Saint Christmas In Christmas : Saint Nick In Germany

Americans and Italians provide countless, special holiday games and activities for their children both at home and at school. Santa Claus, who is "Babbo Natale" in Italy, brings children surprises on Christmas Day. Almost every child receives some gifts on Christmas Eve and/or on Christmas Day. Children open up their packages or empty their stockings as family members enjoy watching them be joyful about the surprises. Children's gifts range from candy to stuffed animals to other more sophisticated toys.

It is strongly linked to the traditional Christmas market in wonderful settings. You 'll find plenty of hand-crafted Christmas decorations, cute little incense burners, wooden-carved toys, and nativity scenes to place at the heart of your Christmas display. Germany 's first Christmas market was recorded in 1393. Today, there are thousands of them all over the country. Both gingerbread houses and the Nutcracker came from German stories. Another tradition celebrated in parts of Texas is Oktoberfest. This 16-day festival in Munich attracts over six million visitors per year who consume about 1,320,860 gallons of beer, 400,000 pork sausages and 480,000 roasted chickens. It started October 12, 1810, at the wedding of Bavaria 's Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. Against tradition, the couple invited Munich 's locals. The events were held over five days on the fields that today are named Theresienwiese after the bride.

The festivities last for a whole month: from December 6th, the feast of St. Nichols, until January 6th, the feast of the wise men. Similar to the American Christmas traditions, Christmas trees are a large part of the holiday celebration. In Germany, unlike America, the Christmas tree is secretly brought into the house the night of Christmas Eve and is decorated by the mother. Trees are most famously decorated with hand blown glass ornaments and tinsel. Another German tradition unlike America’s is that presents are usually exchanged and opened on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day. Germans also celebrate Zweiter Weihnactsfeirtag the day after Christmas. Zweiter Weihnactsfeirtag directly translates to Boxing Day, the holiday also celebrated in Canada. Though unlike Canada, where Boxing Day is a time for shopping and finding discounts, in Germany, Boxing Day is like a second Christmas. Families spend time with their grandparents and godparents. Things like board games, watching TV, and other typical bonding activities are done. This day, for the Germans, is a quiet day to relax and prepare for the rest of the Christmas

Johann and Rike are living in Soulard when the first four congressionally designated federal holidays are created in 1870. They are New Year’s Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. This is strictly a federal acknowledgement of four holidays that that have been celebrated in St. Louis for many years. Christmas, largely a private, family-oriented holiday, is certainly celebrated by Johann and Rike. This probably includes exchanging a few small inexpensive gifts, a trimmed tree with strings of popcorn and cranberries, hand-crafted ornaments, and candles. Santa Claus, Christmas trees, greeting cards, and turkey or goose dinners are traditions that have been firmly entrenched in the German community. The Fourth of July celebration is celebrated with parades, brass bands playing music, and fireworks in the evening. For Johann, this holiday undoubtedly brings back painful memories of what took place in Hyde Park in 1863.

We all know what Christmas is. At least I hope so. You may not celebrate it, but you know what it is. Some have Hanukkah and others have Kwanzaa. Hanukkah is for the Jews who celebrate the victory of the Maccabees over the larger Syrian army. While with Kwanzaa, people light a kinara and give gifts to each other. This takes place over seven days. Isn't that nice? Seven days of celebration! Christmas however… Is a single day. With Christmas, the children believe in a big, old, jolly man in a red suit called “Santa Clause”. On Christmas night he comes down your chimney, leaves presents and take the milk and cookies. For one thing, that's breaking and entering and for a second thing, he leaves unknown gifts?! You don't know whats in there! It

Father Christmas, also known as Santa Clause, is there to help the children. He is aware of the battle that the children are going to encounter and wants them to be prepared. Instead of giving the children gifts, Father Christmas gives them tools for battle. This is very similar to the bible story of the Holy Spirit giving spiritual gifts to all believers, “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed…” (1 Corinthians 12).

Christmas As times changed in the 1800s’ of England, Christmas provided as an anchor to bring familiarity and joy into the lives of people. Christmas had become a festival based off of family and friendship, with charity towards others. Though deceiving, religion was not actually the strongest element of the holiday. Christmas began to develope this way, because of the Victorians stage, and the Medieval periods.

