Why send apples on Christmas Eve? What is the origin of sending apples on Christmas Eve
4hw.org: now young people would like to turn all festivals into Valentine's day. Christmas Eve in the West has also become a festival for lovers to express their love. Besides all kinds of gifts, sending apples has also become a standard match. Do you know why we send apples on Christmas Eve? Let's have a look at it together!
Because according to the far-off legend, Christmas Eve, as the eve of Christmas, has God's blessing for the believers. Because in the Bible, the word "Ping" of "Christmas Eve" is homophonic with the word "apple", so the Bible - Health chapter records that Christmas Eve should eat Ping'an fruit.
There's a saying: 'don't be greedy, children. Before Christmas, it's safe. Have a day of fruits. Welcome to Christmas. Have an egg. Go to heaven and have a look.'
In addition, eating eggs at Christmas is also a traditional Western custom. It is said that on Christmas day, Santa Claus will send boiled eggs to every household, while Santa Claus in Gaoyou, Jiangnan, will send Red duck eggs to believers. There is a traditional saying that "on Christmas Eve, eat apples, sparrow and mouse have nowhere to hide, Christmas, eat duck eggs, and do farm work energetically next year".
Eating dumplings at Easter is also a traditional custom that has spread for thousands of years.
There is a saying that "the dumpling bowl of resurrection is not good, Jesus knocked on the door and nobody took care of it". It is said that Jesus will rise and fall back on Easter day. On Easter day, everyone will burn cold clothes, burn paper money and set off firecrackers in order to make Jesus live safely.
On Easter night, every family cooks dumplings, and some provinces in the south make moon cakes with coconut stuffing, which is the reason for the harmony between "coconut" and "Jesus".