Old Christmas holiday celebrations

Old Christmas holiday celebrations

Christmas holiday may well be the oldest common across many cultures in the world, traditionally celebrated during the winter (or even hot summer season if you count Australia, where Christmas is celebrated as an official holiday).

Before Christmas, celebrated people find time to celebrate in Europe during the winter break before the birth of Jesus Christ happened ever so!

Always winter time for celebration and rejoicing; is celebrated on December 21 in the northern hemisphere, and it was after the worst winter part of the year. It was at that point in the year the days are starting to get longer, giving people more time to spend outside on their crops and tend to their animals.

In Scandinavia during the winter, men and their children used to go to the forest tree cut. After he had pulled off the tree, a good record size was cut out of it, will carry men register to go home. This register launched the Yule log, Yule log burned in the fireplace. All the time I burned Yule log, the family Christmas. Oftentimes the Yule log might burn for all twelve days! Yule log burned it sent sparks of the fireplace and sparks flew from the fire scene, of course, to count the family sparks and all spark and stood for agricultural animals (cows, goats, pigs, etc) to born on their property in that year. It is important to note that farm animals were signs of wealth.

Satur is the winter celebration that occurred in ancient pagan Rome. Satur celebrated in honor of the God of agriculture, who was named Saturn. During the time of the Roman Empire, Satur in social chaos. Spend some time with staff and peasants celebrate Christmas with people the upper classes, which was rare at that time.

Satur festival itself can last as long as a whole week in Rome. During that time, cheer up people around the country for Rome. The phrase ' eat, drink and be merry ' has played out to the fullest. Shops and businesses are closed during "Satur Festival." After the first week of SATUR, usually ends the festival itself, but no such period itself.

In addition to Saturn, Roman god of agriculture, and the Romans also worshipped God babies named Mitra, who might type carved out of rock. Mithra's birthday, people also cheer up, just as they did during Satur. Christmas day was this rock God one of the holiest days of the year to the Roman people. It was a time for celebration and teamwork, family.