There are a large number of Christmas customs, including secular, religious, national, and Christmas, which vary greatly from country to country. Most familiar Christmas symbols and activities, such as the Christmas tree, Christmas ham, Christmas firewood, holly, mistletoe, and the exchange of gifts, were absorbed by Christian missionaries from the early Asatru pagan winter solstice holiday Yule. The celebration of the winter solstice was widely practiced in Northern Europe long before Christianity arrived there, and today the word Christmas remains pagan in the Scandinavian languages. Christmas trees are thought to have first appeared in Germany. Instead of trying to ban popular pagan holidays, Pope Gregory I allowed Christian clergy to reinterpret the Christian meaning they gave them, and he allowed most of the customs to continue, with minor modifications, or even to remain as they were. The dealings between religious and governmental authorities and the celebrants allowed Christmas to continue. In areas where Christian theocracy flourished, such as England under Cromwell and the early New England colonies, celebrations were forbidden. After the Russian Revolution, Christmas celebrations were banned for 75 years by the Soviet***tarian regime in the Soviet Union. Even now some denominations, such as the Jehovah's Witnesses, who are regarded as heretics by the Christian orthodox church, some Puritan organizations, and some ultra-conservative Christian fundamentalists, still regard Christmas as a pagan holiday with no Biblical sanction and refuse to celebrate it.
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Christmas Cards
Christmas cards can be categorized into: card-based and web-based cards. Christmas cards are popular in the United States and Europe and are a great way to maintain relationships with distant relatives and friends. Many families include an annual family photo with the card, or/and family news, which usually includes information about the family members' strengths and specialties over the past year. Web-based is the use of programming technology to do out of the web page, the effect is good, now also very popular, the general web page e-card, there will be background music, web page material is also very beautiful. Now it is very popular is to fill in the name on the web page, and after that give the URL to send to your netizens or relatives and friends, the upper side of the display has your own customized name and blessing words! Web page greeting card, the effect is also relatively good, randomness is very strong, you can create a lot of styles and a variety of background music, you can also customize a variety of individual samples, these are the reasons why all like the web page greeting card!
Christmas entertainment
In the Czech **** and the country people celebrate Christmas mainly on December 24 or Christmas Eve (?tědry den meaning a day of generosity), the night when people give each other gifts. Although it is possible to do it on December 25th and 26th. According to tradition, the gifts are brought by Je?í?ek ("Little Jesus"). In order to make the holiday more interesting, many old Christmas traditions have been preserved. People were warned not to eat anything on Christmas Eve until the formal dinner was ready, in order to see the glittering pig roast. Presents were placed under the Christmas tree (usually a spruce or pine). People will open their presents after dinner. Czech Christmas traditions also include predictions for the coming year. They cut an apple and if the core of the apple is visible at the first glance it is a sign of good luck for the coming year, if not it is a sign of bad luck for the coming year. Girls throw their shoes over their shoulders and if the toe points in the direction of the door, it is a sign that the girl will be married in the coming year. Another tradition is to pour a little molten lead into water and guess the year's fortune based on the shape the lead forms in the water. In Poland, Christmas Eve is the first day of feasting. The feast begins with the appearance of the first star on Christmas Eve, and then gifts are exchanged. On the second day people visit their relatives and friends. In Slovakia, Christmas is a large family, food, and religious celebration. In 2001, a large nativity scene was built and displayed in Bratislava, and there are plans to encase it for display in other cities.
Houses decorated for Christmas (south-west England) The Christmas cracker is an integral part of Christmas celebrations, and the pantomime is popular among young families. The festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a popular religious event in Cambridge. Every year since 1947 the Norwegian capital, Oslo, has presented a spruce tree to the British people as a token of appreciation for their support of Norway in the Second World War. The spruce tree is located in London's Trafalgar Square and is one of the most recognizable Christmas trees in the UK, symbolizing the friendship between the British and Norwegian people.
