CHRISTMAS
Information
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus, it is usually held on December 25.
It is very important holiday in the West, it usually lasts 12 days and culminates on the 12th Night.
Christmas is also a holiday in many countries and Vietnam is also one of them
According to the Jews, the beginning of the day is sunset, not midnight. God was born December 25th, so Christmas is held at 00:00 on this day, according to the Jewish calendar, from sunset on December 24th Currently in the world, Christmas on December 25th is call Main Day, while the evening of December 24th is call Vigil. Vigil ceremonies often attract more attendees.
Activities
Christmas tree decoration: The Christmas tree is one of the indispensable symbols of Christmas. So every Christmas, everyone comes together to shop and decorate the Christmas tree with baubles, reindeer, stars, Santa Claus, gift boxes,…
Give Christmas cards: In addition to Christmas gifts, you can attach or give lovely Christmas cards. Above the card will show your thoughts and sincere wishes that you want to send to the recipient. This will help you easily express your care and love and the other person can also feel it.
Santa Claus gives gifts: At Christmas, you will easily see the image of Santa Claus (in disguise) carrying a large bag of gifts to give to children. This form of Christmas gift giving originated from the birth of the Baby Jesus and has a deep religious meaning.
Hang Christmas stockings: is a way for children to express their wishes to Santa Claus. This activity is explained that in the past, Saint Nicolas used to send bags of gold through the kitchen chimney to help the poor. When this bag of gold fell, it got stuck on a pile of socks drying nearby. Therefore, hanging stockings is a Christmas activity that represents wishing for good luck.
Organize a Christmas party: Christmas is an opportunity for family members, friends, and colleagues to gather together to share, love and give. On this day, people often organize cozy parties with traditional disches such as turkey, log cake, ginger cake, pudding. Listen to music together, enjoy a meaningful or simple movie. Simply chatting about interesting things in everyday life.
Celebrate Christmas at church: Christmas is a religious celebration so you will feel the true festive atmosphere at churches. On this occasion, the churches are decorated extremely splendidly and eye – catching with many vibrant and cheerful Christmas activities. Do not forget to dress your little ones in cute, warm outfits to save memorable photos.
The meaning of Christmas
In addition to ít Christian meaning, Christmas is a family holiday, a privileged day to gather everyone, all generations in the family. This holiday in all its forms is expressed, creating common memories and maintaining affection between everyone in the family.
Christmas day is alo a message of peace:” Glory to God above – Peace to those on earth’’ – this is the verse sung by angels announcing the arrival of the savior and Christmas is also the day people share with those who are abandoned, lonely, sick, elderly, …
The difference between Christmas in Asian and Europe
On Christmas Eve in Europe, the must – have dish is turkey. When the church bell rings the Christmas moment, they will open champagne and celebrate that sacred moment.
In Asiam the main disches are savory disches. Log pudding is always a best seller during the Christmas season along with fruits.
In Asia, Christmas card are ofren decorated with gliter and eleborately printed images. Although sophisticated on the outside, Asian Christmas card often have stereotypical and brief content on the inside.
Europeans minimize the way postcards are decorated to emphasize the content. They often send each other simple postcards with warm wishes. On Christmas day, the person receiving the card will clip them on a small hook or display them in a proniment place.