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CHRISTMAS FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW

Added on: 26th Dec 2016

 

THOUGH MOSTLY CELEBRATED, DECEMBER

25TH IN MOST COUNTRIES, CHRISTMAS IS

ALSO CELEBRATED ON JANUARY 7 IN SOME

EASTERN ORTHODOX COUNTRIES,

SUCH AS RUSSIA

Christmas

 

 

THOUGH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATES THE BIRTH

OF JESUS, THE REAL DATE OF JESUS' BIRTH

IS NOT KNOWN

BirthofJesus

 

 

WHAT IS CONSIDERED “THE CHRISTMAS STORY”

IS TOLD PRIMARILY IN THE GOSPELS OF SAINT

LUKE AND SAINT MATTHEW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

Bible

 

 

EVEN THOUGH CHRISTMAS IS CONSIDERED THE

MOST POPULAR CHRISTIAN OBSERVANCE,

CHRISTMAS IS ALSO CELEBRATED AS A

SECULAR FAMILY HOLIDAY

Christmasball

 

 

THE WORD CHRISTMAS COMES FROM THE OLD

ENGLISH PHRASE CRISTES MAESSE (CHRIST'S MASS)

Christmass

 

 

THE TRADITION OF SUBSTITUTING X-MAS FOR

CHRISTMAS HAS ITS ORIGINS IN THE EARLY

CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THE FIRST LETTER OF

JESUS CHRIST'S NAME IS X IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE

xmas

 

 

MANY OF THE CUSTOMS AND SYMBOLS THAT

ARE TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH

CHRISTMAS FIND THEIR ORIGINS IN ANCIENT

PAGAN FESTIVALS AND WINTER SOLSTICE RITUALS

Christmastradition

 

 

THE MODERN CHRISTMAS TREE ORIGINATED IN

GERMANY IN THE 16TH CENTURY AND BECAME

POPULAR IN ENGLAND BY THE MID-19TH CENTURY

Christmastree

 

 

SANTA CLAUS WAS A REAL PERSON NAMED ST.

NICHOLAS WHO LIVED IN THE 4TH CENTURY AD

IN THE PROVINCE OF LYCIA ON THE SOUTHWEST

COAST OF ASIA MINOR

Santa

 


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