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Angela Nilsson Premium Member Group moderatorThe company name is only visible to registered members.MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR !
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Dear All,
On December 25, Christmas will be celebrated around the world. Although nominally a Christian holiday, Christmas is also widely celebrated by many non-Christians. Christmas, also referred to as Christmas Day or Christmastide, is an annual holiday that marks and honors the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the central figure of Christianity, which is the basis for the anno Domini system of dating, thought to have occurred between 7 and 2 BC (before Christ). Eastern Orthodox national churches, including those of Russia, Georgia, Egypt, Ukraine, the Macedonia, Serbia and the Greek Patriarchate of Jerusalem mark feasts using the older Julian Calendar, and December 25 on that calendar currently corresponds to January 7 on the more widely used Gregorian calendar.
Christians believe that on Christmas God did sent his son into the world who took all the sins of mankind on his shoulders.
In the early years of Christianity, Easter was the main holiday; the birth of Jesus was not celebrated. In the fourth century, church officials decided to institute the birth of Jesus as a holiday. First called the Feast of the Nativity, the custom spread to Egypt by 432 and to England by the end of the sixth century. By the end of the eighth century, the celebration of Christmas had spread all the way to Scandinavia.
Among countries with a strong Christian tradition, a variety of Christmas celebrations have developed that incorporate regional and local cultures. For many Christians, participating in a religious service plays an important part in the recognition of the season. Christmas, along with Easter, is the period of highest annual church attendance. Family reunions and the exchange of gifts are a widespread tradition of the holiday. Gift giving takes place on Christmas Day or – in many countries – on Christmas Eve, the day before Christmas Day, December 24, which is a culturally significant celebration for most of the Western world and is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas. Others practice gift giving on December 6, Saint Nicholas Day, or January 6, Epiphany.
Christmas as we know it today is a Victorian invention of the 1860s. Probably the most celebrated holiday in the world, modern Christmas is a product of hundreds of years of both secular and religious traditions from around the globe. Several similar mythological figures, known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and Santa Claus among many other names, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season.
The economic impact of Christmas is a factor that has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world. Christmas-related controversy is mainly restricted to concerns of a public focus on secular Christmas themes such as Santa Claus and gift giving rather than what is sometimes expressed by Christians as the “reason for the season”—the birth of Jesus.
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Please find the entire article about Christmas and its celebrations around the world,
including many videos with Christmas carols from different countries, here:
http://angelanilsson.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/c-h-r-i-s-t-m-...
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✫ The Christmas Story ✫http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zh_sSAB1dU
✫ “Silent Night” ✫ -The choir of the Makumbi Children’s Home in Zimbabwe
with the choristers of The London Oratory School Schola:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVAaAeejRFE
“Silent Night” (German: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) is one of the world’s most popular Christmas carols. Every year it is sung in many different languages throughout the world. Its popularity is owed to its peaceful melody and its simple narration of the Christmas tale.
The original lyrics of the song were written in Austria by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber. In 1859, John Freeman Young (second Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Florida) published the English translation that is most frequently sung today.
✫ “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)” – John Lennon ✫http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Vfp48laS8
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a song written by John Lennon, released as a single in 1971 by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records in the US and in the UK.
Although ostensibly a protest song about the Vietnam War, it has become a Christmas standard and has appeared on several Christmas albums. Down to the present day, the song is the most prevalent “hymn of peace” throughout the world.
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I wish all who celebrate it
MERRY CHRISTMAS !
And a HAPPY NEW YEAR !
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My best wishes to all,
Angela
- 15 Dec 2011, 03:17 am
