Christmas Eve introduces one of the festival festivals, but now, due to the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures, has become a worldwide one. Christmas Eve is traditionally the day to set up the Christmas tree, but with the celebration of Christmas started earlier, for example, the United States after Thanksgiving, many Christmas trees as early as a few weeks before Christmas has been set up.
Extension of the development of Christmas Eve is not only the night of December 24th, refers to Christmas Eve, specifically December 24th all day, but because the general holiday atmosphere in the evening easy to mobilize, large-scale activities are concentrated in the evening, solid was called Christmas Eve, more appropriate. At that time, millions of Europeans and Americans rushed home to reunite. The essential celebration of Christmas Eve is the party.
Most European and American family members gathered at home, *** into a sumptuous dinner, and then sit around the roaring fireplace, playing the piano and singing, *** narrative of the joy of family; or to organize a unique masquerade, all-night celebrations of Christmas Eve is a happy, peaceful, carnival of Christmas Eve, reunion night. Looking forward to the arrival of Christmas, it is said that Christmas night, Santa Claus will quietly prepare gifts for the children in the stockings.
It is also said that Christmas Eve is the holiday of ___.
Christmas Eve holiday along
Christmas New Year
Christmas Eve refers to the evening of December 24, which means Christmas Eve, called ChristmasEve (Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve) in English, and Christmas Eve is also used to indicate the day before Christmas. Coincidentally, the same as the Chinese folk "dust sweeping festival" (December 24 in the summer calendar, in most parts of the country's families to sweep the dust, "dust" and "Chen" resonance, "dust" and "Chen" resonance, "dust sweeping". "Dust sweeping" thus means "getting rid of the old"), Christmas Eve was also a day for dust sweeping in old Europe. It was a very hard day for parents, especially in the countryside. They had to do a lot of things for Christmas and New Year's: work in the fields, take care of the animals, scrub the floors, wash the kitchen utensils, roast the Christmas goose, make the cake, decorate the Christmas tree, arrange the Christmas gifts …… by the time the family gathered to celebrate Christmas Eve, parents were usually tired and could not stand up straight. Many people ask about the origin of Christmas Eve.
Christmas is December 25, Christmas Eve is December 24 is Christmas Eve, known as Christmas Eve, also known as Christmas Eve. At that time, millions of Europeans and Americans wind up rushing back home to reunite. The essential program on Christmas Eve is Party or gathering. Most of the European and American family members gathered at home, *** into a sumptuous dinner, and then sit around the roaring fireplace, playing the piano and singing, *** narrative of the joy of family; or to organize a unique masquerade, all-night celebration of Christmas Eve is a happy, peaceful, carnival Christmas Eve, reunion night. On Christmas Eve, parents will quietly prepare gifts for their children in stockings. The high point of Christmas Eve is the event held by ___ Church on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve Mass is usually divided into two, one at 9-10 p.m. for the congregation; the other is the High Mass at midnight, which is the climax of Christmas Eve. The midnight High Mass ends at midnight, just as Christmas is approaching, often accompanied by church bells ringing out forgiveness, blessings and joy and happiness to the world.
Singing Christmas carols on Christmas Eve
Singing Christmas carols on Christmas Eve is an ancient tradition; according to incomplete statistics, there are about thousands of recorded Christmas carols all over the world; there are more than five dozen of them that have been sung for a long time, and the most famous Christmas carol is "Christmas Eve".
The song*** has six bars, usually popularized as three (the first, second, and sixth in the original) The lyrics of the first verse are to the effect of:Christmas Eve, holy night! /Everyone rests in peace,/The Most Holy is awake alone. / Son of kind curls, / Sleep, in wonderful peace, / Sleep, in wonderful peace. The first line of the song is "Christmas Eve", hence the title of the song, and since then, Christmas Eve has been called "Christmas Eve".