Christmas decorations
In Western countries, Christmas is also a time of family reunion and celebration, and a Christmas tree is usually displayed in the home. In the West, Christians and non-Christians alike prepare a Christmas tree to add to the festive atmosphere. Christmas trees are usually made of evergreen trees such as cedar, symbolizing the longevity of life. The tree is decorated with a variety of lights and candles, colorful flowers, toys, stars, and hung with a variety of Christmas gifts. On Christmas night, people sing and dance around the tree and enjoy themselves. Christmas decorations include a Christmas tree decorated with Christmas decorations and lights, and indoor decorations with wreaths and evergreens, especially holly and mistletoe, which are traditionally used. In North and South America and a few European regions, the outdoors is traditionally decorated with lights, including sleighs, snowmen and other Christmas images decorated with lights.
Christmas window displays:
Christmas Day/New Year's Day/Chinese New Year, the festive season is upon us, and display designers are being challenged to come up with ideas like never before. "Cohim Happy Community" has officially launched the "Christmas/Chinese New Year Display" area, providing you with the most wonderful holiday display pictures at home and abroad, and sharing the most innovative ideas for Christmas! Let your creativity be upgraded! Municipalities also support Christmas decorations by hanging Christmas banners in the streets or placing Christmas trees in the squares. In the United States, decorations have also been sued several times for including religious themes, which the prosecution argues is a government endorsement of a particular religion and a violation of freedom of worship.
The cozy atmosphere of Christmas night: the moonlight, the bells, the lights and this little blessing of mine conveys the message of the holiday: holiness, harmony, peace and joy! Christmas Eve, I just want to quietly hold you, because you are my eternal Christmas gift ...... I want to put my hand in your hand, so that you lead me into the church of Christmas, over the two of us Christmas With the arrival of Christmas, come to the air filled with joy. As my mood, let me sing hymns tonight*** Begging for a better tomorrow. Soft white snow in the Christmas night sky flew over, think of your mood is still the same as mine, just you also like me want you want me? Occasionally, I will shake the calm heart lake, turn over a moldy album. Think of the previous every Christmas with you, and this year you to leave ...... night and day, every day, Christmas Eve Christmas, although I am lonely, but it is also very good, because at least you send my blessings ...... that Christmas Eve, you are God's gift to me. And now, the breakup is still in the bell ringing occasion, my heart, the sky flying snow! Christmas in previous years are listening to the same music, eating the same things; and this year's Christmas with your presence, and become so different If meet to get along with is the best gift sent by Santa Claus, may at this time God is also preparing a maximum happiness for me! Christmas Eve, dancing. Snowflakes are flying all over the sky. Heart to heart, always together. In this big day of celebration, I have thousands of blessings and no way to say, just want to be very old land to you to say four words - Merry Christmas! Know each other, know each other, love each other, keep each other, we have been through thick and thin, you are God kicked my happiness in this life. Merry Christmas. I let the blessing of love into flakes of crystal snowflakes, kiss your cheeks, dissolve into your heart. Happy New Year to you, my dear! Thinking of the laughter of the past, remembering the warm caresses, may all the days of the teacher, overflowing with joyful joy. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle bells May the bright and festive Christmas candlelight warm you every day and night of the year, as my smile fills your heart at all times! Knowing each other is due to fate, knowing each other is due to sincerity, a true friend no matter where in the body, always pay off and love, wishing friends Christmas peace. Every snowflake drifting down, every firework lit, every second of time flow, every thought transmission. Every second of time flows, and every thought is transmitted. All of them represent every blessing I want to send you! The snow is drifting, the deer bells are ringing, the sweet Christmas Eve has come again, and the happy Christmas is wonderful! Boss, after a year of hard work, let's have some fun! No matter where I am, I am only one turn away from you, let my heart accompany you in this Christmas Eve *** with the dance. With