Visit our registration page. You can get the answers to many common questions by accessing our Frequently Asked Questions. Need help? Thanks for visiting! Or give us a call at Few months present as many multicultural celebrations as December. In the Christian faith, Christmas is the historical celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Whether celebrated for this religious reason or solely as a cultural celebration, Christmas traditions vary around the world. In England , Christmas traditions are similar to those in the United States , but instead of leaving milk and cookies for Santa Claus, children leave mince pies and brandy for Father Christmas.
In Iceland , capital city Reykjavik turns into a winter wonderland with its Christmas market and for the children, there is not one but thirteen Santas, known as Yule Lads. One arrives each night in the thirteen days before Christmas, leaving small gifts in shoes left in window sills. Read more about how Christmas is celebrated around the world here. Hanukkah, or Chanukah, is an eight-day Jewish celebration that commemorates the re-dedication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem following the Maccabean Revolt.
Those who took part in the re-dedication witnessed what they believed to be a miracle. Celebrations revolve around lighting the menorah.
Typically, blessings are recited and traditional Hanukkah foods such as potato pancakes latkes and jam-filled donuts sufganiyot are fried in oil.
Other Hanukkah customs include playing with dreidels and exchanging gifts. Learn more about Hanukkah here. Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga in after the Watts riots in Los Angeles.
From there, he combined aspects of several different harvest celebrations to form the basis of Kwanzaa. Each family celebrates Kwanzaa in its own way, but celebrations often include songs and dances, African drums, storytelling, poetry reading, and a large traditional meal.
On each of the seven nights, families gather and a child lights one of the candles on the Kinara, then one of the seven principles, values of African culture, is discussed. An African feast, called a Karamu, is held on December Learn more about the principles of Kwanzaa here. Boxing Day takes place on December Only celebrated in a few countries, the holiday originated in the United Kingdom during the Middle Ages.
It was the day when the alms box, collection boxes for the poor often kept in churches, were opened and their content distributed, a tradition that still happens in some areas. It was also the day servants were traditionally given the day off to celebrate Christmas with their families. In England, soccer matches and horse races often take place on Boxing Day.
The Irish refer to the holiday as St. The Bahamas celebrate Boxing Day with a street parade and festival called Junkanoo. Learn more about the origins of Boxing Day here. Shinto shrines prepare amazake to pass out to crowds and most Buddhist temples have large cast bells that are struck once for each of the earthly desires believed to cause human suffering. Geographically, the land down under is a world away from the U.
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For example, the candles and lights associated with Christmas, meant to symbolize guiding beacons for the Christ child, may have evolved from the Yule log, which was lit to entice the Sun to return as part of the jol Yule festivalin pagan Scandinavia. Never-Fail Christmas Fudge. A selection of Christmas weather folklore for your perusal:. Enjoy more Christmas weather folklore. Find Christmas poems and verses to share and express your thoughts about this special time of year.
All glory be to God on high, And to the Earth be peace; Good-will henceforth from heaven to earth begin and never cease! Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. The Darling of the world is come, And fit it is we find a room To welcome Him. The nobler part Of all the house here is the heart. We wish all of our readers a very happy and peaceful Christmas! Happy Holidays to all. Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own.
Good tidings of comfort and joy to you, our Almanac companions. This past week, as we paged through old Almanacs, we came across three bits of wisdom to share. In the spirit of Christmas, may we give of ourselves to bring happiness to others. May we remember that we must be good neighbors to make good neighbors.
As it grows colder outside, may our hearts grow warmer within! And as dawns, we wish all of our Almanac readers a very Happy New Year!
Thank you for keeping Christ in Christmas, in spite of all those who want to do away with all religions. Christmas is actually a Pagen holiday, but due to Christians conquering lands, Christians decided to merge their beliefs into the Pagen holiday to gain more followers. Originally, Pagens would have feast, commit homicide, and enduldge in drinking alcohol. Christmas is not a Christian holiday. Historians agree that the birth of Jesus was most likely in the summer. All comments that are not family-friendly will be deleted.
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Best wishes for a healthy, happy year again, to. I'm from Iran that the people don't care to christmas. I think becaus we are muslim. But Christianity is God's Religion. We have to respect. But many people do not understand. Merry Christmas to all. All religions teach and stand for love peace and for the good of all. The resurection of Jesus Christ, is the hope of the gospel to be taught through out the world. From life to life everlasting.
Thank you for your beautiful post. Some, including the Puritans of colonial New England, even banned its observance because they viewed its traditions—the offering of gifts and decorating trees, for example—as linked to paganism. In the early days of the United States, celebrating Christmas was considered a British custom and fell out of style following the American Revolution.
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