The origin of the Christmas

Roman pagans first introduced the feast of Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between 17 and 25 12. During this period, Roman courts were closed, and Roman law dictated that no one can be liable for damages to property or persons injured during the celebration of a week. Discount Nike Shoes at Christmas Day. The festival began when Roman authorities chose "an enemy of the Roman people" to represent the "Lord of Misrule." Each Roman community selected a victim who was forced to enjoy food and other physical pleasures throughout the week. At the conclusion of the festival, December 25th, Roman authorities believed they were destroying the forces of darkness and brutal murder of this innocent man or woman.
The ancient Greek writer poet and historian Lucian (in his dialogue entitled Saturnalia) describes the festival's observance in his time. Christmas Day Is Coming. In addition to human sacrifice, he mentions these customs: widespread intoxication, ranging from house to house singing naked, rape and other sexual debauchery and consuming human-shaped biscuits (still occurs in some more English and German bakeries during the Christmas season)
Christians had little success, however, of Saturnalia refining practices. As Stephen Nissenbaum, a history professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, writes: "In return for ensuring massive observance of the anniversary of the birth of the Savior by assigning to this resonant date, the Church, for its part tacitly agreed allow the party to be held more or less the way it had always been. "The History of Christmas Day is celebrated by eating, sexual indulgence, singing naked in the streets (a precursor of modern caroling), etc.

The Rev. Increase Mather of Boston in 1687 noted that "the early Christians who first observed Christmas on December 25 did not think that Christ was born in that month, but due to the pagan Saturnalia" was at that time held in Rome, and were willing to have those Pagan Holidays became the Christian. "Because of its known pagan origin, Christmas was banned by the Puritans and their enforcement is illegal in Massachusetts between 1659 and 1681. Happy Christmas Day. However, Christmas has been and is celebrated by most Christians.

How To Celebrate Christmas

Many of our Christmas customs began long before Jesus was born. Came from previous festivals had nothing to do with the Christian church. Long ago people had midwinter festivals when the days were shorter and weaker sunlight. They believed that their ceremonies would give the sun back their power. The Romans, for example, held the feast of the Saturnalia, around 25 December. They decorated their homes with evergreens to remind them of Saturn, their god of harvest, to return the following spring. Some of these customs and traditions were adopted by early Christians as part of its celebrations of the birthday of Jesus. In Victorian times some new ideas, like Santa Claus, Christmas cards and crackers were added to the celebrations. 

Romania: 
On December 6, St. Nicholas arrived and put small gifts (nike jordan 6 rings olympic edition) in the shoes of children who have been polished and placed near the windows and whether children have been naughty get a stick. In general, people in the field grow their own pigs which are slaughtered for Christmas on 20 December and the meat is cooked differently for the Christmas meal as homemade smoked / unsmoked sausage. Each part of the pig is used in different ways to make different dishes. Chop is made and, along with rice, onions and spices are used for stuffed cabbage leaves or vine, called 'sarmale'. So pork is traditional for Christmas dinner. On Christmas Eve the children usually go around the houses and sing carols and get fruit, sweets or money in return. Around the world on Christmas Day has a great family meal and family visit. In the country side people dressed as bears and goats and going to sing traditional songs special in every house in the village.