Vietnam cannot celebrate Christmas.

Christmas in Vietnam; Vietnam has the second largest Catholic population in Southeast Asia, so Vietnamese society is very familiar with western festivals, especially Christmas, and attaches great importance to it. When the festival approaches, there will be official activities to visit the parish and extend Christmas greetings to religious believers. In fact, as early as the French colonial period and the North-South split period, South Vietnam, which was deeply influenced by western culture, had a history of celebrating Christmas.

After the partition of North and South Vietnam, a large number of Catholics gathered in South Vietnam, especially around Saigon, known as "Paris of the East". At that time, the population of South Vietnam was only 20 million to 30 million, and Catholics alone had 3 million, accounting for more than one tenth of the population. Because it is located in the tropics, Christmas in Vietnam also has local characteristics. For example, it used to be popular not to wear Christmas hats, but only to use Christmas stars.

Compared with North Vietnam, South Vietnam is deeply influenced by the West. /kloc-in the 0/7th century, a large number of aborigines in South Vietnam believed in religion, and the first Christmas in Vietnam appeared. Later, the French colonized South Vietnam for 100 years.

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An important Christian festival to commemorate the birth of Jesus. Also known as Jesus Christmas and the birthday of Jesus, Catholicism is also known as the Christmas ceremony of Jesus. The date of birth of Jesus is not recorded in the Bible. In 336 AD, the Roman Church began to celebrate this festival on February 25th, 65438. 65438+February 25th was originally the birthday of the sun god stipulated by the Roman Empire.

Some people think that this day is chosen to celebrate Christmas because Christians believe that Jesus is the just and eternal sun. After the middle of the 5th century, Christmas, as an important festival, became a tradition of the church and gradually spread among the eastern and western churches. Due to the different calendars used, the specific dates and forms of activities held by various sects are also different.

Christmas customs mainly spread to Asia in the middle of19th century, and both Japan and South Korea were influenced by Christmas culture. Nowadays, it has become a common custom in the west to exchange gifts and hold banquets with Santa Claus and Christmas tree to add festive atmosphere. Christmas has also become a public holiday in the western world and many other regions.