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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 identically worldwide. Traditions associated with the Christmas holiday are diverse in their origins and nature, with ...
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 ...
Capon (Northern Italy). Cavallucci (Siena) – a rich Italian Christmas pastry prepared with anise, walnuts, candied fruits, coriander, and flour. Eel (Southern Italy). Pandoro (Verona) [42] – a sweet originally from Verona. Pandoro is today the most consumed Italian Christmas dessert together with panettone.
The Christmas season[2] or the festive season; [3] also known as the holiday season or the holidays, is an annual period generally spanning from late November to early January. Incorporating Christmas Day and New Year's Day, the various celebrations during this time create a peak season for the retail sector (Christmas/holiday "shopping season ...
These two colors were also associated with Celtic winter celebrations, ... Gold and white take the No. 3 and No. 4 spots in terms of Christmas color popularity, according to Today.com. They both ...
Charles Dickens, The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. Janet Evanovich, Visions of Sugar Plums. Frederick Forsyth, The Shepherd. Jostein Gaarder, The Christmas Mystery. John Grisham, Skipping Christmas. Maureen Johnson, John Green and Lauren Myracle, Let It Snow. C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
A Christmas decoration is any of several types of ornamentation used at Christmastide and the greater holiday season. The traditional colors of Christmas are pine green (evergreen), snow white, and heart red. Gold and silver are also prevalent, as are other metallic colours.
Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891) Typical North American family decorating Christmas tree (c. 1970s). A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas.