Is the Spring Festival Gala the same as Christmas?

Similarities: They all celebrate festivals and family reunions.

Difference:

1, the time is different: Spring Festival is on the first day of the first lunar month, and Christmas is 65438+February 25th.

2. Different diets: jiaozi and glutinous rice balls for Spring Festival and turkey for Christmas.

3. Different customs: giving lucky money during the Spring Festival and giving gifts at Christmas.

Extended data:

The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival in China, but in history, the Spring Festival has many names, such as "New Year's Day", and the date has been changed several times. It was not until 19 14 that the name of "New Year's Day" was moved to 1 in the solar calendar and the Spring Festival was designated as the first day of the first lunar month.

Northerners eat jiaozi, while southerners eat glutinous rice balls. As the saying goes, it's the turn of two years, and it's time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, so they take the meaning of making old friends, so they will eat jiaozi. Tangyuan symbolizes sweetness and beauty, and everything is beautiful.

According to legend, the Virgin Mary met Jesus in Hiuke on February 25th, 65438. Later, Jesus was crucified to save the world. In order to commemorate what Jesus did, the world designated this day as Christmas.

1620 Christmas, a large number of British immigrants arrived in Plymouth Mountain on the American continent. At that time, the products there were very poor, and only turkeys were found all over Shan Ye, so they hunted turkeys as the main course of the festival.