Christmas the tradition and importance
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| Christmas the tradition and importance |
Christmas means to give and receive love, family moments and traditions are spaces to feed the spirit and enjoy the small and valuable details of life. It is the time to renew faith in God, love others, and give the best of ourselves to those around us. The most important thing about Christmas is to enjoy every moment with allergy and gratitude, spirituality, reflection, and values should be highlighted, taking into account that material gifts are something more of the time. Christmas aims to captivate the spirit and find happiness in each one of us, examine a year lived and look forward to a new one with the desire to be better every day. It is a space to celebrate religious traditions, pray as a family and share with those closest to you. It is time for customs and traditions that motivate you to participate in a message of love and sincere dedication. You must motivate your children to think about the neediest, the most vulnerable, being in solidarity and giving selflessly is a good reason to celebrate and be part of Christmas. We define Christmas as one of the most important holidays in the world of Christianity, deriving from the Latin term Nativitas which means in our language Birth, and it is together with Pentecost and Easter one of the most celebrated, considering the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ in the city of Bethlehem. Christmas is a way of gathering the faithful of Christianity, in all its different versions, around the Manger where the baby Jesus is born and where we reflect on the miracle of God's presence in our lives. What does Christmas represent? This holiday is essential to all Christianity because it is, in other words, the beginning of its most direct faith. On this date, the birth of Jesus, son of God and his direct representative on Earth, is celebrated. In this way, with Christmas, the process of diffusion of Christianity throughout the Earth begins to develop historically, which deepens and increases after the death of Jesus. It is usually presented in the form of a manger, the place that represents the shed where the baby Jesus was born, and with certain foods. Today, however, Christmas appears colored by other customs bequeathed from the countries of the North, for example, the presence of Santa Claus or magical figures such as elves and reindeer.
Christmas traditions around the world
As noted before, Christmas is celebrated everywhere today in a similar style due to the aftertaste of globalization that makes different regions take traditions from the north. However, some traditions are characteristic of each part of the planet and that also depend on issues such as the weather. For example, in the southern hemisphere, meals are usually cold and light, unlike calories in the north. The gifts are delivered in some parts of the world at noon while in other places the boys and girls open them the next morning. On the other hand, it is increasingly common in some places to have dinner in restaurants rather than in private homes, while in many countries it is common to wait for it in civic and public centers, fairs where the villagers gather. It is estimated that a total of 70% of the world's population celebrates this holiday. Christmas is celebrated on December 25 both in the Catholic Church as well as in the Anglican Church or in variations of the Protestant Church, in addition to the Romanian Orthodox Church, while regarding the Orthodox Church this celebration is taking place on January 7, due to not accepting the reform of the Gregorian Calendar, maintaining the traditional Julian Calendar before the modifications made precisely by Pope Gregory XIII. In Anglo-Saxon countries the word Christmas is used to define this holiday, defining the Mass of Christ as such, while in languages of Germanic origin it is referred to under the name Weihnachten, which in our language carries the meaning of Night of Blessing. , maintaining in both ethnic groups the custom of celebrating the Birth of Jesus de Nazareth.
Christmas in the different calendars and the ways to date it
About references to the Catholic Encyclopedia, curiously, we do not find this celebration inscribed in the list of those Christian Festivities that belong to Irenaeus' list, nor in Tertullian's list, these being the oldest notations in what Regarding celebrations. Quite the contrary, the oldest date of it was found in Alexandria, in the year 200 after Christ, when the investigation carried out by theologians was established that, according to Clement of Alexandria, would have discovered and set as the real day of birth the May 20 (in its original language, 25 Coptic phones) in the twenty-eighth year of Augustus. We define Christmas as one of the most important holidays in the world of Christianity, deriving from the Latin term Nativitas which means in our language Birth, and it is together with Pentecost and Easter one of the most celebrated, considering the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ in the city of Bethlehem. Christmas is a way of gathering the faithful of Christianity, in all its different versions, around the Manger where the baby Jesus is born and where we reflect on the miracle of God's presence in our lives.
