Christmas or CristoMessa, translated as "Christian Mass". Mass is a church service. Christmas is a religious holiday. Because it celebrates the birthday of Jesus, it is also called Christmas.
On this day, all Christian churches in the world hold special ceremonies. On February 25th every year, Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. On Christmas Day, most Catholic churches will hold midnight mass on Christmas Eve on February 24, 65438, that is, in the early morning of February 25, 65438, while some Christian churches will hold a good news ceremony and then celebrate Christmas on February 25, 65438.
The origin of Christmas is 65438+February 25th, which was designated by Roman Emperor Aureliano in 274 AD to celebrate the festival DiesNatalisSolisInvicti (meaning "the birthday of the unconquerable sun") of Syrian sun god Suriye and Iranian sun god mitra.
This festival lasted until Christianity was established as the state religion and was banned. The worship of the Syrian sun god was first introduced into the Roman Empire by the ancient Roman king Marcus Santoni Yunus, and it also replaced the main god Jupiter.
During the reign of King Aureliano, it became a national festival. This day is to celebrate the rebirth or return of the sun, because it is the shortest day in a year, which means the winter solstice festival in the Roman calendar and the concept of China.
Westerners use red, green and white as Christmas colors. When Christmas comes, every family should decorate it with Christmas colors. The red ones have Christmas flowers and Christmas candles. The green one is the Christmas tree.
It is the main decoration of Christmas, decorated with evergreen trees such as fir and cypress that have been cut into towers. Colorful lanterns, gifts and paper flowers are hung on it, and Christmas candles are lit.
Before going to bed on Christmas Eve, western children should put a sock in front of the fireplace or beside the pillow. When they fall asleep, Santa Claus will put presents in the sock. Playing Santa Claus is also a custom in the west.
There are many Christmas customs, including secular, religious, national and Christmas-related, which vary greatly from country to country. Most people are familiar with Christmas symbols and activities, such as Christmas tree, Christmas ham, Christmas firewood, holly, mistletoe and gifts, which were absorbed by Christian missionaries from the early pagan winter solstice festival Christmas in Assachu.