One of the attractions of Christmas

This festival is originally celebrated as the birthday of Jesus Christ. On this day, the cake is cut, Christmas tree is decorated with lights, all around it is a beautiful dress. According to early Christian belief, Jesus came into Mary's womb exactly nine months before this date. It is probably according to this account that the date 25 December is taken as the date of Jesus' birth. Gift-giving, music, exchange of Christmas cards, church worship, feasting, illuminations, garlands, mistletoe, nativity scenes, and a special display of holly are all part of modern Christmas celebrations.

Santa Claus

And one of the attractions of this Christmas is the beard-eyebrow-bearded Santa Claus dressed in red, wearing a red hat. But do you know who is Santa Claus? Santa Claus originates from a monk named Saint Nicholas in the 3rd century AD. He is believed to have originated in Asia Minor, present-day Patara in Turkey, around 280. He was loved by all for his incredible honesty and kindness. This rich man always helped the poor and needy people.

It is said that he once saved 3 girls from being sold as slaves and paid for their wedding expenses. When the news of such benevolent attitude of St. Nicholas spread around, he became known as the protector of mankind. Until the Renaissance, St. Nicholas was nicknamed "Santa Claus" in Europe.

In Dutch, Saint Nicholas was called Sinter (short for Saint Nicholas). The name Santa Claus originated from this Sinter class. The practice of giving gifts to children especially at Christmas dates back to the early 19th century. From the 1820s, Christmas advertisements were placed in various stores, and special issues of newspapers were published in which Santa Claus was also printed. In 1841, a humanoid Santa Claus was produced in a store in Philadelphia, which attracted thousands of children. And since then there are live Santa Clauses in stores to delight little children and their parents.

By the way, the form of Santa Claus seen today has come," An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” - from 1 rhyme titled. In 1822, a man named "Clement Clarke Moore" wrote this poem on the occasion of Christmas. A man with red robes, black belt and a red hat with a border, a washed-up beard, flying in a sled drawn by 8 deer, distributing gifts to children's homes - such an image emerged in his poem. This poem became very popular in the United States.

But in addition to receiving gifts from Santa Claus, children in the United States and Canada set aside a glass of milk and a plate of biscuits for Santa. In Britain and Australia, Santa Claus is served with beer or sweet pies. Pies and cinnamon are served in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. In Ireland, special Christmas puddings and milk are kept for Santa. Thus the Christmas festival is filled with Christmas trees, colorful lights, colorful gifts all over the world.

Christmas tree

Christmas tree is a special part of Christmas, this tree is decorated with different colored decorations and various products. Decorating Christmas tree is a special part of Christmas. Christmas tree with candles, birds, flowers, fruits, angels and colorful paper and lights.

The tree most commonly used as a Christmas tree is the fir tree. It is mainly a cedar tree. This tree is decorated with various colored light decorations and various products. Apart from the use of lights, the Christmas tree is decorated with various ornaments. 1 star or angel is placed on this tree. This angel symbolizes Jesus Christ born in Bethlehem. There is no written documentation of how Christmas tree decorating and awarding began. There are various stories about this.

One such short story is that one day a cold child appeared in the room of a poor shepherd in Rome. The Kathur couple were Jesus devotees. They fed the child well, let him sleep on a soft bed. In the morning the child assumed the form of an angel and said, 'I am Jesus'. To entertain him, he gave a tree branch to the Kathur couple and asked them to bury it in the ground. Then on Christmas day the branch was found to be full of golden apples. Then they named this tree Christmas tree.

One day a poor little boy asked the owner of a church to give him money in exchange for some pine saplings. The gardener took the trees and buried them next to the church. On Christmas day, he woke up and saw that the trees had grown bigger than the church and that countless stars were falling from them. The gardener then named the trees Christmas trees.