How do people spend Christmas in America? What events do people hold?

Christmas on December 25 is the biggest and most festive holiday in America. It can be said that since Thanksgiving, Americans have been busy for Christmas. The activities held are:

1. Celebrating Christmas Eve all night long.

They have gathered in taverns, dance halls, clubs to have fun; some family **** into a sumptuous dinner, and then sit around the fireplace to enjoy the joy of heaven; there are those devout believers in the brightly lit church, to participate in the midnight service to commemorate the birth of Jesus.

2. The "Annunciation"

The "Annunciation" is a symbol of the angels reporting the birth of Christ to the shepherds on the outskirts of Bethlehem. As the night wore on, the church choir went from house to house, singing Christmas carols in front of the homes of the congregation. So the family came out to join the chorus.

After the singing, the host invited everyone into the house for refreshments. After a few jokes, the choir goes to other people's homes to sing, and the host's family often accompanies them, and the group grows larger and larger as they sing from house to house, increasing the joyful atmosphere, often lasting until dawn.

3. Decorating the Christmas tree

People will hang presents and colored lights on the small cedar or pine tree, and put a big star on the top of the tree. These decorations are symbolic, with the colored lights on the tree symbolizing Jesus bringing light to the world, and the large star at the top of the tree representing the star that led the three eastern Magi to Bethlehem after Jesus was born.

In addition to Christmas trees, holly and salvia are also common decorations at Christmas. Americans often make wreaths of holly boughs to hang on their front doors or place a few sprigs of holly on the dining room table as a holiday decoration.

Expanded Information:

The Origin of Christmas

Christmas is also known as Christmas Day, which translates as "Christ's Mass". It originated from the ancient Roman festival to welcome the New Year, which had nothing to do with Christianity. After Christianity prevailed in the Roman Empire, the Holy See followed the trend and incorporated this folk festival into the Christian system, while celebrating the birth of Jesus.

But Christmas is not the day of Jesus' birth, because the Bible does not record the exact day of his birth, and there is no mention of such a festival, which is the result of Christianity's incorporation of ancient Roman myths.

Most Catholic churches hold a midnight mass on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, and some Christian churches celebrate Christmas Day on Dec. 25, followed by the Annunciation on Dec. 25; the Orthodox Church, another branch of Christianity, celebrates Christmas Day on Jan. 7 every year. Christmas is also celebrated in the Western world as well as in many other parts of the world. Christmas is also a public ****holiday in the Western world as well as in many other regions.

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