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
THOUGH CHRISTMAS CELEBRATES THE BIRTH
OF JESUS, THE REAL DATE OF JESUS' BIRTH
IS NOT KNOWN
WHAT IS CONSIDERED “THE CHRISTMAS STORY”
IS TOLD PRIMARILY IN THE GOSPELS OF SAINT
LUKE AND SAINT MATTHEW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
EVEN THOUGH CHRISTMAS IS CONSIDERED THE
MOST POPULAR CHRISTIAN OBSERVANCE,
CHRISTMAS IS ALSO CELEBRATED AS A
SECULAR FAMILY HOLIDAY
THE WORD CHRISTMAS COMES FROM THE OLD
ENGLISH PHRASE CRISTES MAESSE (CHRIST'S MASS)
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
MANY OF THE CUSTOMS AND SYMBOLS THAT
ARE TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH
CHRISTMAS FIND THEIR ORIGINS IN ANCIENT
PAGAN FESTIVALS AND WINTER SOLSTICE RITUALS
THE MODERN CHRISTMAS TREE ORIGINATED IN
GERMANY IN THE 16TH CENTURY AND BECAME
POPULAR IN ENGLAND BY THE MID-19TH CENTURY
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
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