the arrival of Christmas Eve, and think of faraway friends, ask: How are you? Say: Merry Christmas! May friendship last forever! I wish you a happy new year! Perhaps the years will be the past faded, perhaps the space will be separated from each other. But what is worth cherishing is still the friendship of the heart. I want to say to you again: Merry Christmas! The most happy thing is when you are thinking of someone and someone is also thinking of you. Is there really such a romantic thing in the world? If you are thinking about me then I am the happiest person ever. Just wanted to say Merry Christmas to you! May "sweetness" accompany you through every day of the year, may "warmth" accompany you through every moment of the day, may "peace" walk with you through every minute of every moment, may "joy" walk with you through every minute of every moment, may "happiness" walk with you through every minute of every day, may "happiness" walk with you through every minute of every day. May "happiness" be with you every second of every minute! Darling, I wish I could shrink down to fit into your Christmas stocking. I think I must be your most wanted Christmas present! It is said that a shooting star will answer any request. I am willing to wait under the starry sky for a star to be touched by me and break through the sky, carrying my blessings to land on your pillow, wishing you a Merry Christmas! I wish you a merry Christmas and happiness forever! I don't know how to face your departure. You have not given me any comfort. There are tears in my eyes. You'll be back for Christmas, won't you? Don't let my heart break again! Christmas really feel so lonely oh! Because there is no you around, in fact, I really want you, so want so want so want you to accompany me through this romantic Christmas Eve. A little light friendship is very deep, a little light flavor is very pure, a little light blessing is the most true, I wish a Merry Christmas! Love is silent, love is eternal. Flying snow drifting Christmas, baby, our hearts are embracing! On the night of Christmas, I polish the night sky for you, you only need to look up, that every star represents a blessing from me: happiness, joy, as you wish ...... Perhaps a gentle greeting is the most intimate, perhaps a light touch of affection is the most charming, Christmas night I hope to spend with you, to say: Merry Christmas. I would like to be transformed into a snowflake falling from the Christmas tree and send you warm wishes! I would like to be transformed into the bells on Christmas Eve, bringing you peace greetings! Love is full of morning glory! Prayers on Christmas Eve, wishes on Christmas Day, and blessings for the New Year are sent to the stars in the sky to bring you my sincere greetings: Happy and joyful, my friend! Christmas is a sea of friends in the heart for the sincere blessings of the watch, may all the expectations and dreams can be as expected, every moment is a good time! On this beautiful day, there is no most beautiful words; there is no sentimental words; there is no exquisite gift; there is just a friend's deep blessing, Merry Christmas! The north wind is blowing, snowflakes are drifting, snowflakes are drifting and Christmas is here. Blessings into auspicious words, may you always smile. Santa Claus told you, don't laugh your teeth off. On Christmas Eve, I made a wish to Santa Claus: I hope that no matter how smelly your feet are, tomorrow morning when you put on your socks, you will receive the full blessings that I entrusted Santa Claus to bring to you, warming your heart and your feet! It's Christmas time! Have you hung some stinky socks in front of your bed? Santa Claus will throw in my best gifts! Merry Christmas! The angels said that if you stand among 99 tulips painted with your heart and make a wish, God will hear it. I painted flowers all over the room. Finally God said to me, "Make a wish, son. I said I just want the person reading the text message to have a Merry Christmas! I'm going to have scrambled eggs and rice today, but you can only eat the rice, not the eggs. If you can reach the point where you can separate the eggs from the rice, you will be left with happy eggs! If you can turn the egg in the fried rice back into a whole egg, the round egg will be happy too! Gospel of the Lord Jesus: Be kind to the person who sent you this text message, always buy him dinner, invite him to play, buy him gifts, spend sinful money on him to atone for his sins, Lord Jesus loves you! Amen! