Christmas is the biggest and most lively holiday in the United States. Every 12 December, the whole country is immersed in a festive festive atmosphere.
Christmas is a festival for Christians to celebrate Jesus. But what day is Jesus, no one from knowing. Christmas is the Roman Catholic Church in 354. However, in recent decades, Christmas is no longer just a reloading holiday, and gradually socialization has become a public holiday stipulated by the government.
According to the Bible, before the birth of Christ, the Roman Emperor Augus has a will, and the world is named the book. Therefore, everyone must go back to the hometown and register in accordance with the family. The husband of the Male Mary of Maria is a person of Jewish David, so they left Nazareth, returned to Bethlehem residence. However, when they arrived in Bethlehem, the hotels in the city were all full, nowhere to live, have to temporarily live in the rival. In the night, Jesus couldn't find a clean place here, and the Mare of Marily. Sunday had had to put Jesus in the hog. At night, the angel came to Bethlei, and the shepherd of the guarded herd was reported. At the same time, there are three sages in the East, found that there is a star in the sky. They come to Bethlehem in this star, find Jesus and his mother Malia, and send many gold and lavas and other abit gift. Many of the customs of Christmas today came from this legend in the Bible.
According to Jesus, this statement is in the night. Christmas celebrations have also begun from night on December 24, and the highest tide is achieved in the middle of the night. This night is called Christmas Eve.
Christmas Night is a carnival night. Americans often hold celebrations from Dadan. They have fun in the pub, dance hall, and the club; some of the whole family will enter a rich dinner, then sit around the burning of the bears, sing the piano, and talk about Tianlun; those devout believers are fire In the Catholic Church, attending the midnight worship of the birth of Jesus, some people also pose a "Christmas Horse Sulum" at home. The so-called "Christmas Horse Salc" is a small hole with paper, and the white powder is like a white snow. The hole is placed on the homemade humpuecion, and the slot is placed on the like, sometimes next to Joseph and Mary's image. Ignore the candle before the hole for flowers. "Christmas Horse Sulum" can be used to praise God, or you can watch your friends and relatives. But in Christmas Night, the most interesting event is also "newspaper". It symbolizes an angel to report to the shepherd of Christ outward in Burgun. When the late night is coming, the singing poeties in the church will come to the guests to sing a Christmas carley in front of the guests. So this family will go out of the door to warmly entertain them, join singing. Singing, the owner invited everyone into the house and entertains. After laughing, I will sing again to others. At this time, the owner is often going forward. The team of "newspaper" is getting more and more, and their family sang, the happy atmosphere has increased, often continues to Tianming.
When Christmas dawn, the familiar people are met, they must be intimately to greece. But they are not as "good morning" like it, but "Merry Christmas". Indeed, Christmas, people have a variety of celebrations in the day, family households, and streets.
When you mention Christmas, people first think of it is decorated with a dazzling Christmas tree. The origin of the Christmas tree dates back to hundreds of years ago. It is said that it first appeared in Germany. Before 1830, the custom of dressing up the Christmas tree was taken by German immigrants to the eastern coast of the United States. Since then, the Christmas tree has become an indispensable decoration that Americans have Christmas. But the origins of the Christmas tree, there are many beautiful legends. One is to say, in a big snow-flying Christmas night, there is a poor child homeless, cold and hungry. But he was fortunate to encounter a kind farmer and took him home and let him spend a happy Christmas night next to the fire. A child who was satisfied with a fir branch was folded in the ground, and the fir tree branch turned into a small fir tree. The child said to the peasant blessing: "From the future, this day gift will hang the branches, leave this beautiful fir tree, repay your kindness." The legend of such a more Christmas tree adds a beautiful color. Every time Christmas, people have to be covered with gifts, color flowers and lanys on small fir trees or small pine trees (traditional habits are hanging candles. Later, in order to avoid fire, they will use the color light), and the tree is still installed. star. Initially, these decorations have symbolic, the candles on the tree symbolize that Jesus is the world's light, the big star on the top of the tree represents Jesus to bother, will lead the three Dongfang Yinsi to the star of Bethlehem. When the color light is lit, the Christmas tree is four shots and is more charming. At this time, the adults will stand on the side to enjoy the Christmas tree, and the children are more dancing, and even hand drawn from the Christmas tree to jump up the cheerful dance. Sometimes play games, a family is on your eyes, turns to the Christmas tree, and get your own gift.
