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Dec. 25

Christmas

Christmas Day is Dec. 25, when it commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem as the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. After the Easter Resurrection is the most important holiday of the year the church. As the Gospels do not mention dates, it is not certain that Jesus was born that day. In fact, Christmas Day was not officially recognized until the year 345, when the influence of St. John Chrysostom and St. Gregory Nacianzeno proclaiming Dec. 25 as the date of the Nativity. In this way followed the policy of the early church to absorb rather than suppressing existing pagan rites, which since the early days had celebrated the winter solstice and the arrival of spring. The pagan festival most closely associated with the new Christmas was the Roman Saturnal on December 19, in honor of Saturn, the god of agriculture, which was celebrated for seven days of bustling entertainment and banquets. At the same time, was being held in northern Europe a similar winter festival, known as Yule, which burned large trunks and branches decorated with ribbons in honor of the gods so that the sun was shining more strongly....

What is Christmas?
It is the tenderness of the past, the value of the present and hope for the future.
It is the earnest wish that every cup will overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that each path will lead us to peace. Happy, happy Christmas, which means that we remember from our childhood dreams, I remember grandfather to the joys of his youth, and to transport the traveler to his fireplace and his sweet home! . It comes every year and will forever. And with the coming Christmas memories and customs. Those memories humble everyday to us that all mothers grip. As the Virgin Mary in the secret corners of your heart. Honraré Christmas in my heart and try to keep it throughout the year Better than all the gifts under the Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family Although other things to be lost over the years, we keep Christmas as something brilliant. .... Let's go back to our faith in children. Christmas! The very word fills our hearts with joy. No matter how much fear the rush, the lists of Christmas gifts and congratulations that we are done. When you arrive on Christmas day, we hear the same heat that we felt when we were kids, the same warmth that envelops our hearts and our home. we could get the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar each month of the year Christmas ..... is not an event but a part of your home that carries an always in your heart Christmas is not a time nor a season but a state of mind. To evaluate peacebuilding and generosity and to have mercy is to understand the true meaning of Christmas.
For the good times, thanks. To the bad, a lot of hope. For each day, an illusion. And always, always, happiness.