Celebrating a Filipino Style Christmas
Christmas, in the Philippines, is an extremely important and venerated holiday because a major chunk of the Filipino population is made up of Roman Catholics.
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How to Celebrate a Hungarian Style Christmas
Hungarians celebrate Christmas as a very elaborate but a private affair and the festivities begin with the arrival of Advent.
How to Celebrate an American Style Christmas
Christmas in America varies according to regions because of different ethnic backgrounds of the people who originally settled and brought their own customs and traditions.
The twelve days of Christmas
The twelve days of Christmas (Twelve-tide) are the twelve days that separate Christmas day on December 25th from Epiphany, which is celebrated on January 6th. Many people think that these are the twelve days before Christmas while in most of the Western Church these are in fact the twelve days from Christmas (not including Christmas) until the beginning of Epiphany. Read more »
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is the name given to the December 26th public holiday, which was identical to the exchange of gifts that would normally occur on this day. It falls on the day after Christmas and is also known as the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr. Boxing Day is one of the few British holidays, recognized since 1871, which is observed by banks, government offices as well as the post office.
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Golden Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is observed on December 24th, a day before Christmas, in almost the whole of the Christian world. It is traditionally been set aside as the day for decorating churches and homes. It also marks the commencement of the time officially known as Christmas-tide. Christmas Eve is also an important day for religious reasons such as midnight mass. Read more »
How to celebrate Christmas
To celebrate Christmas you need to forget that you have grown up and have become too old to believe in miracles, in life and in hope and happiness in general. To lose ourselves in the spirit of Christmas we need to somehow return to a time in our childhood, or anytime past, when life was simple and made more sense to find any real meaning, any message in our lives. Read more »
Santa Claus Parades
Santa Claus parades are taken out in many countries throughout the Christian world to formally denote the beginning of the holiday season. They are called Santa Claus parades because although the parades are long drawn out affairs, they almost always end with Santa (with his eight reindeers drawing the sleigh) bringing up the tail end of the parade. Read more »
Christmas Plants
Christmas is the time for giving and receiving flowering potted plants. A dazzlingly colorful azalea, Christmas begonia in all colors, chrysanthemum or a vividly adorned poinsettia, Kalanchoe, or a flowering Christmas cactus can make wonderful gifts for almost anyone. The beauty of these plants added to the other decorations in the home give the whole house a festive air. Read more »
How to decorate the outside with Christmas lights
To decorate the outside with Christmas lights has become an integral part of Christmas decorations and traditional decoration has now been extended to include the exteriors. Householders love to decorate the outside of their homes because this is what everyone sees and appreciates. Read more »