Christmas
Christmas is a time that is characterized by the meeting and reunion of family, friends and loved ones. The family and the community come together, celebrate and share. In this space we can get together and share with people around the globe, wishing Merry Christmas in various languages, showing and seeing our photos or sending, reading, watching and listening to messages and thoughts sent by others.
This year we set up for Christmas to share the joy of Christmas and helping others to a dinner and / or a gift on Christmas day, along with a personal message from yours or your family. You can make a donation, or offer your volunteer help. Thanks to a network of volunteers and institutions in our country friends.
Christmas Day is Dec. 25, when it commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem as the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. After the Easter Resurrection is the most important holiday of the year the church.
As the Gospels do not mention dates, it is not certain that Jesus was born that day. In fact, Christmas Day was not officially recognized until the year 345, when the influence of St. John Chrysostom and St. Gregory Nacianzeno proclaiming Dec. 25 as the date of the Nativity.
In this way followed the policy of the early church to absorb rather than suppressing existing pagan rites, which since the early days had celebrated the winter solstice and the arrival of spring.
The pagan festival most closely associated with the new Christmas was the Roman Saturnal on December 19, in honor of Saturn, the god of agriculture, which was celebrated for seven days of bustling entertainment and banquets.