How Did Christmas Start

Imagine if there were no Christmas trees on Christmas. How would it feel? Till this day in almost every American household there is at least one Christmas tree. The Christmas tree is one of the symbols and early traditions from the pagans that early Roman Catholics adopted. Although, the Roman Catholic Church perceived sinful and unacceptable some of the pagan traditions such as the value and behavior that the Anglo-Saxons had towards their cattle and how they sacrificed them to their idols. The church had to synchronize and blend some pagan traditions so they could influence their new strategy to evangelize and attract the heathens.

Nearly everyone enjoys Christmas, especially the little children of the world. Many cultures celebrate Christmas for different reasons. While the majority celebrates Christmas on the 25th of December, some celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanza. The history of Christmas is extremely detailed and can be found in the chapters of Matthew and Luke in the Bible. This holiday has many reasons for being celebrated with joy and happiness.

Abigail Elie Professor Carter English 100 A 21 November 2014 The difference between Christmas and Hanukkah Every year people are jolly to celebrate their own traditions. Whether it is Christmas or Hanukkah, people find joys with giving and receiving gifts. Both holidays differ in many ways. There are many differences in the holidays Christmas and Hanukkah.

Let’s start with the first Tradition. The first tradition is “ The burning of the Devil”. The burning of the devil started a long time ago. They start this tradition on December 7th and then they celebrate Christmas on December 28th. They normally do this because if they don’t they believe that the devil will be hiding under there bed if they don’t.

“I do not doubt that the population of people who are not Christian but still celebrate Christmas has some positive intentions. ….While my family still does these things, most all of us understand that the birth of Christ is exponentially more important than what the media has tried to sell “Christmas”as”.

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious culture. Christmas Day is a holiday when some kids get presents. Many homes have Christmas trees and other decorations in the weeks leading to Christmas Day. They also have movies and shows like Rudolph, Frosty The Snowman, Santa Claus, Gingerbread Man, and Little Drummer Boy. That is part of my american

Christmas isn't just about getting presents, this special holiday is about spending time with your family and making memories that you will always remember. There are many Christmas traditions that people do on Christmas Eve like decorating cookies, eating a traditional Christmas feast, and leaving milk and cookies out for Santa Claus. Christmas is also very important religiously because Jesus was giving birth on this special day so we also celebrate the birth Jesus Christ. On Christmas Eve Santa Claus hops down our break chimneys and delivers small and tall presents under our Christmas Trees and fills our stockings with small toys to enjoy, then he also eats the yummy and delicious treats that we had left for him prior to us going to sleep in our warm and cozy beds.

Only God is eternal so when did Santa Claus start? When did this great, giving Christmas Character come to Be? Over many years Saint Nicholas's name was changed to Santa Claus in many countires. In the 4th century Sanint Nicholas was a bishop in the church.

Many people believe that XMAS is a short way of saying Christmas; however, there is more to where XMAS actually derived. For instance, many do not know that XMAS is actually Greek. (Oxford English Dictionary) This word came from the word “Xtemas.” The letter “X,” derived from the Greek letter “chi.” Also the word “Xpiotoc,” means Christ; furthermore, “mas,” is a shortened version of the Latin word “mass.” (Oxford English Dictionary). Many people today believe that XMAS is set to take the out of Christmas but that is not true. Three important things to know about XMAS include: how XMAS is used in English, the use of the “X,” for Christ, and interesting side notes about XMAS.

These events represent a justified link between early celebrations and the date of Christmas, but when did the Church begin using the twenty-fifth day of December as the anniversary of the birth of Christ? The Eastern Orthodox Church adopted December 25th as the official date of the Christmas holiday in the 5th century. The winter season was celebrated in the Church with the main event of Epiphany. This is the commemoration of the baptism of Jesus Christ. Someone cannot be baptized unless the have been born, therefore Epiphany can also be recognized as a celebration of the baptism and the birth of Jesus Christ. Although Epiphany was originally celebrated on the sixth day of January throughout the 4th century C.E., the birth and nativity of

The Pagan Kingdom was known for their many holidays and worshipping several gods. Today December is the month to celebrate holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah and kwanzaa but in the ancient Pagan Kingdom they celebrated a holiday they called Yule. According to Zoe Mintz, Yule marked the winter solstice and celebrated the rebirth of the sun and the beginning of winter. To celebrate Yule the people made a yule log and set it on fire to burn in order to “conquer the darkness”. Some people also celebrated by feasting until the log died out which usually took around twelve days. The log was usually lit on December 21st.

The story of Christmas is pretty well known to the American public. Base knowledge is that a baby was born in a stable followed by three wise men coming to give the baby gifts. The reason for the birth of the Christ is not always communicated in conjunction with Christmas. Genesis lays out the creation of the world, the time spent with Adam and Eve in the garden and the relationship these two had with direct communication with God. Sin enters into the Garden of Eden when Eve makes her free will choice to eat a piece of fruit from a tree that God had communicated not to eat (Gen. 3:6). This event began a series of events that led

A typical American Christmas Eve consists of Santa Clause, reindeer, and presents, but have you ever been inquisitive about what it’s like in other countries and how it has affected their modern culture and history? Lithuania’s modern culture is patriarchal in most homes, and it is an awfully safe country for the most part, it has a very low criminal rate and most children grow up to be exceedingly organized and respectful overall. Several things that Lithuania’s culture comes back to is, how Lithuanians pray and who prays, the preparations made beforehand, and the food they eat. These all take part in a role in Lithuanians lives today.

Most have seen the greenery with the candles in December leading up to Christmas, but few know the truth that surrounds the Advent wreath. Even though it has been used since the Middle Ages, the true origins of the Advent wreath are unclear. There is some evidence to suggest that pre-Christian Germanic peoples would use wreaths with lit candles during the depressive December in order to remind them of hope in the future and the days of spring with warm and sunlit-filled days. By the Middle Ages, Christians soon transformed this tradition and began to use Advent wreaths as part of the preparation for Christmas, in the spiritual sense.

What is even more upsetting is that Christmas is in itself less religious and more commercial than it was 500 years ago. Christmas has a face, a figure one can imagine when thinking of the Holiday: a jolly man, with a red suit and a white beard. He did not always look like this. “Santa Claus” acquired his red suit and the big belly through a Coca Cola advertisement in 1931. His image changed, distorted almost, into what we know now as “Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!”