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! There are always some things you can't forget, there are always some people lingering around, meeting is so marvelous, life is so beautiful, work is important, the mood should be tuned up, send a text message, all as a happy harassment. Merry Christmas! The most destiny in life, An got with you period, night and day dreaming to see you, the most hope that you can know, miss the infinite good, and the wind and rain, you have Acacia wood, in the sea of my heart, a lifetime with the hands of the king, swore to love you the most (please see the first word of each sentence). The moment of fireworks is happy, the moment of shooting stars is praying, the moment of thinking is moving, and I just want you to be able to understand the moment you see the SMS: I sincerely wish you a lifetime of happiness! Merry Christmas! A touch of sunset dyeing the sunlight, nightfall, Chinese lights, snow and green pine, the sound of joy embedded in the dress, Western for the Chinese, that is fashion, has not been fashionable, Santa Claus unveiled the royal list, but also had a high school scholar Lang, I wish you a merry Christmas! Spring has a hundred flowers, autumn look at the moon; summer has a cool breeze, winter listen to the snow; the hand of the book, a glass of wine, if there is no trouble in the heart, is a good time of life. I wish my friends to have a clear mind in the morning and an idle mind in the evening, and to have their dreams move with their hearts, and their hearts follow their dreams! Merry Christmas! On such a warm and peaceful night, Santa Claus is hiding under the green Christmas tree outside and snickering, go to sleep! My dear baby, when you wake up tomorrow morning, you will receive beloved gifts, including me! It's Christmas time, remember to put socks by your bedside, and I've decided to ask Santa to send you 1 rooster and 1 hen, because the rooster will say, "Lay eggs! Lay an egg!" and the hen will say, "Soon! Soon!" Merry Christmas to you! Tonight you look up at the night sky, if there is a star winking, that is to wish you a lifetime of peace; there are millions of stars flashing, that is to wish you happiness forever; if there is no star, that is too many blessings, so that the stars are eclipsed. I pick a crescent moon in my hand, two stars on my head, three colors of autumn waves in my eyes, nine roses in my mouth, ten auspicious clouds on my feet, and come to you with lightning speed: Merry Christmas! Would you like to share Christmas with me? Why is there Christmas? Because God loves snow; why is there Santa Claus? Because God loves old men with white beards; don't you understand what I mean? Idiot! It's time to give me my Christmas present! If you didn't get my Christmas present today, you must have a big hole in your sock. Mend it. I can't go to church to pray for you, and I don't have any Christmas songs or Christmas gifts, I just pray in my heart that you are healthy every day. Last night I had a dream that Santa Claus gave me a gift of a voucher for Christmas dinner for two. Will you spend our first Christmas with me? Baby, on Christmas Eve night I will appear with Santa Claus, close your eyes and count to three. Merry Christmas darling, do you know who I am? This question may not be important to you, but I care oh so much. The gift for you is too heavy for the deer cart to pull, so I have to deliver it myself, remember to wait for me, wait for me to say Merry Christmas! Say Merry Christmas in Chinese, Merry Christmas in English, and say in your heart when will you give me the Christmas gift I want? Points in the air flickering silver light surrounded by colorful dreams, bless you, hands together to make a wish, are one by one realized in front of you. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a new year of sweetness and honey, wealth and prosperity, nourishment and peace. I assure you that my feelings for you are as pure as the snow on Christmas Eve - if it doesn't snow this Christmas, this guarantee will be valid until December 25th of next year. Smile in the morning, all day long, smile after work, smile in the hall, smile when you're worried, smile when you're worried, forget all your worries, wish you a happy Christmas, smile and laugh all the time. Do you know where Santa Claus is? He stole my heart, is it for you, if it is you have to keep it well, it's a true heart. If you are alone now, I wish you a Merry Christmas, if you are two, I wish you a Merry Christmas, if you are a group, please let me know where you are! On the occasion of Christmas, I have only one thing to tell you: I didn't eat breakfast today, I didn't eat lunch, I'll come to you after work! My blessing is the white clouds floating to you, my blessing is the breeze blowing to you, my blessing is the flowers to you, I wish you a Merry Christmas! Happy day by day! Dear customer, congratulations on your Christmas gift valued at 5,000 RMB, please go to your local mobile