When and How Did Christmas Start?
Denyce ,
Alisha, Jaylah
354 AD
contains early evidence of the celebration on December 25th of a Christian liturgical feast of the birth of Jesus. Many popular customs associated with Christmas
developed independently of the commemoration of Jesus birth. They had pre
Christian festivals that by the time the church was celebrated around a winter
with people who were later converted with Christianity. Christianity means a
religion based on a person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth or it’s beliefs
or practices. Nazareth means a historic town in Northern Israel that is
mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary. The fact the Donatists
of Roman North Africa celebrated Christmas may indicate
that the feast was established time the church was made in 311. The other dates
for Christmas is January 6th and 7th and the 19th
Why do we get
presents on Christmas?
Abi, Dora, Mia
Family and
friends give presents to each other to show appreciation and how much they care
The first
present that people can remember is when God gave his one and only son to the
people of Earth.
Presents
can be from underwear and socks to $1000 toys. Kids always love to try to peek
at their presents and figure out what they’re getting.
The
following is an old story that doesn’t appear to have an author. It has been
shared many times.
The Gold Wrapping Paper:
Once upon a time many years ago, there was a
gruff man who worked very hard just to keep food on the table for his wife and
children. This particular year just days before Christmas, he punished his
little five-year-old daughter after learning that she had used up the family's
only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper.
As money was so tight, he became even more
upset when on Christmas Eve he saw that the child had used all of the expensive
gold paper just to decorate one large shoebox she had put under the Christmas
tree. He also wondered where she had gotten the money to buy whatever was in
the shoebox.
Nevertheless, the next morning the little girl,
filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This
is for you, Daddy!"
As he
opened the box, the father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, now
regretting how he had punished her.
But when
he opened the shoebox, he found it was empty and again his anger flared.
"Don't you know, young lady," he said harshly, "when you give
someone a present, there's supposed to be something inside the package!"
The
little girl looked up at him with sad tears rolling from her eyes and
whispered: "Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all
full."
The
father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his precious
little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.
An
accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that
the father kept this little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life.
Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems, he would open the box,
take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who
had put it there.
In a
very real sense, each of us has been given an invisible golden box filled with
unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God. There
is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
Why are the main colors of Christmas red, green, white,
and gold?
By Aaliyah, Rheya , Caden
The colors of Christmas are green, red, gold and
white. Green represents holly and the
trees. It also reminds people that winter dose not last forever. Red represents
Santa. It also represents the bishop ropes that Santa wears. This goes back to
other stories about St. Nicholas. Gold represents the sun and light on the dark
night of Christmas. It also represents the colour that people say keeps you
warm. White represents the snow and the cold winter night.
Mistletoe Tradition
Our question is: How did
the mistletoe tradition start?
by Adrian ,Zack ,Keeshan
Since ancient times, the
mistletoe has been one of the most magical mysterious plants of European
folklore. People argue against the use of mistletoe in Christmas decor as the
plants were used in pagan tradition. Mistletoe has been associated to Celtic
and Pagan rituals and was used in Norse mythology. People in ancient times
thought of it as a plant that held wonderful powers. In some cultures the
mistletoe was a symbol of peace, love and kindness. The modern day tradition of
kissing under the mistletoe comes from Norse mythology. A Norse goddess
declared the mistletoe a plant to symbolize love rather than death. As the myth
goes it recently stood for being a symbol of love. Kissing under the mistletoe
naturally became a tradition as everyone understands the powers of love.
Christmas Tree Traditions
Olivia, Cameron, Hunter
The Christmas tree tradition started in Germany, were the
people would take in
pine or an evergreen
tree, (now or a fake
one,) and decorate the tree with:
1700’s; apples, nuts and foods.
1800’s; candles, cranberry and popcorn strings, garland,
tinsel and candy canes.
Now, lights, Christmas ornaments, candy canes and
ribbon and for the top, it’s the star of Bethlehem, or a herald angel
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