The origin of Christmas Eve?

Legend has it that on the night of Jesus' birth, shepherds herding sheep in the wilderness suddenly heard a voice in the sky telling them the news of Jesus' birth. According to the Bible, Jesus came to the world to be the king of the world and become a person that everyone believes, so angels spread the news to more people through these shepherds. So more people know that Jesus is about to be born. Later, people imitated the angel and publicized the date of Jesus' birth everywhere, so people spread the news of Jesus' birth everywhere on Christmas Eve. Until today, it has evolved into a good news activity. And this activity has gradually passed down, so it has gradually become what people call Christmas Eve, that is, Christmas Eve, so the night of 65438+February 24 is traditionally called "Christmas Eve" or "Christmas Eve".

ChristmasEve refers to the night of February 24th, 65438+, which means Christmas Eve. The English name is Christmas Eve, and it is also used to mean the day before Christmas. Coincidentally, it is the same as the folk "Dust Sweeping Festival" in our country (on February 24th, 65438, families in most parts of the country have to sweep dust, and "dust" is homophonic with "Chen", so "dust sweeping" means "removing the old"). In old Europe, Christmas Eve was also a day to clean the dust. This day, especially for parents in rural areas, is a very hard day. They have to do a lot of things for Christmas and New Year: busy working in the fields, taking care of animals, cleaning the floor, washing kitchen utensils, baking Christmas geese, making cakes, arranging Christmas trees and arranging Christmas presents. The climax of Christmas Eve is an activity held in the Christian church on Christmas Eve. Mass on Christmas eve is generally divided into two times, one at 9 ~ 10 in the evening; The other is midnight mass, which is the climax of Christmas Eve. Midnight Mass ends at midnight. At this time, just as Christmas is coming, it is often accompanied by church bells, ringing forgiveness, blessing, joy and happiness for the world.

Singing Christmas songs on Christmas Eve is an ancient tradition. According to incomplete statistics, there are thousands of Christmas songs recorded in the world; There are more than fifty songs that have been sung for a long time. The most famous Christmas song is Silent Night. From then on, Christmas Eve was named "Christmas Eve".