In Christmas, remove the Christmas tree is a must-have, people can't forget the amiable Santa Claus. In public places, there is a view of Santa Claus on the annual film. Sometimes at home is also dressed as Santa, distribute gifts for everyone. In people's imagination, Santa leaves a silver white beard, wearing a red jacket with white hair side. His depth is always happy, I really don't know how much joy is adding to Christmas.
According to Santa, Santa is the avatar of the Bishop St. Nicholas in Xiaoyijamira City. He is kind, happy, and has done a lot of good things in his life. After he died, people missed him very much and called him to love the god of children. His story is coming to myth in Europe and America. It is said that once he had secretly gave three bags to the three daughters of a poor to make a marriage, when he quietly threw the gold from the chimney, there was a bag happened to fell into a fireplace. In socks. So the custom of loading the gift into the child in the long-populated socks. Until today, the innocent children always hung in the fireplace on the night of Christmas, waiting for the legend of Santa Claus, riding eight reindeer from the north. The sleigh is coming to give the gift to them. Santa Claus is really cordial and mysterious in his heart. In order to pull business, many large department stores dressed as Santa Claus during Christmas, taking photos with customers with customers with customers, can be said to be rich.
Christmas is a traditional custom of Western people with holly and mistletoe. Americans often use a winter blue branches to build a garland to hang on the gate, or place a few holly on the table. It is said that the green can drive evil, and the red and bright fruits of the winter, the green oil of the green oil is really in the cold winter month. More than the winter is more mistletoe, according to the traditional customs, Christmas, all women are sitting below the mistletoe, anyone can kiss. By time. Many families in the United States have to hang a bunch of peppers on the indoor door box or ceiling. Those naughty boys often deliberately introduce the girls under the parasitic parasites, and kiss her straight.
There is also a delicious Christmas cake for Christmas. People often make Christmas cakes novelty. The above is pouring "Merry Christmas" words with cream or jam, in the surrounded Christmas candle. The shape of the candle is small, only three or four inches long, but the material is exquisite, colorful, and some are also spiral. After igniting, it is extinguished by the master, then everyone else eats the cake. People sometimes put in the cake into the three beans, which represent the three oriental weak earth in the Bible story, whoever eats the beans who will be "three kings", which is very interesting. Christmas contains such a lot of legend and interesting customs, there is no wonder it is a lively festival year for Americans. It can be said that the next day after Thanksgiving, Americans began to be busy with Christmas. Each store is a flow of people, and the merchants have to take a spring tongue, selling their various goods, and ordinary entrance is also willing to take this opportunity to discard the old update. According to rough estimates, the US store accounted for a quarter of the year during Christmas. Some stores even account for one-half. Take Christmas cards, you have to post a mountain, shaped color, flower green, relatives, friends, and doors, and colleagues. Although there are many temporary workers, they are still busy.
Christmas is so attached to the United States. People are probably hard to imagine. Their ancestors have banned Christmas. In that year, the British Puritans were persecuted in the UK national education, and thousands of miles came to the new mainland. They had reversed the inversion of the British national education, and they were deeply ill, and they were also opposed. They all opposed, so they were also prohibited by Christmas celebration. . They stipulate that all immigrants have dare to celebrate Christmas and must be fined. This ban has been gradually released until German and Ireland immigrants in the 19th century. Today, Christmas has become one of the favorite holidays of the American people. This past has become a historical interest.
