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Which country celebrates Christmas?

Christmas is a holiday in Britain, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Denmark and many other western countries.

/kloc-From the beginning of 0/9th century to the middle of 0/9th century, the whole Europe and America began to celebrate Christmas, and the corresponding Christmas culture was derived.

Christmas spread to Asia in the middle of19th century, and Japanese, Korean and China were all influenced by Christmas culture.

After the reform and opening up, Christmas spread especially in China. At the beginning of 2 1 century, Christmas was organically combined with local customs in China, and it became more and more mature.

Eating apples, wearing Christmas hats, sending Christmas cards, attending Christmas parties and Christmas shopping have become a part of China people's life.

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1, commemorating the birth of Jesus

It is said that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary.

God even sent the angel Gabriel to Yue Se in his dream, telling him not to abandon Maria just because she was unmarried and pregnant, but to marry her and name the child "Jesus", which means to save people from sin.

When Maria was about to give birth, the Roman government issued an order that everyone must declare their household registration when going to Bethlehem.

Yue Se and Mary had to obey. When they arrived in Bethlehem, it was already dark, but they couldn't find a hotel for the night, only a stable could stay. At that time, Jesus was born.

So Mary only gave birth to Jesus in a manger. In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, later generations designated1February 25th as Christmas, and held mass every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus.

2. The establishment of the Roman Church

At the beginning of the 4th century AD, 65438+1October 6th was a double festival for churches in the Eastern Roman Empire to commemorate the birth and baptism of Jesus, which was also called Epiphany, that is, God revealed himself to the world through Jesus.

At that time, only the church in Lala Leng was an exception, which only commemorated the birth of Jesus, not the baptism of Jesus. Later, historians found in the calendar used by Roman Christians that the page of 65438+ February 25, 354 AD recorded: "Christ was born in Bethlehem, Judah."

According to textual research, it is generally believed that Christmas on February 25th, 65438 may have started in the Roman church in 336 AD, spread to Antioch in Asia Minor in about 375 AD, and reached Alexandria in Egypt in 430 AD. The church in Salem accepted it at the latest, while the church in Armenia still insisted that epiphany was the birthday of Jesus in 654381October 6.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Christmas