What is the background of Christmas?

As a well-known holiday in the world, Christmas has a strong religious color behind it. First of all, the so-called Christmas is the birth of the Holy Son Jesus in the Bible and a festival celebrated by Western Christians. In China, Christmas was introduced in the 9th century, not so much for religion as for business. Setting up a Christmas tree is a tradition that began in Germany. The Germans designated 65438+February 24th as the first festival of Adam and Eve in the Bible. The Christmas tree symbolizes the Garden of Eden, the original residence of Adam and Eve. There are also many sayings about the decorations on trees. At first, there were the most elements related to religion, and then the decorations hung gradually began to be casual. The most interesting thing is the background of Santa Claus. There are two mainstream explanations about the origin of Santa Claus. There is a saying that the prototype of Santa Claus is Saint Nicholas, a bishop who likes to give alms to others, and the prototype of Santa Claus giving gifts is Saint Nicholas giving alms to others. There is also a saying that comes from the German legend "Kronpus". Crompus is a dark, fierce demon with long horns and sticks and gifts. He appears every Christmas, rewarding the good children and beating the bad ones. Besides, there are many other theories about the origin of Santa Claus, such as Odin in Nordic mythology and so on. This shows that Christmas is really a very international festival.