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What is the moral and symbol of Christmas Who is Christmas in memory of

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2023-10-07 10:59

Christmas is a symbol of love and sacred faith. Christmas is a time of celebration abroad for all people. For people in Europe and America, Christmas is just like the Spring Festival in China. They have Christmas holidays, give Christmas gifts and participate in various Christmas activities.

What is the moral and symbol of Christmas Who is Christmas in memory of

The true meaning of Christmas is to commemorate the birth of Jesus. The main observances of Christmas Eve, December 24, and Christmas Day, December 25, are related to the legend of the birth of Jesus.

At the beginning of the 4th century, January 6 was a double feast for the churches in the eastern part of the Roman Empire to commemorate the birth and baptism of Jesus, that is, God revealed himself to the world through Jesus.

This day is also the winter solstice festival of the Roman calendar, which means the beginning of the revival of all things. It is probably for this reason that the Roman Church chose this day as Christmas.

Christmas is the biggest holiday in the Christian world. It is generally believed that December 25 as Christmas probably began in 336 AD in the Church of Rome.

Because of the different almanacs used by different churches, the specific dates could not be unified, so the Christmas Festival was set from December 24 to January 6 of the next year, and the local churches could celebrate Christmas within this period according to the specific local conditions.

In many countries in Europe and the United States, people attach great importance to this festival, and it is connected with the New Year, and the excitement and solemnization of the celebration greatly exceeds the New Year, becoming a national festival.

Christmas tree symbol

It is said that the Christmas tree first appeared in the Saturnalia festival in mid-December in ancient Rome, and the German missionary Nicholas used a vertical tree to worship the Holy Child in the 8th century AD. Subsequently, the Germans took December 24 as the festival of Adam and Eve, and put the "paradise tree" symbolizing the Garden of Eden at home, and hung the cookies representing the holy cake, symbolizing atonement; And lit candles to symbolize Christ. By the 16th century, the religious reformer Martin. Luther, in order to obtain a starry Christmas night, designed a Christmas tree with candles in the home.

However, the West about the origin of the Christmas tree popular with another saying: there is a kind farmer, on Christmas Day, warmly entertained a wandering child, parting, the child broke off a branch inserted in the ground branches immediately grow into a tree, the child pointed to the tree to farmers said, every year today, the tree is covered with gifts, in order to repay your hospitality. Therefore, the Christmas tree that people see today is always full of small gifts. Designed by Holsley. The card shows a noble family, three generations raising a toast to an absent friend. At that time he printed 1,000 copies, and the spare presses were sold for 1 shilling each. And so the Christmas card was born.