Christmas And Religion

The terms “Christ’ comes from the Greek word Khristos, a translation of the Hebrew word Messiah, which means ‘anointed’. The ‘mass’ is a version of the Latin word missa, the celebration of the Eucharist tradition. Finally, the whole word, ‘Christmas’ comes from the Mass of Christ. In addition, X-Mas is a common abbreviation of the word ‘Christmas’, since ‘X’ in ‘X-Mas” means Christ. People around the world speak or greet each other on or before the Christmas like “Merry Christmas!”. This is the traditional greeting at Christmas and also commonly used in Christmas Card.

As I previously stated, the definition of Christmas is birth of Jesus Christ. Although it is celebrated Jesus Christ’s Birth, there is no clear evidence that December 25th

As time passed, different countries developed their own traditions and culture to celebrate winter festivals. America was settled by people from many different countries and, as a result, the Christmas has been influences by various national traditions and backgrounds. Originally, Christmas was not a legal holiday and was not declared as an official holiday in the United States until 1870s.In addition, in the early 17th century, Christmas was greatly oppressed in England. Because the Puritan forces led by Oliver Cromwell drove out the King and took power and they thought that Christmas customs were too promiscuous and were harmful to the human soul. In 1652, as a result, Christmas was finally declared illegal, but many people secretly held the Christmas party. In 1656, in the city of Canterbury, southeast of London, a big riot broke out against the abolition of Christmas. After many trials, Christmas is settled in people's lives as a special holiday. As people’s lives stabilized and their culture stabilized, many Christmas products had been created and it includes Christmas card, Christmas carol, Christmas tree, and Santa Claus !

Actually, the word ‘Carol’ means thate or a song of praise and joy. Carols were first sung in Europe thousands of years ago, but these were not Christmas Carols. They were pagan songs, sung at the Winter Solstice celebrations as people danced round stone circles. Although there are only a small of fragment of carol exists, the earliest carol was written in