What are the main activities of Christmas

1. Making a Christmas manger

Making a Christmas manger at Christmas is a very old tradition. According to the Bible, Jesus was born in a manger in Bethlehem, so people used figurines and a manger to create a scene from the birth of Jesus. The tradition began when a French church showed the nativity scene to people at Christmas time, and the tradition has been passed down to the present day.

2. Christmas dinner

Christmas dinner is a very important traditional custom, this meal must be eaten to enjoy, Christmas cake, pudding, and mince pies are people's favorite Christmas delicious, of course, the main event is the Christmas Roast Chicken, and in some places will also eat roast goose.

Besides eating the meal, there is also the important activity of getting together and celebrating the Christmas season together, making amends for any unpleasantness in the past.

3, dress up the Christmas tree

Christmas tree is the classic symbol of Christmas, ancient Western countries have a tradition of sacrificing evergreen trees, so the earliest Christmas tree is to use the pine tree, such as evergreen trees. Now every year when Christmas comes, dress up the Christmas tree is also a very favorite thing for children, the decoration will be used O colorful lights and gold foil and some wreaths baubles and so on.

4, lighting Christmas candles

During the Christmas season, devout Christians will light a candle outside the house, which is a symbol of the hope and light that Jesus can bring to people. Christianity was an outlawed religion in the beginning, and Christians were repeatedly persecuted and banned from praying, so people commemorated the birth of Jesus by lighting candles.

5, Christmas hat S

anta'shat that is a red hat, it is said to wear at night to sleep in addition to sleep peacefully and a little warm, the next day you will also find in the hat more than a little beloved one to send gifts. In the carnival night it is the protagonist of the scene, no matter you go to that corner, will see all kinds of red hat, some are the tip of the cap is shiny, some are shiny gold.

Since the custom of celebrating Christmas became popular in Northern Europe, a combination of Northern Hemisphere winter decorations and the Santa Claus myth has emerged.