Christmas gift

Christmas Gift

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, they primarily observe on December 25[a] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.[2][3][4] A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, is to be proceeded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night.[5] Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries, that they celebrate religiously by a majority of Christians,[9] as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season they organize around it.

Christmas Gift

The traditional Christmas narrative is recounting in the New Testament, we know as the Nativity of Jesus, says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. In accordance with messianic prophecies. When Joseph and Mary had arrived in the city. The inn having no room and so they had offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born.  With angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then spread the word.

There are different hypotheses regarding the date of Jesus’ birth and in the early fourth century. The church fixed the date as December 25. This corresponds to the traditional date of the winter solstice on the Roman calendar. It is exactly nine months after Annunciation on March 25. Also the date of the spring equinox.

Most Christians celebrate on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar. Which was adopted almost universally in the civil calendars used in countries throughout the world. However, part of the Eastern Christian Churches celebrate Christmas on December 25 of the older Julian calendar. Which is currently corresponding to January 7 in the Gregorian calendar.

For Christians, believing that God came into the world in the form of man to atone for the sins of humanity. Rather than knowing Jesus’ exact birth date, we consider it to be the primary purpose in celebrating Christmas.