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How did Christmas Eve come? Origin of Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is the eve of Christmas. Christmas is a religious festival. All Christians attach great importance to this festival. Now the communication between China and the west is getting closer and closer. More and more people all over the world celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas. So how did Christmas Eve come? Do you know? This article brings you the origin of Christmas Eve. Let's have a look.

Origin of Christmas Eve:

On the night of the birth of Jesus, the shepherd guarding the sheep in the wilderness suddenly heard a voice from heaven telling them the news of the birth of Jesus. According to the Bible, Jesus came to the world to save the world and be the Savior of all mankind. (see Matthew 1:21. He will have a son. You should call him Jesus because he wants to save his people from sin.) therefore, the angel spread the news to more people through these shepherds.

Later, following the example of angels, people spread the news of the birth of Jesus everywhere on Christmas Eve. Until today, it has evolved into the activity of reporting good news.

On Christmas Eve in 1818, Moore, an unknown village priest in a small town called oppendorf in Austria, found that the organ in the church had been bitten by a mouse, and it was too late to repair it. How to celebrate Christmas? Moore was unhappy about it. He suddenly remembered that it was recorded in the gospel of Luke that when Jesus was born, after the angels reported good news to the shepherds in the suburbs of Bailian, they sang a song of praise: "god enjoys glory and blessing in heaven, and the beloved enjoys peace on the earth." He had an idea and wrote a hymn based on these two scriptures, named Christmas Eve. After Moore wrote the lyrics, he showed it to the town's primary school teacher gelub and asked him to compose music. After reading the lyrics, Gruber was very moved and composed a good song. He sang in church the next day and was very popular. Later, two businessmen passed by and learned the song. They sang it for Prussian King William IV. after listening to it, William IV praised it and ordered to make Christmas Eve one of the songs that must be sung by churches all over the country. Therefore, this immortal work has been sung to this day.

Christmas Eve is also considered a time for Santa Claus and similar figures in other areas to send gifts to good children. In Italy, gifts are opened on the morning of Christmas Eve, while in Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Portugal and Poland, Christmas gifts are usually opened on Christmas Eve or on the morning of Christmas day. In most parts of Germany, Christmas presents are on Christmas Eve (German bescherung) open. In Iceland, Christmas begins at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Church bells will be sounded. People will enjoy holiday dinner with their families, and then open gifts and spend the night together. In North America, most families open gifts on Christmas morning. For divorced families, children may be separated for two days to celebrate with one of their father or mother 。 In Spain, gifts will not be opened until the morning of D & Iacute; a de Reyes on January 6. Many traditional Christmas stories take place on Christmas Eve.