Celebrations of Christmas Festival

Celebrations of Christmas Festival

Christmas Festival celebrate on 25th day of December every year and commemorate the birth of Lord Jesus Christ, the famous festival of Christianity. Christian community across the globe celebrate Christmas with faith, joy and enthusiasm.

The celebration for Christmas begins on the eve of December and continues till the New Year’s Day. During this entire period, people make merry, party with friends, exchange season's greetings and gifts with dear ones.

Important of Christmas Festival celebrations include decoration of Christmas tree, Christmas cakes, carols and old Santa Claus - the mythical character who brings gifts for children.

Christmas celebrates the historical event of God entering the world to save it through his holiness and perfection. The spirit of Christmas tells humans to have faith in the goodness of God and trust him to be saved from his righteous judgment.

The tradition of Christmas Festival:

Christmas is a special festival for Indian Christians who spend time with their families and friends, going to church, eat a festive meal and wear new dresses. The Christians sing carols, participate in special spiritual services, and decorate their houses with lights, flowers, Christmas trees and mistletoe. They may exhibit trivial electrical lamps and decorate their houses with mango leaves or banana.

In India, Christmas trees are normally with pine trees. A few malls or stores have Christmas decorations. Santa Claus has been a special character in the Christmas celebration who offers gifts for children.

Christmas celebrating states in India:

 Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the southern part of India.

 Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh in north-west India.

 Goa on the west coast.

 These states widely celebrate this festival.

Here are a few interesting facts around Christmas:

 In India, most Christians celebrate Christmas by putting up a large star outside their home and make a miniature crib as well.

 Traditional Christmas colors are green, red, and gold.

 Green represents the evergreen plants, like Holly, ivy, etc. It have been used thousands of years to decorate and brighten up buildings during the long dark winter

 Red is also the colour of Holly Berries, which is said to represent the blood of Jesus when he died on the cross.

 Gold is the colour of the sun and light- both very important in the dark winter both red and gold are colour of fire that you need to keep warm during winter.

 One of the earliest records of candles being used at Christmas is from the middle ages, where a large candle was used to represent the star of Bethlehem. Jesus is sometimes called 'the Light of the World' by Christians.

 The date for Christmas 25th December was chosen by Pope Julius I, bishop of Rome in 350 A.D.

 If you’re in Poland during Christmas, you’ll notice 1 very unique Christmas tree decoration – a spider web! This started because of a legend that says that a spider wove a blanket for Baby Jesus when he was in the manger.

 In fact, spiders are a symbol of goodness and prosperity at Christmas in Poland.

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