Merry Christmas

Traditional Christmas activities
Christmas tree
It is said that a farmer in a Christmas Eve blizzard of the Cross, received a child suffering from cold and hunger, he ate a sumptuous Christmas dinner, the children bid farewell to the fold when a fir tree branches on the ground and play blessing: "This year after year, gifts Man, leave this beautiful tree, and repay your kindness." Children left, the farmers found that the branch has become a small tree, he came to realize that his reception was in fact quite a Members of the messenger of God. This story has become a source of the Christmas tree.
Christmas Boxing
Christmas in the West refers to when the postman or the servants of Boxing, usually in a small box, and are therefore known as the "Christmas Box".
Christmas
Santa'shat that is a red hat, said to have put to bed at night in addition to sleep a little warm and secure, you will also discover the next day in the Hat will leave more people who love to send a gift. Carnival in the evening it is the protagonist of the game, whether you go to the corner, they will find a wide variety of red, some bright hat tip, some golden.
Since the celebration of Christmas customs in the Nordic fashion, a combination of the northern hemisphere winter, Christmas decorations and Santa Claus myth emerged.
He brought about by Santa Claus and gifts
Santa Claus, he was said to be Asia Minor city of Rafah every bishop named St. Nicholas, after the death of the title of Latter-day Saints, is dressed in a Hong Pao, wearing a white-bearded old man of Red Hat. Christmas every year, he drove the sled pull deer from the north side, from entering the chimney each, mounted on a Christmas gift, socks hung in the children's bed or on the stove before.
Sent to Christmas gifts has become close to a global movement of used to it. Mysterious figure gifts to the children of the concept is derived from St. Nicholas, Nicholas, a 4th century Asia Minor to live in the good bishop. In the Dutch St. Nicholas Day (December 6) to imitate him a gift. In North America, the British colonists into the traditional Christmas holiday celebration, but also the Sinterklaas, or Santa Claus has become known as Saint Nick (St. Nick) of the characters. British in the American tradition, Santa Claus is always happy in the Christmas Eve rode reindeer pull the sleigh come from the chimney climbing into the house, leaving behind a gift to the children, the children ate his left Food (milk and cookies). In his year in the other time was busy making gifts and supervision of the children's behavior and record.
Santa Claus is called in French Père Noel, Santa Claus and he is almost exactly the same, alternating red and white of their clothes had been so inspired by Coca-Cola Company in the 1930s has spread all over the world to draw the image of Santa Claus. In some cultures, Santa Claus With the side with Knecht Ruprecht, or known as "Black Peter" (Black Peter) guy. Some versions of the toy in the workshop produced a dwarf holiday gifts, and sometimes Mrs. Santa Claus and Christmas is a husband and wife. During the Christmas season in North America and the United Kingdom, many of the supermarket, children can have their gifts to the emergence of Santa Claus.
In many countries, children are ready to empty containers in order to be Santa Claus into a number of small gifts, such as toys, candy or fruit. In the United States, children in the fireplace on Christmas Eve hanging Christmas stockings, Santa Claus said to be due to the Christmas Eve from the chimney down to put socks in a gift. In other countries, children's shoes on the outdoor air in order to be Santa Claus on Christmas Eve (or St. Nicholas Day on December 5) gift. Gift not only means Santa Claus, family members and friends to give each other gifts.
In many countries, St. Nicholas Day is still the gift of each other's day. Many parts of Germany, on December 5 in the evening, the child had to come up with shoes on the windowsill, the next morning they found shoes, filled with candy and small gifts. In Germany, major gifts to date is December 24, or Santa Claus bringing gifts under the Christmas tree on. The same is true in Hungary, only small gifts are the Lord, not Santa Claus.
In many areas, including the Netherlands, the Christmas holiday still retains its religious nature. In Spain and other countries have similar traditions, in the January 6 Epiphany gifts is one of the priests (Magi), fortune-telling and the pagan priest.
Christmas songs out on the 12th of one of the gift-giving practices. Which describes the British tradition from Christmas to Epiphany each day to send gifts to celebrate. Most of the world, Christmas gifts are in the evening of Christmas Eve or Christmas morning sent. So in the near future to the British are in the Boxing Day gifts for friends.
Christmas Cards
Is to congratulate the Christmas and New Year's greeting cards, printed on the top story of the birth of Jesus picture, as well as "to celebrate Christmas and a Happy New Year wishes and the like.
Christmas cards can be: Web-based card and two greeting cards
Christmas cards (Christmas cards) in the United States and Europe is very popular, which is far from relatives and friends to maintain the relationship between a good way. With many families put on the annual family photo greeting cards, or / and family news, general news, including family members in Over the past year the merits of expertise and so on.
Web-based programming that is so out of the pages, the effect is good, it is also very popular, the average page e-card, there will be background music, web material is also very beautiful. It is now popular in the page to fill in the name, followed by the Web site sent to your friends or family friend, showed above the name of your own custom words and good wishes!
Web greeting cards, so it's also a relatively good results, a strong randomness, you can create a lot of styles and a variety of background music, but also a kind of a variety of custom, why are all these pages are like greeting cards reason!
Christmas entertainment
Many countries, businesses, schools and organizations will be held in the weeks before Christmas Christmas party and dance. Some organizations will be performing a Christmas parade, performances, including at times the story of the birth of Christ. Show that in Latin America in particular, often See. Some organizations will be hymns open-air activities such as visiting neighbors singing Christmas songs. Sometimes people wanted by the holidays to draw attention to people relations between people, in particular to participate in volunteer work, or carry out fund-raising activities.
Christmas or Christmas Eve, people often prepare a sumptuous Christmas dinner to enjoy the vegetables in general are the country's traditional dishes. A lot of areas, particularly in Eastern Europe, the family Christmas dinner for a while before people will be fasting. Many countries, candy and the banquet is also an important part of the celebration of Christmas