When is Christmas in the West? Is Christmas also called Christmas?

When is Christmas in the West? Is Christmas also called Christmas?
With the exchange of Chinese and Western cultures, Christmas gradually came to China and was welcomed by the people. When is Christmas in the West? Is Christmas also called Christmas? Shui Mo Xiansheng website has carefully compiled detailed information about the eleventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019. If you want to know about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, please come to Shui Mo Xiansheng website!

When is Christmas in the West?

》Western Christmas is on December 25th of the lunar calendar every year <br /> Most Catholic churches will hold midnight mass on Christmas Eve, December 24th, which is the early morning of December 25th, while some Christian churches will hold carols and then celebrate Christmas on December 25th;
Another major branch of Christianity, the Eastern Orthodox Church, celebrates Christmas on January 7th every year.
》Christmas is a public holiday in the West <br /> Christmas is also a public holiday in the Western world and many other regions - for example: in Asia, China's Hong Kong and Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore.
》Christmas Festival Features:
Chinese name: Christmas English name: Christmas
Other name: Christmas Holiday time: December 25 (Gregorian calendar)
Holiday Type Western traditional holidays, religious holidays Popular regions Europe, America, South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

Is Christmas also called Christmas?

》Another name for Christmas: Christmas <br /> Christmas is also called Christmas, and its translation name is "Christ Mass"
——It originated from the Saturnalia, which was a festival held by the ancient Romans to welcome the New Year, and has nothing to do with Christianity.
——After Christianity became popular in the Roman Empire, the Vatican followed the trend and incorporated this folk festival into the Christian system to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
——But Christmas is not Jesus’ birthday, because the Bible does not record the specific day when Jesus was born, nor does it mention the existence of such a festival. This is the result of Christianity absorbing ancient Roman mythology.
》The development of Christmas: from a religious festival to a global festival <br /> From the original religious festival, it has developed into a global festival.
The religious meaning of Christmas has gradually merged with cultural traditions around the world.
Some have evolved on the basis of religious culture and become a more colorful Christmas religious culture. Some have gradually become secularized, commercialized, and even politicized.

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