There is a tradition for most people who celebrated Christmas. They usually always go to the mall before Christmas day and they see Santa. Every time they see Santa, he is usually a boy. But that just change. Well actually, the tradition change. There is now a girl when they go to Santa this year. The family tradition for Christmas is now not fun, or it even it is not like Christmas. It is just a new way to celebrate Christmas but not in a good way.

German culture has always seemed appealing to me. In Germany Christmas, or Weihnachten, is considered the uttermost important holiday of them all. A common tradition specific this culture is Advent. An Advent wreath, Adventskranz, holds four candles and on each Sunday before

It is thought that in about 280 CE, the man now known as Santa Claus was born. This man’s full name was St. Nicholas of Myra. There is close to no information on this man, but there is legends. No one knows whether they are true or not. A famous legend tells of a story, where St. Nicholas helped a poor father and his three daughters. The father did not afford to pay his children’s dowries, and was consequently forced to sell them into slavery. But before the father could sell his children into servitude, St. Nicholas came in the night, and provided the unfortunate father with money for his daughters.

But do we really know where he came from? Santa Claus is traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas was born in 280 A.D.in Modern day Turkey. He was most known for his story of saving the 3 poor girls. He was very well known for giving to the sick and poor and having lots of kindness ("Santa Claus".) He moved to Myra and was elected bishop. There he gave anonymously because he didn't want to be praised for his help (Hauck, Allen.) When he died, they began to have a feast for the day of the dead(Dec. 6) it was also a lucky day to be married. He is known as the most popular saint ("Santa Claus".) So at that time people started to put him with the red and white outfit and helpers. He was told to have 8 traditional reindeer. In the spirit of Christmas it go's Jesus then Santa. When people think of Santa they think of generosity and love. Santa is a healthy part of the celebration, but a lot of people forget his origin, which is to help those in need (Hauck, Allen.) So we go from a person that mainly just kids believe in to one that a lot of people put their faith

Everyone 5 and up knows that although Saint Nicholas existed; thankfully, there isn't a cheery fat guy with flying reindeer somehow slipping down your chimney to deliver presents while also knowing whether or not you've been naughty or nice. Speaking of which, how can he deliver presents to 2.2 billion kids?! And another thing; how can he survive in the Arctic? Being upon, if not the most, inhospitable place on Earth, it's practically impossible for any human being to live that far up north; not including global warming nor any of the other residents. For the scientific logic behind Santa, click here.

The process of discovery can be triggered by both seemingly significant and insignificant events. Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, today i will be speaking to you about how Michael Gow's “Away” and Eoin Colfer's “A Polish Christmas” have provided me with insight about how Discovery can be triggered by both significant and insignificant events as well as how self-discovery is explored throughout these texts. Throughout the play Away, the playwright uses textual features such as metaphors and symbolism to show how events affect characters such as Gwen and how this leads to them having mental developments. In A Polish Christmas, Lucja Grows attached to a fish which is meant for Christmas dinner and when Feliks Decides to take a stand she is

Christmas is an occasion to celebrate the birth of Jesus on 25 December in many parts of the world. There are Christmas Day services that are held on 25 December in Protestant and Roman Catholic churches. Christmas marks the celebration of the birth of baby Jesus Christ. Jesus is believed to be the ‘the son of God’, the Messiah who was sent from Heaven to save the world. The ‘Christmas story’ narrates the birth of Jesus. Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem. The angels announced the birth to the shepherds sitting in the fields. The Magi who were the wise men from the East visited the stable and they offered gifts to the newborn child. Not just Christians, other people as well give each other gifts. Special meals

One of the modern mythological people is Santa. The Santa Clause story stretches all the way back to the 3rd century. The legend can be traced back to hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nichola was born sometime around 280 A.D. in Patara, near Myra in modern day Turkey. Nicholas became the subject of many later told legends. It is said that St. Nicholas gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping out the poor and the sick. One of St. Nicholas’s best story is that he saved three poor sisters from being sold into slavery or prostitution by their