What day is Christmas? The origin of Christmas

[Chinese and foreign toy network December 17] When is Christmas? How did Christmas come? Although we are oriental Asians, the rise of the festival is not a one-and-a-half-time meeting. Today, many foreign festivals have become popular festivals for young people, but only know the excitement, but I don’t know the origin of Christmas. There are still many Christmas time. Customs, etc.! Now the Chinese and foreign toy network Xiaobian tells you Christmas!

What day is Christmas?

Christmas is also called Christmas Day. It is translated as "Christian Mass". Western traditional festivals can be said to be the most important festivals in many European and American countries. It is fixed on December 25 every year. There will be amusement activities at that time. ! Christmas is also a public holiday in the Western world and many other regions, such as Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore in Asia. The Bible does not actually record the date of the birth of Jesus. Christmas is a future generation.

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The origin of Christmas

The origin of Christmas is actually more legend, two of which are accepted by most, let’s take a look at it:

Commemorating Jesus

It is said that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary by the birth of the Holy Spirit. God sent the messenger Gabriel to tell Joseph in his dreams, and told him not to ask her because she was pregnant without marriage. Instead, she would be married to her and call the child "Jesus", meaning that he would take the people from sin. Save it.

When Mary was about to give birth, the Roman government ordered that all people go to Bethlehem to declare their household registration. Joseph and Mary had to obey. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the sky was faint, but they could not find a hotel to stay overnight. Only one horse shed could stay. Just then, Jesus was born. So Mary only gave birth to Jesus on the manger. In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the posterity will be December 25th for Christmas, and the mass will be seen every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus.

Roman church establishment

At the beginning of the 4th century, on January 6th, the churches in the eastern part of the Roman Empire commemorated the twin festival of birth and baptism, known as the Epiphany, also known as the "appearance festival", that is, God showed himself to the world through Jesus. At that time, there was only the exception of the church in Lalu, where only the birth of Jesus was commemorated and the baptism of Jesus was commemorated. Post-historians found in the calendar of Christians in Rome that on December 25, 354, the page recorded: "Christ was born in Bethlehem in Judah." After research, it is generally believed that Christmas may begin on December 25th. The Roman church in 336 AD was passed to Antioch in Asia Minor in about 375 AD. It was passed to Alexandria in Egypt in 430 AD. The church in Sardinia was accepted the latest, while the church in Armenia still insisted on it. The Epiphany on the 6th is the birth of Jesus.

December 25 Japan is the birth of the Persian sun god (the god of light) Mithra, a pagan festival, and the sun god is also one of the Roman gods. This day is the winter solstice of the Roman almanac. The pagans who worship the sun god regard this day as the hope of spring and the beginning of the recovery of all things. For this reason, the Roman church chose this day as Christmas. This is one of the measures that the church tried to Christianize the customs of the pagans in the early days. Later, although most churches accepted Christmas on December 25th, but the calendars used by the churches were different, the specific dates could not be unified, so the date of December 6th to the second year of January 6th was designated as Christmas. At ChristmasTide, churches around the country can celebrate Christmas during this festival according to local conditions. Since the majority of churches recognized Christmas on December 25th, the original Epiphany on January 6th only commemorated the baptism of Jesus, but the Catholic Church also designated January 6 as the "Three Kings to the North Festival" to commemorate The story of Jesus worshipping when the three kings of the East (the three doctors) were born. With the widespread spread of Christianity, Christmas has become an important holiday for Christians of all sects and even for the non-Christian masses.