Christmas is a happy holiday season of good deeds and acts of kindness and happiness are upon us again.
December 25th The king's birthday is a day for family gatherings where relatives and strangers gather to celebrate his invisible presence. Or Christmas every day when the atmosphere is full of happy and harmonious people? What a wonderful world.
The children are preparing for Santa's arrival with a thank-you plate for biscuits and a glass of milk. A big child like mom / dad aims to have a lot of fun and watch the kids reveal their gifts. Then we had a turkey dinner with all the flavor followed by apple pie and custard. But it is sad to say that not all the joys of Christmas are shared by everyone.
Why Deos Santa Bring Gifts:
The history of Christmas and especially the reasons for giving gifts are not known for certain, but few things are known for certain. Santa Claus traditions and gift-giving at Christmastime date back to the time of Jesus Christ, although much depends on where you live in the world and how you believe the traditions originated.
Christmas gift-giving actually goes back 4,000 years to the Mesopotamians. They believed that every year during the winter, their principal god Marduk wrestled with the evil spirits of the world. When Marduk returned, the king had to maintain his integrity to God and was about to die at the end of the year. It is evident that the Mesopotamians went through the emperors faster than they could produce them, so they would dress the prisoner as king and take him as king for one day. At the end of the new year festival they were going to kill him.
On this day they were giving gifts to mark the beginning of the new year and the success that Marduk had once again given them. That was the beginning of the Christmas gift-giving process.
St Nicholas is believed to have been born about 300 A.D. and to live in what is now Turkey. He was a well-respected and well-liked monk for his generosity. His most famous act of kindness was saving the three sisters from slavery by giving them lobola to marry.
As a popular character, he soon became a patron saint of many different groups of people, eventually resting on the children and sailors. Traditionally the day of St. Nicholas was celebrated and remembered on December 6, although his role as a child protection saint saw his special day moved to coincide with Christmas.
So one thing is for sure that Santa Claus visits us on the wrong day every year. The celebration of Saint Nicholas should actually be on December 6, although the delivery of St. Nicholas to 25 is probably done to combine his special day with a Christian celebration. If supermarkets and toy manufacturers were given a choice, I am sure they would simply celebrate them separately, so be warned next year.
In many lands, many people send Christmas greetings to their friends and family, and these cards are hung on the walls of their home at that time. Traditional Christmas cards depict religious images - Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus, or other parts of the Christmas story. Today pictures are often winter images, jokes, Father Christmas, or scenes of love life in the past.
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