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Every family, every town, every city and every country has Christmas traditions of their own. May it be a simple family ski trip every holiday season or a grand Christmas tree lighting that involves the whole city, these activities bring people together in the spirit of Christmas. Christmas traditions keep us grounded to our roots and give us something exciting to look forward to every year.
Here are some popular Christmas traditions around the world:
Setting up Christmas Trees
Whether you cut down a fir or a pine tree annually or you use an artificial one for your home, setting up and decorating a Christmas tree has been part of everyone's holiday traditions. There are many speculative theories behind the real origin of the Christmas tree, but many agree that the custom can be traced back to the Renaissance Period and early modern Germany. Similar to the origin of the Christmas wreath, pre-Christian Germans collected evergreens during cold winter nights as a sign of hope to the coming spring. Some would display evergreen trees inside their homes or outside their doors.
The first evidence of decorated Christmas Trees can be traced back in the Renaissance Period, in the guild halls of Northern Germany. During Christmas, trees were adorned with sweets for the children and apprentices to enjoy.
Exchanging Presents
One of the many reasons that get everyone, especially kids, excited about Christmas is the tradition of giving and receiving gifts. Many say that the act of exchanging gifts on Christmas day was influenced by Saturnalia, an ancient Roman festival that took place every year, late in December, around the time of Christmas. The last day of the festival, called Sigillaria, is the day of gift-giving. People exchanged presents because the value of their gifts marked their social status at the time.
Exchanging gifts during the holidays is also associated with the tradition of Santa Claus giving presents to children on Christmas day, as well as the 3 Kings' offering of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the new-born Jesus.
Singing Christmas Carols
After Halloween, malls instantly change their decorations to a Christmas theme, getting shoppers in the spirit of the holidays playing Christmas carols in the background. Singing and listening to Christmas songs is one tradition that we can't live without during the holiday season. The family gathering around the piano singing catchy Christmas tunes or listening to a choir singing Christmas carols in perfect harmony serve as the icing to the cake of a wonderful occasion.
Origins of Christmas carols can be traced back to thousands of years ago, with pagans singing carols during the Winter Solstice (the shortest day of the year) which usually took place every 23rd of December.
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