What is Christmas and why is it celebrated on 25th December
Christmas or Big Day is a festival celebrated to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ or Jesus.
Christmas or Big Day is a festival celebrated to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ or Jesus. This festival falls on 25th December every year and on this day almost all over the world there is a holiday on this festival. Every year on 25th December, on the occasion of the birthday of Lord Jesus, Christmas festival is celebrated with great pomp all over the world including India. As soon as the forenoon of 25th December, the process of congratulations continues with 'Happy Christmas-Merry Christmas' and everyone congratulates each other.
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Christmas also marks the beginning of Christmastide, a 12-day festival. The birth of Jesus, 7 to 2 BC, based on the Anno Domini period system. happened between December 25 has no known actual date of birth of Jesus Christ and seems to have been chosen on the basis of its association with a Roman festival or Makar Sankranti (cold solstice). Modern Christmas celebrations include gift-giving, religious services, and varied decorations. The display of this decoration includes Christmas tree, colorful lights, mistletoe, nativity tableau, etc.
Some professed Christians picked this day later because non-Christians in Rome celebrated the birthday of the invincible sun on this day and Christians wanted the birthday of Jesus to be celebrated on this day as well. (The New Encyclopdia Britannica) In the winter season, when the heat of the sun subsided, non-Christians used to worship and perform rituals with the intention that the sun would return from its long journey and give them warmth and light again. They believed that on December 25 the sun begins to return. This festival and its rituals were merged with their religion by the Christian religious leaders and named it the festival of Christians i.e. (Christmas-Day). In order to attract non-Christians to his religion.
Christmas is celebrated by all Christians, and many non-Christians observe it as a secular, cultural event. The exchange of gifts, decorations and holiday fun during Christmas has made it a major economic activity and a major event for most retailers.
There is a difference of 13 days between the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar.
It is observed on December 25th in the majority of countries around the world. Celebrations related to it start in Germany and some other countries only on the eve of Christmas i.e. 24th December. In Britain and other Commonwealth countries, the day after Christmas i.e. 26 December is celebrated as Boxing Day. In certain Catholic nations, it is also referred to as St.. Stephen's Day or Feast of St. Stephens. On January 6, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas. Eastern Orthodox Churches that follow the Julian calendar celebrate Christmas on 25 December according to the Julian Verse, which is January 7 in the more useful Gregorian calendar because both of these calendars There is a difference of 13 days.
Santa Claus
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Children know Santa Claus. Children especially wait for them on this day. Saint Nicholas was born in Myra in the 3rd century, 280 years after the death of Jesus. After the death of her parents as a child, Nicole only believed in God Jesus. After growing up, Nicholas devoted his life to God. He became a pastor then bishop, he loved helping people. He used to give gifts to poor children and people at midnight.
Christmas tree
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When Lord Jesus was born, all the gods came to see him and congratulate his parents. From that day till today, the evergreen fir tree is decorated on every Christmas occasion and it is called Christmas tree. The first person to start decorating the Christmas tree was an English missionary named Bonifence Tuyo. It was first introduced in Germany in the middle of the tenth century.
Card giving tradition
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The world's first Christmas card was sent by William Engle in 1842. To make your family happy. The card had a picture of a member of the royal family. After this, it seemed like a sequence of giving cards to each other on the occasion of Christmas and due to this, the reconciliation between the people started increasing.
Actually, there is an interesting big story behind it. Before the fourth century, Christian communities in the world did not celebrate this day as a festival. However, after the fourth century, the main festival of Christians began to be celebrated on this day. It is believed that people of non-Christian communities in Europe used to celebrate the festival on the occasion of Uttarayan of the Sun. On this day, the joy of the return of the sun from a long journey is celebrated, that is why it is also called the big day.