company to collect it within three days, for details, please call 1860. I'm Santa Claus, please text me the address of your home, and where to store your valuables, why? To put the gifts for insurance, of course! Quick! Sending you a Christmas tree: Roots-Healthy body: Trunk-Happy family: Branches-Smooth career: Leaves-Fulfilling love. Friends long goodbye love constantly, Christmas letter more love, "peace", "carnival" are all happy, do not forget the friends in the far away, all things will be successful, return home to welcome the New Year! I'll send you a Christmas tree full of gifts, the biggest and brightest one on the top is my heart, the one hanging below is my heart, and the one twisted in the ribbon is my unchanging heart. What makes Christmas merry? It's not the happy sunshine or the chirping of birds, it's the pleasant thoughts and happy smiles and warm loving greetings. Gently push open the winter window, quietly watch the snowflakes floating up, so I want to give you a message, how are you? Really thinking and praying for you - Merry Christmas! This holiday season is like a key to unlock the misses of these days. The clouds of blessings are speaking in detail about the expectations we had - wishing you a Merry Christmas. Collect every blessing, every wish in my heart, depict every detail, every expectation in my heart, and send you deep care! In the face of Christmas, in the face of the side of the people passing by in a hurry, think of you, the heart has a kind of touching; love, is this kind of can not say the edge of it.
The origin of Christmas
December 25 every year, is the day Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus, called Christmas. From December 24th to January 6th of the following year is the Christmas holiday season. During the holiday, Christians in all countries hold solemn ceremonies to commemorate the event. Christmas was originally a Christian holiday, because people pay extra attention, it becomes a national holiday, the country's biggest festival of the year, can be compared with the New Year, the class is the West like our country over the Spring Festival. Westerners use red, green and white as the Christmas colors, and when Christmas comes, every house will be decorated with Christmas colors. The red ones are Christmas flowers and Christmas candles. The green color is Christmas tree. It is the main decoration of Christmas, and is made of a tower-shaped evergreen tree, such as cedar and cypress, which are cut down. It is decorated with colorful lights, gifts and paper flowers, and lit with Christmas candles. In red and white is Santa Claus, the most popular figure at Christmas events. Before going to bed on Christmas Eve, children in the West place a stocking in front of the fireplace or next to their pillows and wait for Santa Claus to put presents inside the stocking after they fall asleep. In the West, it is also customary to play Santa Claus. The name "Christmas" is a contraction of "Christian Mass". The Mass is a liturgy of the Church. Christmas is a religious festival. We celebrate it as the birth of Jesus, hence the name. On this day, all Christian churches around the world hold special liturgies. But there are many Christmas festivities that are not even remotely related to religion. Exchanging gifts and sending Christmas cards all make Christmas a universal celebration. There is a story to the birth of Jesus, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born to the Virgin Mary. God sent a messenger, Gabriel, to tell Joseph in a dream not to reject Mary because she was unmarried and pregnant, but to marry her and name the child "Jesus", meaning to save the people from their sins. When Mary was about to give birth, the Roman government ordered all the people to come to Bethlehem to declare their residence. Joseph and Mary had to obey. When they arrived in Bethlehem, it was already dark, but they could not find an inn to stay in, only a stable to stay in. At that moment, Jesus was about to be born! Mary had no choice but to give birth to Jesus in a manger. In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, later generations designated December 25 as Christmas Day and celebrated Mass every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus. Christmas is celebrated on December 25 to commemorate the birth of Jesus, but the actual date of the birth is not known. In the 19th century, Christmas became more popular with the popularity of Christmas cards and the appearance of Santa Claus. Origin of Santa Claus Christmas is a time of great excitement, especially for children. I'm sure you're all familiar with the story of Santa Claus, right? Once upon a time, there was an old man named Nicholas who loved to help poor people. Once