Sunday, January 30, 2011

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CELEBRATION

Christmas Day


Christmas Day is the biggest festival for Christians, is celebrated every year on December 25th to commemorate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the founder of Christianity. According to the Bible, New Testament, Jesus was born of Mary (Virgin Mary) in Jerusalem. Christians believe that Jesus' birth is valid predictions about the coming of a Jewish savior (Messiah) of the rail lines of King David, that his coming was to redeem mankind from the sins of Adam (original sin). Christmas celebrations usually celebrated every December 25. However, some churches (the Orthodox Church, Coptic Church and the Eastern churches, etc.) and countries (Egypt (Egypt), Ethiopia (Etiophia), Russia, etc.) to celebrate on January 7, due to follow a different calendar (the Gregorian calendar from Julian calendar) . Modern customs of this festival include the giving of gifts, religious celebration in the church, and display a variety of decorations, including Christmas trees, decorative lights, mistletoe leaves, holly or reconstruction of the birth of Jesus (Anunciation). Santa Claus is a mythical figure most commonly associated with well-known custom to give gifts during Christmas. Santa reliable combination are St. Nicholas of Myra and elements of Nordic mythology with Christian mythology, while its modern appearance is believed to arise only in the 19th century. Christmas Day is celebrated not only for Christians, but also by the many people who are not adherents of this religion as one of the premier cultural festival secular (worldly). As a reward, and some other aspects of this festival involves the increase in economic activity between Christians and non Christians, the Christmas Day a major event for most players to the retail sector.


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Santa Claus, or "Santa", is a figure in North American culture which developed from an amalgamation of Dutch Sinterklaas, English Father Christmas and other traditions of Christmas gift-bringers. Santa Claus is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

Santa Claus is generally depicted as a plump, jolly, white-bearded man wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots (images of him rarely have a beard with no moustache). This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children's books and films.

The North American depiction of Santa Claus as it developed in the 19th and 20th century in turn influenced the modern perceptions of Father Christmas, Sinterklaas and Saint Nicholas in European culture.

According to a tradition that can be traced to the 1820s, Santa Claus at the North Pole, with a large number of magical elves, and at least eight or nine flying reindeer. Since the 20th century (popularized by the 1934 song Santa Claus Is Coming to Town), Santa Claus is also said to make a list of children throughout the world, categorizing them according to their behavior ("naughty" or "nice") and that he delivers presents, including toys, candy, and other gifts to all of the good boys and girls in the world, and sometimes coal to the naughty children, on the single night of Christmas Eve. He accomplishes this feat with the aid of the elves who make the toys in the workshop and the reindeer who pull his sleigh

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