For many people, Christmas is as much about what’s on the table as what’s under the tree. While dishes vary from country to country (and even from family to family), certain Christmas foods show up again and again because they’re … Read More
Christmas is celebrated in some form on every inhabited continent, and while the details vary wildly, a lot of the underlying themes are surprisingly similar: light in the darkness, sharing food, giving gifts, and spending time with people you care … Read More
Christmas is, at its heart, the Christian celebration of God becoming human in the birth of Jesus Christ—and, over time, it has also become a global cultural festival woven from scripture, theology, empire politics, winter traditions, and a lot of … Read More
Most of the world celebrates Christmas on December 25. But in many churches and countries you’ll also see Christmas on January 7, January 6, or (in one famous local exception) January 19. The differences aren’t about different stories—they’re mostly about … Read More
Christmas characters and food, Christmas-linked holidays and music, Santa Claus and traditions. Related to Annunciation, Incarnation; Crucifixion; Advent, the four weeks preceding Christmas; and the period between the day after Thanksgiving and the Sunday after New Year”s Day, the American … Read More
Before the Christianization of the West, Christmas was called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti and corresponded to the birth day of Sol Invictus. The date of 25 December has been set as the great feast of the undefeated Sun (Sol Invictus) … Read More
(Incense during vespers of Advent.) The time of Advent celebrates the triple coming of Christ; His birth in Bethlehem two thousand years ago, his coming into the heart of men of all times, and his glorious return at the end … Read More
A Christmas bauble is a ball-shaped Christmas decoration, which clings to the branches of the fir trees installed during Christmas. În 1521, the first written mention of a Christmas tree is registered on a municipal register of the city of … Read More
Cultural changes (Christmas tree) With the globalization of cultural exchanges and the secularization of society, the festivities related to Christmas are gradually taking a profane and family character and are becoming increasingly disconnected from religious interpretation. Christmas is still a … Read More
(Illumination, Georgian Bible, nineteenth century) No Christian text does not specify what day of the year was born Jesus Christ. Christmas is not part of the celebrations followed by the early Christians and is not included in the lists published … Read More
Christmas is celebrated during the night of December 24 to 25 and December 25 all day. As a Christian festival, it commemorates every year the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Originally, it was at that date that pagan festivities marked … Read More