he helped three poor young people and gave them three bags of gold to escape the misfortune of being sold. When Nicholas secretly gave one of the bags of gold to one of the women, he threw the gold through one of the windows and it happened to fall into a stocking that was on the wall. So the gift-giver who put the gift in the Christmas stocking went from house to house asking for candy, yo! It is said that on the night of Christmas Eve, Santa Claus will drive a reindeer sleigh full of gifts ready to send some of the year's good behavior of the children, he will quietly climb down the chimney into the house, the gift stuffed in the stockings hanging above the bed. So the children always hang a colorful sock above their beds and put a glass of hot milk next to the sock to quench the thirst of the hard-working Santa Claus and to give a big gift to themselves. The next day every child could not wait to open the gift and find out what reward they had gotten. By 1822, a Dutch missionary to the story of this great philanthropist to the United States after the American businessmen even more special marketing techniques, every year to use this holiday fanfare publicity and advertising, making a fortune, in Japan and other countries in Asia also followed suit. Therefore, the custom of celebrating Christmas by dressing up as Santa Claus has gradually become popular in countries all over the world. The origin of the Christmas tree 1. It is said that about the sixteenth century, the Germans were the first to take the evergreen pine and cypress branches to the house to decorate, and later, the German missionary Martin Luther put the candle on the fir branches in the woods, and then lit, so that it looks like a guide to the people to the starlight of Bethlehem, just as 2,000 years ago, the Three Doctors of the Orient in accordance with the stars in the sky to find Jesus in general. Today, people have switched to using small light bulbs instead of candles. 2. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a farmer who met a poor child on Christmas Day and received the child warmly. When the child left, he broke off a pine branch and stuck it on the ground, and the pine branch immediately turned into a tree, which was full of gifts and was used to thank the farmer for his goodwill. However, the Christmas tree really appeared at Christmas, first seen in Germany, and then spread to Europe and the United States, becoming an indispensable decoration for Christmas. They are usually decorated with colorful lights, wax, gifts or angels. Especially people living in the Northwest of the United States, because of the rich forest resources in the region, they will go together as a family to select a real tree as a Christmas tree. There are many types of Christmas trees, including natural pine trees, artificial trees and white trees. Each tree is filled with a wide variety of decorations, but at the top of each tree there is always an oversized star, symbolizing the star that led the Three Wise Men to Jesus. Traditionally, only the head of the family is allowed to put up this star of hope, and no one else is allowed to do so. Origin of Christmas Eve Christmas Eve is also commonly known as Christmas Eve. On that night, the whole family will gather in the living room, singing Christmas songs around the Christmas tree, exchanging gifts with each other, sharing with each other the joys and sorrows of life over the past year, and expressing their heartfelt blessings and love. On this night, you will see a group of cute little boys or girls, playing guitars with poems in their hands, and families singing their poems to announce the good news. How did the Good News team come to be? On the night of Jesus' birth, a group of shepherds guarding their sheep in the wilderness suddenly heard a voice from heaven announcing the good news of Jesus' birth. According to the Bible, Jesus came to be the King of the world, so the angels spread the news through the shepherds to as many people as possible. Later on, people followed the example of the angels and spread the news of Jesus' birth on Christmas Eve, and up to now, the Annunciation Team has become an indispensable part of the Christmas program. Usually a caroling team consists of about twenty young people, plus a little girl dressed as an angel and a Santa Claus. On Christmas Eve, around 9:00 p.m., the team starts to go from house to house to tell the good news. When the team goes to a family, they sing some familiar Christmas songs, then the little girl reads out the Bible to let the family know that tonight is the day of Jesus' birth, then we pray together and sing a hymn or two, and then Santa Claus, who is a generous and generous man, hands out Christmas gifts to