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The origins of Christmas - Coggle Diagram
The origins of Christmas
Saturnalia
When the sun starts to come back
Solstice
Dec 25th
Ancient Rome
How did Romans celebrate?
Gift giving
Decorating houses
Candle lighting
Singing
Christmas tree
Scandinavia and Germany (Norse countries)
It was very cold
The symbol of paradise
a pagan creation to celebrate the return of life
an evergreen tree
They put an apple on it when Christians came --> ornaments
Mistletoe
a symbol of peace
The Druids thought that mistletoe was an all-powerful healing item
green = life and red = blood of christ
they put mistletoe above their doors / gave it to other ppl
hung from the sacred oak
If you met someone in the forest, you gave them the sign of peace
The Puritans
1659
they banned Xmas for about 20 years
They banned it because of Pagan traditions
it was too popular