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When is Christmas in Ukraine?

Christmas in Ukraine is on January 7th.

Christmas is an important Christian festival to commemorate the birth of Jesus. It is also known as Jesus Christmas and the Nativity of the Lord. Catholicism also calls Jesus Christmas. The date of Jesus’ birth is not recorded in the Bible. In 336 AD, the Roman Church began to celebrate Christmas on December 25

After this festival, December 25 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 justice and the eternal sun. After the middle of the 5th century, Christmas, as an important holiday, became a church tradition and gradually spread among Eastern and Western churches.

Due to different calendars and other reasons, the specific dates and activities held by various sects to celebrate are also different.

Christmas holiday decorations. Christmas decorations include Christmas stockings. They used to be a pair of big red socks of any size. Because Christmas stockings were used to hold gifts, they were children’s favorite thing. They would put their

The socks were hung by the bed, waiting to be received as gifts the next morning. The Christmas hat was a red hat.

It is said that in addition to sleeping soundly and a little warm when you wear it at night, you will also find some gifts from your loved ones in the hat the next day, including a Christmas tree. Usually people bring an evergreen plant into the house around Christmas.

Or place it outdoors, decorate it with Christmas lights and colorful decorations, and place an angel or star on the top of the tree. The Christmas tree originated in Germany.

Christmas rings are decorations hung on the doorsteps of homes during Christmas in Western countries. They usually use green branches and leaves or rattan, silver metal and gold bells with red ribbons to form the main color, with green, white, yellow,

The four colors of red represent joy and celebration, and Christmas rings first appeared in Finland.