the small halls of that family, and the whole process of announcing the Good News is completed! The whole process is completed! The whole process lasts until about 4:00 a.m. the next morning. Christmas Encyclopedia Christmas Hat: It is a red hat that is said to be worn at night to sleep soundly and a little warmer, and the next day you will find more gifts from your loved ones in the hat. In the carnival night it is the protagonist of the whole scene, no matter you go to the corner, you will see a variety of red hats, some of them have a shiny tip, some of them are shiny gold. Christmas stockings: the earliest before is a pair of red socks, how big can be, because the Christmas stockings are to be used to fill the gift, the children's favorite thing, the night they will hang their socks on the bedside, waiting for the next morning's receipt of gifts. What if someone gives a small car for Christmas? Better ask him to write a check and put it in the stocking. Christmas Cards: Greeting cards for Christmas and New Year's with pictures of the Nativity story and wishes such as "Celebrate Christmas and Happy New Year". Christmas Eve is the night of December 24th to the morning of December 25th. On Christmas Eve, from the evening of December 24th to the morning of December 25th, the Church organizes some choirs (or formed by the believers on their own initiative) to go from door to door and sing Christmas carols under the windows, which is called "The Annunciation", which means a reenactment of the time when the angels reported the joyful news of Jesus' birth to the shepherds on the outskirts of Bethlehem. The carolers are called Christmas Waits, and the event often goes on until dawn, with more and more people singing, and the streets and alleys filled with the sound of singing. Santa Claus: Santa Claus originally referred to the bishop of Asia Minor in the 4th century A.D. Nicholas, who was known for his kindness and generosity to the poor. In the 6th century, he was honored in the East as St. Nicholas. Since the folklore about Nicholas was associated with children and gifts, Santa Claus became the image of a kindly old man who specialized in delivering gifts to children at Christmas. In the 18th century, through literature and paintings, Santa Claus gradually became a white-bearded, white-browed old man in a red coat. Christmas gifts: According to the Bible, saints from the East gave gifts at the birth of Jesus, which is how the custom of Santa Claus giving gifts to children came about. British children and teenagers put stockings in the fireplace on Christmas Eve .
How to spend Christmas abroad
Britain: Christmas must eat pain
British people believe that Christmas must eat pain. So Christmas dinner is extremely rich, including pork, roast turkey, Christmas pudding, Christmas mince pies... And so on. Everyone in the family got a present, even the servants, and the presents were distributed on Christmas morning. Sometimes, when a choir sings from door to door, they are invited into the house for refreshments or small gifts.
Chile: "Monkey's Tail" for Christmas
Christmas is celebrated in Chile with a cold drink called "Monkey's Tail". The drink is made of coffee, milk, eggs, wine and fermented grapes. No one knows why the drink is called 'Monkey's Tail'.
Italy: Only children and the elderly get presents
In Italian homes, a model of the Nativity story is happily placed every Christmas. On Christmas Eve, families gather for a big meal, attend Christmas Mass at midnight, and then everyone goes to visit relatives and friends, but only children and the elderly get presents. It is a good custom in Italy at Christmas for children to thank their parents for their upbringing throughout the year by hiding their essays or poems in a napkin, tablecloth or plate before the Christmas meal. After the meal, they take it out and read it aloud.
Switzerland: poor Santas beg for food from the rich
Santa Claus in that country wear white robes and masks. Often dressed as poor people, they work in groups to collect food and gifts from the rich, only to split the proceeds when the group disperses.
Spain: Cows get the best treatment at Christmas
Children in Spain often leave their shoes in windows or outside doors to receive Christmas presents. In many cities, it is also common to have many high-class gifts to give to beautiful women. Cows also get the best treatment at Christmas. There is a local legend that when Jesus was born, a cow breathed on him to keep him warm.
The Netherlands: the most unexpected Christmas gifts
The Netherlands: the country's people give Christmas gifts are often surprising, gifts will even be hidden in the pudding, sheep's intestines it!
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