In which country is Christmas celebrated? Is it equivalent to the Spring Festival in China?

Christmas is a holiday in western countries, which is equivalent to the Spring Festival in China. Christmas is also a public holiday in the western world and many other regions, such as China, Hongkong and Macau in Asia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Christmas, also known as Christmas, is translated as "Christ Mass", which originated from Saturnalia, a festival in ancient Rome to welcome the New Year, and has nothing to do with Christianity. After Christianity prevailed in the Roman Empire, the Vatican drifted into the Christian system to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

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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 party and then celebrate Christmas on February 25, 65438+. Another branch of Christianity, the Orthodox Church, celebrates Christmas every year on 65438+1October 7th.

For China people with no Christian cultural background, Christmas only provides a time for shopping or traveling abroad. Many cities in China have Christmas revelry, and shopping malls and supermarkets have large-scale promotional activities around Christmas. It also gave birth to a phenomenon: "Yiwu, Zhejiang, is known as the Christmas ornament capital of the world." 70% of the Christmas decorations in the world come from here.

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