Steemit Engagement Challenge Week2| Share your country’s culture by @estyroberts
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I bring you greetings from Nigeria dearest steemit Pakistan I hope you all are doing great. Welcome to week two of the steemit engagement challenge where I am going to tell you about my favorite religious festival, I hope you enjoy reading.
Christmas Festival
Christmas is a festival celebrated annually by Christians all over the world, it is a day set aside to celebrate the birth of Christ Jesus our savior. Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of every December and before the date you would see people going to the market and purchasing foodstuffs for the big celebration and also the Christmas tree -you can’t do without this green beauty for this celebration.
Brief History of Christmas
The December period wasn’t always about Christmas. in Ancient Rome, the romans celebrated two pagan holiday/celebrations in the month of December, the first is called saturnalia-a two week long celebration of Saturn the god of agriculture. And on the 25th of December they celebrated Mithra the sun god. When Christianity became widespread in Europe the priest and clergy decided to pick 25th December as the birthday of Jesus Christ in other to curb the pagan holiday.
The Christmas tree tradition that we Christians add in our celebration stemmed from Northern Europe in the 1500s where we have the germanic pagan tribes decorating evergreen trees in worship of their god.
A decorated Christmas tree with gifts
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Christmas wasn’t always celebrated by all Christians because of its pagan origin until around
1800s
How Santa Claus Became part of Christmas Festival.
There is quite the story behind this. Santa Claus was inspired by St. Nicholas a generous man who suffered persecution. He saved three daughters of a man from being sold to slavery because they had no dowry to get married and the father decided to sell them, St. Nicholas then threw a gold coin into their house through the window and it fell into a sock by the fireplace. This made children hang socks by the fireplace in hopes that they would receive gifts. After a while different cultures practiced different versions of St Nicholas where gifts where given to well behaved children. Hence the birth of Santa Claus and the song
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Santa Claus is comin' to town
Santa Claus is comin' to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
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How I celebrate Christmas
With Christmas comes holidays, so almost everyone is at home (almost), I go to the market and purchase foodstuffs including the main course chicken, salad ingredients and drinks. Also I get a mini Christmas tree and lights for decoration. I get Christmas music tape to bring in the Christmas spirit. Family and friends are invited and the celebration begins.
Normally Christmas is for just one day (-the 25th but it is celebrated till the next year).
Truly christmas is a very special holiday to all countries, it shares the birth of our saviour with us giving us memories of how salvation came into existence, thanks for sharing @estyroberts
Thanks for reading bro 🤗.
Hello, friend, here the celebration of the Christmas tradition is very similar, I still go with my family to the market and buy the ingredients to prepare the traditional dishes. I love to decorate the tree with good music, bagpipes are heard here.
Yes right, decorating is so fun. I always miss the season when it is over.
Thanks @estyroberts for reminding me of how Christmas is spent in Nigeria. Christmas is always fun here.
Yes it is fun, I am glad I could remind you. thanks for reading.
Absolutely, @estyroberts. Christmas is one of the best celebrations amongst Christians all over the world.
It's a season of love, sharing with one another and relaxation.
Children all over the are always expectant of the mystery Santa Claus and his gifts.
It's one of my favorite festive seasons.
Thank you so much for sharing, Ma'am.
Yes it is an amazing celebration, thanks for reading and engaging.
Christmas is a time for love. It’s a time where loved ones come together to share interesting memories together. In Nigeria Christmas is not a festival that is to be joked with. Weldone friend.
You are right, it is not to be joked with at all. Thanks for reading.
You have really made efforts in explaining Christmas festival. I must you, your work is really eat and wl presented.
I appreciate your efforts.
You did very well by explaining everything about Christmas festival, it's an amazing post because it's very simple to understand because of the way you explained, keep up your good work
Thank you for reading through friend.
The Christmas period is always great, the thought of going on break and as well the January nearby as always makes the moment count.
Great entry by the way.
Thank you for stopping by and reading.
@estyroberts Nicely researched and written. Christmas is a popular holiday that's enjoyed by millions around the world. What baffles me is not what the day represents but how it even came to represent what it represents. It's like using a nuclear bomb to celebrate peace; using pagan customs and practices to celebrate Christ. You know I used to wonder, Did Jesus ever, in all his 33 years of life celebrate his birth? Would he do so today, if he was here, using pagan customs? Whats the smartest thing to do, follow the trend or stand back and differ? SALIENT Questions, these! Useful guidance 👉HERE
Thanks for writing about this festival. Hope it serves as an eye opener to many faithfuls who may never have given though to the origins of this popular festival.
Christmas is one of the biggest celebration that we do Celebrated once in a day 25th December. All what you have said are all true.
I can say that you do enjoyed yourself a lot during Christmas celebration.
Thank you for sharing.