Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Christmas Day is one of the most crucial and holiday in many, but not all, in all countries. Many houses have Christmas and many other decorations in the weeks leading to this day. Some workplaces hold Christmas celebration before on December 23. Festivals activities including the give and exchanging gifts, singing Christmas songs and going for parties.

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It’s a one of the most memorable and unique time when children get presents from friends, family and Santa Claus, or Father Christmas. Christmas cards are also sent or given out before Christmas Day.

For some, Christmas pot luck meal and buffet. Churches have exceptional services and may include a miniature or creche nativity scene.

Development and Origin:- The beginning Christian community distinguished between the proof and identification of the date of Jesus’ birth and the liturgical enjoyment celebration of that festival. The actual ritual of the day of Jesus’ birth was very long in coming. In particular, during the beginning two centuries of Christianity, there was opposition to acknowledge birthdays of martyrs or, for that matter, of Jesus. Numerous Church Fathers offered sardonic comments about the pagan custom of enjoying birthdays when, in fact, martyrs and saints should be honoured on the days of their martyrdom—their actual and accurate “birthdays,” from the church’s perspective.

The precise Origin of allocating December 25 as the birth date of Jesus is unclear. The New Testament gives no clues in this regard. December 25 was first to find as the date of Jesus’ birth by Sextus Julius Africanus in 221 and later became the whole world accepted date. One general explanation of the Origin of this date is that December 25 was the Christianizing of the dies Solis invicti nati (“day of the birth of the unconquered sun”), a unique and popular holiday in the Roman Empire that enjoyed the winter solstice as a symbol of the renewal of the sun, the casting away of winter and the signal of the rebirth of spring and summer.

About Christmas Day:-  Christmas enjoyed the birth of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe is the son of a deity. His birth date is known because there is some information about his beginning life. There is disagreement among all scholars on when Jesus was born. Christians enjoyed Jesus’ birthday on December 25. Orthodox Christians enjoyed Christmas Day on or near January.

The whole word “Christmas” comes from the old English “Cristes maesse”, or the mass of Christ. The Christmas date of December 25 was likely chosen to offset the Pagan celebrations of Saturnalia and Natalis Invicti. It also possible that the enjoyment of the birth of the “true light of the world” was set at the December solstice time because this is when the days in the northern hemisphere start to grow longer. Christmas holiday customs derive from different cultures, including Teutonic, Celtic, Roman, West Asian and Christian.

The world “Christmas” comes from the very old English “Cristes maesse” or Jesus’s mass. It is lovely that the Christmas date December 25 was select of offset the Pagan celebrations of Natalis and Invicti. It is also the little possibility that the enjoyment of the birth of the “true light of the whole world” was set at the time of the December solstice because this is when the days in the start to grow longer.

Once Again a Very Happy Merry Christmas

Author:  Pawan Bugaliya

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