

Christmas
Christmas (Latin: Nativitas, 'birth')? is one of the most important festivals of Christianity, along with Easter and Pentecost, which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem. This feast is celebrated on December 25 by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, some other Protestant Churches and the Romanian Orthodox Church, and Jan. 7 in other Orthodox churches, as they did not accept the reforms made to the Julian calendar, to spend our current schedule, called the Gregorian, the name of his reformer, the Sovereign Pontifice Gregory XIII. English speakers use the word Christmas, which means' mass (mass) of the Christ '. In some Germanic languages, such as German, the holiday is called Weihnachten, which means' night of blessing. " The festivities of Christmas are proposed, as its name suggests, celebrate the nativity (or birth) of Jesus of Nazareth in this world. Christmas, as we know it today is a creation of the nineteenth century. The Christmas tree, originally from Germanic areas, spread to other areas of Europe and America. The carols have been recovered and are composed of many new (the custom of singing Christmas carols, while former origins, comes primarily from the nineteenth century). The Christmas cards started to be used until the 1870s, although the first of which was printed in London in 1846. Today, Christmas is a time of great commercial activity and exchange of gifts, meetings and lunches Families. In the West celebrated the Mass of the rooster in churches and cathedrals. In Latin America, rooted in Catholic tradition, especially the celebrated Christmas Eve (December 24) with a family dinner to be prepared for a variety of dishes, desserts and traditional beverages. WHAT WE SAY THE ENCYCLOPEDIAS The word "Christmas" is a contraction of "nativity" which means birth. This party made its appearance in the Catholic Church and from there spread to Protestantism and the rest of mundo.Ahora well, where was the Catholic Church? It was not the teachings of the New Testament. It was not the Bible nor the apostles who had been personally instructed by Jesus Christ. Christmas was introduced into the Church during the fourth century, coming from paganism. Since the celebration of Christmas was introduced to the world by the Roman Catholic Church and has no authority other than that of herself, let's see what he says to respect the Catholic Encyclopedia (1911 edition): "Christmas was not included among The first festivals of the Church of ... first signs of it coming from Egypt ... The pagan customs associated with the start of January focused on the feast of Christmas.
