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The moral of the peace fruit?

Peace fruit not only represents peace, but also the blessing of peace and happiness for a lifetime of good wishes.

"Peaceful fruit" comes from "Christmas Eve" to send blessings in a way, because in Chinese, "apple" word and "Ping" word harmony, creative young people so called "peace fruit". Because in Chinese, the word "apple" and the word "Ping" harmonize, young people full of creativity, so the apple is called "Ping An Guo", as a blessing to each other, in order to celebrate the holiday. So on "Christmas Eve" to eat "peace fruit", for the next year to make a wish to celebrate the way also quietly popular.

On Christmas Eve this day, young people will often pick brightly colored, good-looking imported apples (red snake fruit, green snake fruit, etc.), carefully packaged into the "peace fruit", there are also domestic red Fuji apples packaged into the "peace fruit", some of the There are also domestic red Fuji apples packaged as "Ping An Fruit", some of which are wrapped in one apple, and some are wrapped in two at the same time for gifting.

Expanded information:

The gift of "peace fruits" on Christmas Eve is in fact a Western holiday that has been "Sinicized". In the West, Christmas Eve has the following customs:

One, exchanging gifts with each other, reporting good news

On Christmas Eve, that night, the whole family will be reunited in the living room, around the Christmas tree next to the Christmas songs, exchanging gifts with each other, each other to share the joys and sorrows of life over the past year, to express the blessings of the heart and love. On this night you will see a group of cute little boys or girls, playing guitars with poems in their hands, and families singing their poems to announce the good news.

Two, hanging socks

Hang a strip of colorful socks above the bed. It is said that on the night of Christmas Eve, Santa Claus will drive a reindeer sleigh full of gifts ready to send some of the children who have behaved well during the year, and he will quietly climb into the house through the chimney with the gifts tucked into the stockings hanging above the bed.

So the child always hangs a colorful sock above the bed and puts a glass of hot milk next to the sock to quench the thirst of the hard-working Santa Claus and to give a big gift to himself.

Three: Eve Mass or Gathering

Traditionally, many Christians participate in Eve Mass or Gathering on Christmas Eve, which is usually held in churches around the world to mark the beginning of Christmas Day. Some churches hold candlelight services earlier in the evening, often with a play on the story of the birth of Jesus, and a large meal, usually with turkey or ham as the main course. A traditional German dish is roasted carp.

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Peaceful Fruit