What does Christmas represent? This holiday is essential to all Christianity because it is, in other words, the beginning of its most direct faith. On this date, the birth of Jesus, son of God and his direct representative on Earth, is celebrated. In this way, with Christmas, the process of diffusion of Christianity throughout the Earth begins to develop historically, which deepens and increases after the death of Jesus. It is usually presented in the form of a manger, the place that represents the shed where the baby Jesus was born, and with certain foods. Today, however, Christmas appears colored by other customs bequeathed from the countries of the North, for example, the presence of Santa Claus or magical figures such as elves and reindeer. As noted before, Christmas is celebrated everywhere today in a similar style due to the aftertaste of globalization that makes different regions take traditions from the north. However, some traditions are characteristic of each part of the planet and that also depend on issues such as the weather. For example, in the southern hemisphere, meals are usually cold and light, unlike calories in the north. The gifts are delivered in some parts of the world at noon while in other places the boys and girls open them the next morning. On the other hand, it is increasingly common in some places to have dinner in restaurants rather than in private homes, while in many countries it is common to wait for it in civic and public centers, fairs where the villagers gather. It is estimated that a total of 70% of the world's population celebrates this holiday.
Christianity throughout history
Christianity emerges as a derivation of Judaism. Indeed, Christianity presupposes it and starts from here to give an account of its novel message. The Jews expected a king, a messiah who would save the people: Christianity postulates that this arrival was fulfilled with the coming, death, and resurrection of Jesus two thousand years ago. In this way, the old law is considered fulfilled and surpassed by this event that implies the forgiveness of sins for those who avail themselves of God's mercy; man thus becomes an adopted son of God, that is, a son by grace (unlike Christ who is a son by nature ). Christianity has therefore originated from the group consisting of Jesus and his disciples two thousand years. After the resurrection, Christianity began a period of expansion that was marked by persecutions, persecutions that came both from some Jews and from the Roman authorities who exercised control of the area. This whole situation changed with the arrival of Constantine I, Roman emperor, in the third century. This was a crucial moment for Christianity because it was legalized and could expand free from ties; Constantine, for his part, was baptized on his deathbed. Christianity had its importance later after the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, with the advent of the Middle Ages. Indeed, it was an element of cultural cohesion in the face of the plurality of peoples and dissimilar situations that Europe went through after the fall of Roman preponderance. This situation has its break with Luther's rebellion concerning Papal authority, a rebellion that gives rise to the plurality of Christian denominations that defy tradition and are based on a personal interpretation of the scriptures.
Importance of Christmas customs for children
Family rituals, traditions, and customs, especially those that we display on such special dates as Christmas, have great importance in the evolution and development of children. These dates are essential to transmit values such as solidarity, generosity, or tolerance. But also norms and culture, stability, and the feeling of belonging to a group are transmitted.
Christmas traditions in the family
Christmas is a time of year full of customs. Year after year, we celebrate these special days again with our family and friends. We will repeat social traditions, such as the gifts of Kings or the taking of the twelve grapes to the rhythm of the chimes, and other family traditions that have been transmitted from generation to generation, such as decorating the house with ornaments, preparing the menu, making toasts, exchange gifts or sing Christmas carols. Through rituals, culture, values, and norms are transmitted, which will make it easier for the child to know and internalize them in an implicit way. They create a feeling of continuity, cohesion, and solidarity that helps family members feel more united through family rituals, children learn about their past and present, which will allow them to have a more consolidated personal identity in their future. Although the rituals become more evident on special dates, in most families there are also daily rituals, such as Sunday meals, watching television every night together or, kissing before going to sleep. These customs will help the child develop greater emotional stability.
Types of the family according to their rituals
Families with low ritualization:
Families with rigid ritualization:
Are those in which there are many traditions but do not change to adapt to new situations or stages. It would be positive to allow modifications in customs because, for example, if any of the members stop performing any of the rites, it may be experienced as a family crisis.
Families with skewed ritualization:
Families with empty ritualization:
Family rituals are celebrated year after year, but out of obligation, because it is the right thing to do, and yet members do not get positive experiences from it. In this case, it would be advisable to introduce changes that are accompanied by new emotionally positive meanings that allow the rituals to happen for pleasure. Each family uses inherited rituals and creates its own. It is important that these are flexible and that they adapt according to age and family changes. Thus, the child will grow up in an environment that transmits stability, security and that will help him in the future to have strategies to overcome the different situations that he will encounter in life.
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