockings of the girls.

On the second morning, the girls woke up to find that their stockings were full of gold enough for them to buy dowry. The noble also could see his daughters married and lived happily ever after. Later, children from all over the world inherited the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings. Children in some countries have similar customs, for example, in France, children put their shoes next to the fireplace and so on.

　　 Christmas Customs

Chinese people have come into contact with Christmas in recent years. The atmosphere is different from all over the place. Some coastal areas have a festive atmosphere. They are located in the southernmost part of Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Due to the proximity of Hongkong to the open city, the younger generation of people has different religious beliefs, but Christmas has been a celebration day. Now let's take a look at some of the regular programmes of Christmas. On December 25th, the churches held ceremonies respectively. Catholic Church and Orthodox Church held Christmas retreat, Protestantism held Christmas service. Some church celebrations begin at midnight. In addition to the worship ceremony, it also performs Christmas play and performs the story of Jesus's birth.

　 Christmas PARTY

The essential Christmas programs are family, friends, Valentine's songs PARTY. A good time for friendship, family, and love gathering. Wearing christmas hats and singing Christmas carols, I would like to talk about your Christmas wish.

　 Christmas dinner

Christmas as a celebration of the Chongqing Festival, there is no need to eat delicious food. The Christmas turkey dinner is the main dish. The old people probably used the microwave oven to cook their own meals. Nowadays, people spend a lot of time on dining outside restaurants, and businesses will also make use of the opportunity to earn their customers' money. Of course, there are many Christmas foods, gingerbread, candy and so on.

　 Christmas hat

It is a red hat. It is said that in the evening, except for a stable sleep and a little warm sleep, you will find more gifts from your beloved in the hat in second days. On carnival night, it is the main character of the whole game. Wherever you go, you will see all kinds of red caps, some of them are shiny, and others are golden.