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Christmas is a holiday that is celebrated with much joy and fevour every year on 25th December. The christmas day celebrates the birthday of Jesus of Nazareth. Christmas is also known as the christmas day. The christmas day also marks the beginning or the start of a larger season ahead which lasts for twelve days. This larger season is known as the Christmastide. In today’s time, the festivity of Christmas is celebrated with sharing of gifts with family and friends. Every year on the christmas day there are special celebrations in evry church around the world. There is a wonderful, beautiful and colorful display of Christmas trees all around.
Christmas trees are an important part of celebrating Christmas. Theset evergreen Christmas trees are beautifully decorated and there is illumination all aorund the city. The houses, streets, public and commercial buildings all are decorated and illuminated. One and all celebrated the festival. The day of Christmas that is 25th December is not the exact day when Jesus was born. This date has been chosed just because it may correspond to a winter solstice or some kind of roman festival. Along with the Christmas trees there other things that are very much a part of Christmas. These are the nativity scenes, holly, mistletoes, lights and Santa Claus. Santa Claus is also famous and popularly known as the Father of Christmas.
Santa Claus is more famous among the children as it is believed that he brings toys and gifts for one and all in the family. Even though Santa Claus and Jesus have two entirely different origins, Santa Claus is still considered as a mythological figure. It is believed that Santa Claus is the result or end of the syncretisation of elements from Christian mythology and pagan Nordic and Saint Nicholas. It is also believed that the appearance of Santa Claus goes back to the 19th century. Christmas is a festival that is not only celebrated by the Christian population but also by other races and religions all over the world. On the day of Christmas people forget to which religion they belong and celebrate the festival together by sharing gifts and spreading love and happiness all around them. Children are the most excited lot when it comes to Christmas.
As for children coming of Christmas means that they will get a number of gifts from their parents and family members. Christmas, the word has originated from a word that means Christ’s mass. Christmas is a word that comes from a word from the Middle English and Cristes mæssefrom the old English. Xmas is the used as an abbreviaition for the word Christmas. The letter chi or X in Greek is the first letter of the word Christ. Similarly in the roman literature, since the mid 16th century, the letter X is used an abbreviation for Christ. For many years it was believed by many peole that Christmas was the day Jesus Christ was born. In the 18th century however there were many propositions that this fact is wrong and is not true.
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