Jesus' Christmas Party

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It must have counted as common knowledge, at least in Rome, to warrant its inclusion in the Chronograph. Among countries with a strong Christian tradition, a variety of Christmas celebrations have developed that incorporate regional and local cultures. When Joseph and Mary arrived in the city, the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born, with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then spread the word.

Eastern Orthodox Church jurisdictions, including those of Constantinople, Bulgaria, Ukraine [244] (state holiday, Orthodox and Greek Catholic), Greece, Romania, Antioch, Alexandria, Albania, Cyprus, Finland, the Orthodox Church in America. Football, among the sports the Puritans banned on a Sunday, was also used as a rebellious force: when Puritans outlawed Christmas in England in December 1647 the crowd brought out footballs as a symbol of festive misrule. In America, interest in Christmas had been revived in the 1820s by several short stories by Washington Irving which appear in his The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The choice of that day was, of course, wholly arbitrary, for neither the exact date not the period of the year at which the birth of Christ occurred is known.a b c d e f g Murray, Alexander, "Medieval Christmas" Archived December 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, History Today, December 1986, 36 (12), pp. In countries where a representation of the Nativity scene is very popular, people are encouraged to compete and create the most original or realistic ones. The Restoration of King Charles II in 1660 ended the ban, and Christmas was again freely celebrated in England.

Accordingly, when the doctors of the Church perceived that the Christians had a leaning to this festival, they took counsel and resolved that the true Nativity should be solemnised on that day. In so doing, they replaced the Alexandrian celebration of the birth of Aion, Time, with the birth of Christ.The official White House Christmas tree for 1962, displayed in the Entrance Hall and presented by John F. The 18th-century English reformer Charles Wesley, an early Methodist divine, understood the importance of music to Christian worship.