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Neapolitan presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The practice of putting up special decorations at Christmas has a long history. In the 15th century, it was recorded that in London, it was the custom at Christmas for every house and all the parish churches to be "decked with holm, ivy, bays, and whatsoever the season of the year afforded to be green". [4]
Learn about the history and meaning behind traditional Christmas colors: red, green, gold, white and purple. Experts explain their origins and significace.
Christmas in July, also known as Christmas in Summer in the Northern Hemisphere and Christmas in Winter or Midwinter Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere, is a second Christmas celebration held on 25 July that falls outside the traditional period of Christmastide.
Other Christmas cards are more secular and can depict Christmas traditions, figures such as Santa Claus, objects directly associated with Christmas such as candles, holly, and baubles, or a variety of images associated with the season, such as Christmastide activities, snow scenes, and the wildlife of the northern winter.
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An Advent calendar with the nativity scene behind the 24th door and the adoration of the shepherds behind the 25th. Each of the four Sundays in Advent has an additional door. An Advent calendar, from the German word Adventskalender, is used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. [1]
Many families begin the celebration on Heiligabend (literally, Holy Evening, or Christmas Eve) in the afternoon or evening. Although there are two legal holidays in Germany, [Austria], most cantons of Switzerland and Liechtenstein for Christmas, Christmas Eve is not one of them, and in Switzerland, many companies and stores are open for a half-day in the morning until 4 p.m, after which ...
336 – First documentary sign of Christmas celebration in Rome. [4] 350 – Vetranio meets Constantius II at Naissus and is forced to abdicate his imperial title. Constantius allows him to live as a private citizen on a state pension. [5] 508 – Clovis I, king of the Franks, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims, by Saint Remigius. [6]