December 11, 1792, Joseph & amp; middot; Moore as a weaver Anna & amp; middot; Schoiber and the local garrison of an infantryman's illegitimate son was born in Salzburg, Austria, the father fled for fear. Baptism, had to ask a Salzburg named Joseph & amp; middot; Wolgemuth executioner as godfather. Moll was kind-hearted, good for the weak, the poor and the children, but the unfortunate life of the young Moll was constantly driven away until 1815, Moll served as a pastor in the small town of Oberndorf, near Salzburg, where he met Franz · Kersaffer · Gruber, an elementary school teacher and fair organizer from the neighboring town of Arnsdorf, and became a good friend of the two men. Gruber, the two became good friends. Moore (lyrics) and Gruebel (composer) collaborated on the Christmas song "Christmas Eve", which was first sung in the town church of Oberndorf on December 24, 1818, with a temporary change to guitar accompaniment because the organ was chewed up by rats. Incidentally, "Christmas Eve" has been translated into almost every language in the world. The lyrics were originally written in German, with the first line being StilleNacht (Silent Night or Quiet Night), which is still different from "peace", but was first translated into Chinese as "Peaceful Night". But it was first translated into Chinese as "平安夜", which is a preconceived notion.
December 24, 1914, to participate in the First World War in the countries of the soldiers spontaneous truce, they heard from the radio Austrian opera actress Orlis & amp; middot; Schumann sang "Christmas Eve". At this moment, her two sons were at the front listening to their mother's singing, one in the trenches of the German army, the other in the forward positions of the Allied forces, how they hoped that the war would soon be over and they would return home to be reunited with their mother.
No matter where or how Christmas Eve is celebrated, what needs to be remembered is that "Christmas Eve" bears witness to the desire of the people of the world for peace, and to give thanks to your mothers and fathers on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve Customs
Christmas Eve is also considered to be the time when Santa Claus and other similar figures from other regions go around handing out gifts to good children. In Italy, presents are opened on the morning of Christmas Eve, while in Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Portugal and Poland, Christmas presents are usually opened on Christmas Eve evening or Christmas Day morning. In most of Germany, Christmas presents are opened on Christmas Eve evening (German Bescherung). In Iceland Christmas begins at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve, when church bells are rung and people enjoy a festive dinner with their families before opening presents and spending the evening together.
In North America, most families will open presents on Christmas Day morning. For divorced families, children may celebrate with one of their mothers or fathers on two separate days. In Spain presents are not opened until the morning of January 6, the Day of Appearance (Díadereyes). Many traditional Christmas stories take place on Christmas Eve night.
Britain Brits like to travel to exotic places in addition to opening up and drinking beer. More conservative families reunite on Christmas Eve.
Germany has always been more austere Germans are to drink beer or white wine, eat sweets, sour food, sour pig's feet, beer braised beef, dairy products and a variety of lettuce.
DenmarkWhen Christmas dinner begins, people must eat an almond pudding before they can start eating anything else.
FranceThe romantic French like to spend the evening of December 24th singing and dancing, and getting drunk on the rich aroma of brandy and champagne.
Italy, although usually eat and drink well, but over Christmas, that is really called a big meal, mountain and sea food, beautiful food, jade plate delicacies, everything, is the gourmets show off their skills.
Australia every hotel hotel for Christmas prepared a sumptuous food, turkey, chicken, pig legs, wine, snacks and so on. People go to restaurants in the evening in groups, either as a family or with friends and relatives, to have Christmas dinner.
In Japan, where most people practice traditional Shintoism and Buddhism, the religious flavor of Christmas is weak, and the general public pays little attention to the religious significance of Christmas or Christmas Eve. Most young people are influenced by commercial hype, equating Christmas with gift exchanges, Mardi Gras or an extension of Valentine's Day, where young people party and couples tend to date and dine on Christmas Eve, resulting in restaurants and hotels being far more crowded than churches. American Christmas dinner there is a special food — — baked polenta, with a layer of cream on top, and put some fruit, sweet and savory, don't have flavor.