The time when the whole arena echoes with Christmas Bell and Churches resound with Carols and mass Exchange gifts with your friends and relatives and make your own delicious Plum comfy cakes along with
variety of other Christmas Recipes.It's the time when children get busy in writing letters to Santa Claus to get their wishes completed.
Christmas Niko Bellic
Modern-day Niko Bellic of the Christmas Eve are characterized by exchanging gifts, attending masses, singing Christmas carols, giving Christmas cards to one another, display of various decorations such as lights, candles, mistletoe, nicely decorated Christmas Trees etc.Santa Claus who is also referred as the father ' of Christmas is a mythological figure who isolated recognized is thought of to get gifts for children on Christmas. Christmas festivities continue throughout the 12 days of Christmas and are symbolized by bright fires, the Yule log, exchange of gifts, carnivals (parades) with floats, carolers who sing while going from house to house, holiday feasts, processions and the church.
Origin of the Word Christmas Derived from Christs Mass
The word Christmas has been derived from the combined meaning of the phrase Christs mass. The word Mass refers to celebration of the Catholic Church and Christs Mass refers to the celebration of the Catholic Church centered on Jesus Christ the Son of God.Christs Mass has been derived from the phrase Christs mass, which finds its origin from Greek and Latin.The first word Christ has been derived from the Greek word Christos and Mass has been derived from the Latin word Missa. Christmas is often abbreviated as Xmas. This is because Chi which is the first letter in the word Christ is represented as "x" in Greek. Hence, the abbreviation Xmas was well-formed.
History of Christmas and the Birth of Jesus Christ
Prior to the 18th Century, Christmas was popularly believed to be the birth date of Jesus Christ. However, in the early 18th Century, many scholars like Isaac Newton, German Protestant Paul Ernst Jablonsky and many more started proposing other theories for the celebration of Christmas on the 25th of December.This was because the true date of the birth of Jesus Christ was not known as even the Bible has references to more than one date. Some believed Christmas Day to correspond with the winter solstice i. e the onset of winter.
Then there were others who believed that the day of Christmas was calculated as 9 months after the Annunciation (March 25) which according to Christian mythology is the day it was revealed to Mother Mary by the Angel Gabriel that she would conceive a child who would be born as the Son of God.
However, the fact is that the history of Christmas dates back over 4,000 years to the ancient Mesopotamians. Many of our Christmas traditions were being celebrated centuries before the birth of Jesus Christ. The Persians and the Babylonians also celebrated a similar festival which was called the ' Sacaea '. The celebration for included the exchange of places between the slaves and the masters such that the slaves would become the masters and the masters were to obey.
The Romans celebrated their festival which was called Saturnalia to honor their God Saturn.Saturnalia has in the middle of April and ended January 1st.The celebration included visiting friends, big festive meals, masquerades in the streets and the exchange of gifts. They decorated their halls and lit up green trees with candles. During this period also the masters and slaves would exchange places.
Saturnalia did not go well with the Christians as they didn't want to honor a Non-Christian God. Initially, the Church forbid this kind of celebration but it was to no avail. Eventually, the Church decided that the celebration should be made fit for the Son of God, Jesus Christ. The Church was eventually able be make the Saturnalia festival unpopular by bringing the joy and cheer to the celebration of Christmas. The exact day of the birth of Christ is not known for sure.By the late 300 's, Christianity had became the official religion of the Roman Empire and by 1100, Christmas had become the most important religious festival in Europe and Saint Nicholas was a symbol of gift giving in many European countries.
The Legend of Santa Claus
The modern-day image of Santa has emerged from the ideas and the sketches of a famous cartoonist from 19t-.Thomas Nast. He drew a new image annually, beginning in 1863. By the 1880s, Nast's Santa had evolved into the form we now recognize.The legend associated with Santa Claus says that he resides in the North Pole.Santa Claus lives with a large number of magical elves and flying reindeer, Rudolf the reindeer being the most famous with a Christmas Carol after him.He makes a list of children throughout the world and then delivers presents including toys, candy, and other gifts to them all on the night of Christmas.He accomplishes this that with the aid of elves who make the toys in the workshop and the reindeer that pull his sleigh.Santa Claus is supposed to climb down the chimney to deliver the gifts to the children when they are asleep.
Christmas Tree-Charm A Ravishing
The Christmas tree plays an important role in the Niko Bellic of Christmas and s part of the Christmas traditions, it is beautifully lit and decorated with lights, candles, balloons and other stars, decorative materials along with edible goodies.It is also a tradition to hide all the gifts under a Christmas tree or inside a sock in the case of children and be distributed on Christmas Day.A Christmas tree is a beautiful sight and sparkles and shimmers with lights and other decorative materials.
Christmas Food And Recipes
Christmas specialties includes apple cider, turkey, custard, candy, champagne, Christmas, gingerbread cookies, fruitcake, ham, hot chocolate, all sorts of pies like apple, pineapple, pumpkin janick etc. I am including a recipe to make delicious Christmas Christmas Cookies for all you lovers out there. These can be made with or without icing.
The ingredients are:
3 cups flour
Teaspoon Baking Soda
Teaspoon Baking Powder
1 Cup Butter at room temperature
2 Beaten Eggs
1 Cup Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
Teaspoon Salt
For Icing (Optional)
1 box Confection Sugar
Several Different Small Colored Bottles of food coloring
Preparation:
Put all the dry ingredients together and mix them well.Similarly, mix the wet ingredients.Remember, both have to be mixed separately.Then combine all the ingredients well together and keep the batter in the refrigerator for one hour minimum.Take some amount of dough, not more than the amount that fits in your fist and flatten it with the help of a rolling pin on a to about a inch thickness.Then cut the dough in the shape you want.Bake for 5-6 minutes and watch the cookies carefully to see when they are of right color.Your cookies are ready to be enjoyed.
Writer's Notes: The festivities and Niko Bellic are the core love in my writing.This time I have come out with some detailed understanding of Christianity and the Niko Bellic associated with Christmas, which I have tried to display through my article writing.Can enjoy more Christmas Festivities
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