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2. Christmas traditions - Wikipedia

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   Christmas traditions. Children depicted pulling a Christmas cracker in a 19th-century English Christmas card. Christmas traditions include a variety of customs, religious practices, rituals, and folklore associated with the celebration of Christmas. Many of these traditions vary by country or region, while others are practiced virtually ...

3. Here's the History of Christmas and All of Your Favorite ...

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   Learn about the true history of Christmas! Find out the story behind your favorite traditions, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and more.

4. Christmas - Wikipedia

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   The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. [3] The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. [4] Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ ‎ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; [5] [6] and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the ...

5. Feast of the Seven Fishes - Wikipedia

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   The Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian: Festa dei Sette Pesci) is an Italian American celebration of Christmas Eve with dishes of fish and other seafood. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It is not a "feast" in the sense of "holiday", but rather a grand meal. Christmas Eve is a vigil or fasting day, and the abundance of seafood reflects the observance of abstinence ...

6. What Is Christmas and Why Do We Celebrate It? - AOL

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   December 25th is not the birth date of Jesus Christ, the spiritual leader and founder of Christianity whose birth is the reason why many people celebrate Christmas. The Bible doesn’t say when he ...

7. Holiday History: Why Do We Put Up and Decorate Trees?

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   According to Britannica, German settlers brought with them the tradition of putting up Christmas trees to America, but most Puritans rejected this custom because of its foreign pagan roots. And ...

8. Observance of Christmas by country - Wikipedia

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   Christmas Eve is the most important day. Unlike in the North American and Anglo-Saxon tradition, Christmas takes action mainly near midnight, usually with big family dinners, opening of gifts and the celebration of the Missa do Galo ('Rooster's Mass') in churches throughout the nation. Many Brazilians decorate their homes with a Christmas Tree.

9. Faith Works: Christmas traditions trace back to what local ...

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   Tell him your decorating customs at knapsack77@gmail.com, or follow @Knapsack77 on Threads. This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Faith Works: Christmas traditions trace back ...