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[[File:Christmas Tree and Presents.jpg|대체글=|thumb|A Christmas tree with presents]] | [[File:Christmas Tree and Presents.jpg|대체글=|thumb|A Christmas tree with presents]] | ||
'''Christmas''' is the biggest holiday in Christianity, regardless if someone is Catholic or Protestant, and it is also called '''Christ’s Nativity''' or the birth of Christ. It is commonly known as the day commemorating the birth of [[Jesus Christ]]. The date is generally December 25, but some churches, including the Russian Orthodox Church which observes the Julian calendar, celebrate it around January 7 of the solar calendar. The [[Bible]] does not specify the birth date of [[Christ]]. The custom of celebrating Christmas on December 25 came from Mithraism (the worship of the sun god) which originated in ancient Persia. While Christianity was being secularized around the 4th century, December 25, the birthday of the sun-god Mithra, began to be celebrated as the birthday of Jesus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/story/why-is-christmas-in-december|title=Why Is Christmas in December?| | '''Christmas''' is the biggest holiday in Christianity, regardless if someone is Catholic or Protestant, and it is also called '''Christ’s Nativity''' or the birth of Christ. It is commonly known as the day commemorating the birth of [[Jesus Christ]]. The date is generally December 25, but some churches, including the Russian Orthodox Church which observes the Julian calendar, celebrate it around January 7 of the solar calendar. The [[Bible]] does not specify the birth date of [[Christ]]. The custom of celebrating Christmas on December 25 came from Mithraism (the worship of the sun god) which originated in ancient Persia. While Christianity was being secularized around the 4th century, December 25, the birthday of the sun-god Mithra, began to be celebrated as the birthday of Jesus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/story/why-is-christmas-in-december|title=Why Is Christmas in December?|website=Britannica|date=|quote=}}</ref> Christmas is a compound word of ''Christ'' and ''Mass'', which is a shortened form of Christ’s Mass.<ref>[https://jakubmarian.com/etymology-of-the-words-christmas-and-xmas/ Origin of the words Christmas and Xmas], Jakub Marian’s Language learning, science & art</ref> It is called Noël in French, Navidad in Spanish, and Natale in Italian. | ||
==Christmas Is Not the Birthday of Jesus== | ==Christmas Is Not the Birthday of Jesus== | ||
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===Christmas Cards and Gifts=== | ===Christmas Cards and Gifts=== | ||
Christmas cards were first introduced by Sir Henry Cole, British art patron and educator, who commissioned the painter John Callcott Horsley to design 1,000 cards. As postal systems around the world developed in the late 19th century, the custom of exchanging cards around Christmas became popular.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christmas-card Christmas card], Britannica</ref><ref>{{인용 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/oldest-christmas-card-sale-intl-scli/index.html |title=The world's first commercial Christmas card is on sale for $25,000 |website= |publisher= | Christmas cards were first introduced by Sir Henry Cole, British art patron and educator, who commissioned the painter John Callcott Horsley to design 1,000 cards. As postal systems around the world developed in the late 19th century, the custom of exchanging cards around Christmas became popular.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christmas-card Christmas card], Britannica</ref><ref>{{인용 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/oldest-christmas-card-sale-intl-scli/index.html |title=The world's first commercial Christmas card is on sale for $25,000 |website=CNN Style |publisher=|date=December 5, 2020}}</ref> | ||
The custom of exchanging gifts was handed down when people exchanged candles or dolls as gifts during the Saturnalia, the festival for the sun god in Rome.<ref>[[wikt:Saturnalia#Latin|Saturnalia]], Wiktionary</ref><ref>[https://www.academuseducation.co.uk/post/how-saturnalia-became-christmas-the-transition-from-ancient-to-present How Saturnalia became Christmas: The transition from ancient to present and pagan to Christian], December 29, 2021, Academus Education</ref> | The custom of exchanging gifts was handed down when people exchanged candles or dolls as gifts during the Saturnalia, the festival for the sun god in Rome.<ref>[[wikt:Saturnalia#Latin|Saturnalia]], Wiktionary</ref><ref>[https://www.academuseducation.co.uk/post/how-saturnalia-became-christmas-the-transition-from-ancient-to-present How Saturnalia became Christmas: The transition from ancient to present and pagan to Christian], December 29, 2021, Academus Education</ref> | ||
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Today’s overweight Santa Claus dressed in red first appeared in an advertisement for Coca-Cola, an American beverage company.<ref>[https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/five-things-you-never-knew-about-santa-claus-and-coca-cola "Haddon Sundblom and the Coca-Cola Santas,"] ''Coca-Cola Company''</ref> As the sales of Coca-Cola decreased during the winter season, the company made a friendly image of Santa Claus and used it for marketing purposes. Coca-Cola’s advertising shaped the character of an old man wearing red, which symbolizes the color of the company’s logo, and growing a rich beard that reminds people of the soda’s foam.<ref name=":0" /> | Today’s overweight Santa Claus dressed in red first appeared in an advertisement for Coca-Cola, an American beverage company.<ref>[https://www.coca-colacompany.com/company/history/five-things-you-never-knew-about-santa-claus-and-coca-cola "Haddon Sundblom and the Coca-Cola Santas,"] ''Coca-Cola Company''</ref> As the sales of Coca-Cola decreased during the winter season, the company made a friendly image of Santa Claus and used it for marketing purposes. Coca-Cola’s advertising shaped the character of an old man wearing red, which symbolizes the color of the company’s logo, and growing a rich beard that reminds people of the soda’s foam.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
The red-nosed reindeer “Rudolph” which appears with Santa Claus is also a commercially created character in the United States. In 1939, a copywriter at a department store named Montgomery Ward in Chicago, IL, devised the character and used it for a department store advertisement.<ref>{{인용 |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/12/25/461005670/the-history-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer |title=The History Of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer | | The red-nosed reindeer “Rudolph” which appears with Santa Claus is also a commercially created character in the United States. In 1939, a copywriter at a department store named Montgomery Ward in Chicago, IL, devised the character and used it for a department store advertisement.<ref>{{인용 |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/12/25/461005670/the-history-of-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer |title=The History Of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer |website=NPR |date=December 25, 2015}}</ref> | ||
==A Biblical View of Christmas== | ==A Biblical View of Christmas== | ||