Tonight is Christmas Eve, tomorrow is Christmas. You can wear a Nordic top and a red Christmas hat, and ask three or five friends to attend Mass at the Christian Church in the evening, or gather under the Christmas tree . How about such a Christmas? Then do you know the origin of Christmas? Why Christmas?

Christmas is a traditional festival in the West. The church first holds a midnight mass on Christmas Eve on December 24, that is, in the early morning of December 25, to celebrate the arrival of Jesus, so it is also called "Christmas". So Christmas is a religious festival.

actually records the date of birth in the Bible, and Christmas is set by later generations. In the calendar used by Rome Christians, it was found that on December 25, 354, the page records: "Christ was born in Bethlehem, Judas ." Therefore, people gradually believed that December 25 was the birthday of Jesus.

It is said that Jesus' mother Maria was pregnant by the Holy Spirit. God sent an envoy to tell Joseph in his dream to marry Maria who was pregnant unmarried and named the child "Jesus", which means that he wanted him to save the people from sin. It is similar to the birth of a Chinese emperor. One expresses the power of the king and the other expresses the rescue of sentient beings.

When the Virgin Mary was about to be born, the Roman government ordered all people to apply for household registration in Bethlehem. When Joseph and Maria arrived in Bethlehem, it was too late and the two could not find a hotel accommodation, only a horse shed could accommodate. On this night, Maria gave birth to Jesus in the horse tan. In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, later generations set December 25 as Christmas, and watched Mass every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus.

Since December 25th was recognized as Christmas, it has become an important festival for Christians of all denominations and even the vast majority of non-Christians. Christmas cards, Santa Claus , Christmas stockings, Christmas hats, Christmas trees, etc. gradually appeared in the public's vision. Later, it gradually became commercial and politicized, becoming a global comprehensive festival, a major festival integrating commercial, entertainment and religious nature.

Let’s take a look at the small embellishments for Christmas. People will send Christmas cards to express their joy of celebrating Christmas, wishing relatives and friends to express their longing. Adults sleep in a red hat. In addition to sleeping peacefully and a little warm, the next day you will find that there are more gifts from your loved ones in the hat. Children like Christmas stockings the most because at night, Santa Claus will enter the house from the chimney and then quietly put the gift in the socks on the head of the child's bed, and the children will receive the long-awaited gifts.

How could Santa Claus climb the chimney to give gifts to children? Speaking of which, the prototype of Santa is Nicholas . After his death, he was revered as a saint. He is a white-bearded old man wearing a red robe and a red hat. How could he become the prototype of Santa?

In the fourth century AD, Nicholas' parents were very enthusiastic Catholics, but died early. When Nicholas grew up, he donated all his wealth to the poor and poor people, and devoted himself to the church and served society for life.

Nicholas became a priest and bishop. He did a lot of charity work throughout his life, and he liked to secretly help the poor, so Santa Claus became his later nickname and became a saint on earth. Every Christmas, he would come from the north in a sled pulled by an elk, enter the houses from the chimney, and put Christmas gifts in socks and hang them on the head of the children's bed or in front of the stove.

Also, every household has a Christmas tree. The Christmas tree originated in Germany, which means putting an evergreen plant into the house or outdoors, decorating it with Christmas lights and colorful decorations, and placing an angel or star on the top of the tree. A shiny Christmas tree was born.

Christmas has developed from the original religious festival to a global festival and gradually integrated with cultural traditions around the world. For example, China added the custom of eating apples on Christmas, which means peace and smoothness in the next year.
