Origin of Christmas

Origin of Christmas:

It is said that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary by Maria. God sent messenger Gabriel to Joseph in his dream, asking him not to leave her because he was unmarried. 

Instead, he wanted to marry her and name the child "Jesus", meaning that he wanted to save the people from sin.

When Maria was about to give birth, the Rome government ordered that all the people in Bethlehem must declare their domicile. Joseph and Maria had to obey. 

When they arrived at the time of the day, the sky was fainting, but two people could not find a hotel to cross the lodge. Just then, Jesus was about to be born. 

So Maria only gave birth to Jesus on the manger. In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the following generations set December 25 as Christmas, and celebrated the birth of Jesus with annual mass.

Christmas traditions:

1. Christmas tree

Although there were Christmas trees in Nordic countries thousands of years ago, it was not until the 1830s that the first Christmas trees began to appear in the UK. Prince Albert bought the first Christmas tree in Windsor in 1841, and the Christmas tree has become an enduring Christmas tradition ever since.

2. Stockings

Hanging stockings at Christmas comes from the legend of Saint Nicholas, the gift-giver. Once St. Nicholas put a few bags of gold into the chimney of a poor man's house. The poor man had no money to buy a dowry for his daughters. As a result, the gold just fell into the stockings that the family was hanging. Later, Saint Nicholas was called Sinterklaas by the Dutch, and finally changed to the name Santa Claus in English.

3. Holly and ivy

In pre-Christian times, people decorated houses with holly and ivy to celebrate the winter solstice. In the coldest time of the year, holly and ivy bring a vibrant green to the room, so they have been popular for thousands of years.