What do you know about Christmas?

Christmas, also known as Christmas and the birthday of Jesus, is translated as "Christ Mass", which is a traditional western festival, which falls on February 25th every year. Mass is a church service. 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 ceremonies. But many Christmas celebrations have nothing to do with religion. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards make Christmas a day of universal celebration.

Second, the customs.

1. Decorate Christmas tree: This tradition refers to decorating pine trees with colored lights and Christmas customs: gold foil, Christmas customs: garlands, Christmas customs: decorations, Christmas customs: candy bars, etc. Nowadays, the Christmas tree is also an indispensable part of celebrating festivals.

2. Light Christmas candles: This tradition means that people will light candles outside the house during Christmas. Even in the darkest room, candles can bring light and symbolize hope. In the early years, when Christians were persecuted, they were forbidden to preach and pray. Therefore, Christians put candles outside the house, suggesting that they are still praying silently in their hearts.

3. Bake Christmas cake: This British tradition has been around for centuries. People used to drink sour plum porridge on Christmas Eve. As time goes on, people will also enjoy candied fruit and Christmas customs, such as honey and spicy food, and then Christmas cakes will replace plum porridge.

4. Giving gifts to each other: This tradition originated from a legend: three wise men gave gifts to baby Jesus at Christmas. Every Christmas, friends and relatives, especially children, will give gifts to each other. The story of Santa Claus also comes from this tradition.

5. Singing Christmas songs: This is an ancient custom: Christmas is always accompanied by one traditional Christmas song after another. Songs bring joy to people and add festive atmosphere. Every year, when celebrating Christmas, various Christmas hymns or carols, such as The First Christmas, Christmas Custom: Jingle Bells and Christmas Custom: Universal Music, will play melodies.

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The figure closely related to Christmas is Santa Claus. Every Christmas, Santa Claus rides a reindeer, and the holy boy comes to the world with a Christmas tree. With the change of the world, writers and artists began to describe Santa Claus as a familiar image today, dressed in red and with a white beard.

Santa Claus is a derivative image of Christian saint saint nicholas. Legend 1600 years ago, there was a man named Nicholas in Bari, the Netherlands. His family is very rich and his parents are very enthusiastic Catholic friends. When Nicholas grew up, he donated all his wealth to the poor, became a monk himself, and devoted his life to the church and served the society.

Nicholas later became a priest and was promoted to bishop. In his life, he did a lot of charity work. He likes to help the poor in secret. Santa Claus was his later nickname. The name comes from an unfortunate story. He secretly sent money to help three girls and gave them three bags of gold to avoid being sold.

By 1822, the story of this great philanthropist was spread to the United States by Dutch missionaries, and dressed as Santa Claus gradually swept the world. According to legend, when Nicholas secretly gave one of the bags of gold to one of the women, he threw the gold out of one of the windows and fell into the socks hanging on the fireplace. As a result, the gift-giving method of putting gifts in Christmas socks has spread to this day.

It is said that every night on February 24th, 12, Santa Claus will fly in the sky in a sleigh pulled by nine reindeer, enter the house from door to door through the chimney, and then secretly put gifts in socks beside the good boy's bed or pile them under the Christmas tree beside the fireplace.

Through the image of Santa Claus, many parents will use this story to let their children get gifts from Santa Claus through some things in order to better inspire and educate their children on Christmas Day.

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