Celebrating 25th December: The Reason Behind Celebrating the Big Day!

 

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The 25th December is the perfect day to spend with your family and friends. It’s a day of celebration for people across the world because it marks the end of another year and the beginning of a new one. This seems like a simple explanation, but there is much more to this special day than you might think! And it's not just about Santa Claus or presents -- There’s many cultural, historical and religious reasons why people celebrate Christmas on December 25th. This post will help you understand why we all need an awesome Christmas party to ring in the New Year!

 

Why do people celebrate Christmas on December 25th?

The date to celebrate Christmas was decided more than a thousand years ago by the Western Christian Church. It is the day when they believed Jesus was born. The date of his birth is unknown. It could have been in spring, summer or fall. The first Christians celebrated their holidays at the same time every year. So Christmas was celebrated on December 25th. Today, almost 2 billion people celebrate Christmas on this day. Many other people also celebrate the New Year on this day. That’s why the day is often called “New Year’s Day”. Many countries make the day off or have a day off for New Year’s Eve too. This is the day before New Year’s Day.

 

The Religious Reason: Thousand-year-old Celebrating Tradition

The birth of Jesus was probably in the spring or summer. But the Western Christian Church decided to celebrate it on December 25th. The church did this because they wanted to make their new religion popular. Christianity spread quickly in the Roman Empire. Rome was a very powerful country at the time. It was easy for Christianity to spread. Roman emperors were very generous. They let Christians worship freely. They did this because they wanted to use the church to help them rule their empire. The church gave the emperors and their armies a special blessing. People who were blessed by the church would fight harder in battle. This made the emperors very happy. They were able to rule their empire more easily. They were able to collect taxes from their people more easily. Christianity became the most popular religion in Rome very quickly. The church decided to celebrate the religious holiday in December. It was the time of the year when most people would be indoors. The weather would be cold and rainy or snowy. So people would prefer to stay indoors with their families. The church also decided to celebrate the religious holiday on December 25th because it was easy to remember.

 

The Cultural Reason: Presents and Santa Claus

People in the West celebrate Christmas with lots of presents. One story about the custom of giving presents goes like this: Many years ago, a boy was born in a village in England. His parents were poor. They could not afford to buy him many presents. So they decided to make his birthday special in another way. On the boy’s birthday, they invited friends and family to the house. They hosted a party for the boy. The boy was happy to see so many guests at his house. The boy’s mother had made lots of delicious food. The boy’s father had made lots of tasty drinks. The boy’s mother and father had also made the house very nice. There were lots of gifts under the boy’s bed. The boy’s parents had invited his friends to hide gifts for him under the bed. This boy grew up to be a man. He became very famous as a bishop. His name was Saint Nicholas. People still celebrate Saint Nicholas’s birthday every year. They give presents to each other. People in other parts of the world did not have this story. But they also have a custom of giving presents at Christmas.

 

The Historical reason: Winter Solstice (The Reason For the Season)

The winter solstice is the reason for on season. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. The shortest day of the year occurs on December 21st. But December 21st is a bit too early to celebrate Christmas. So people decided to celebrate Christmas two weeks later. Winter solstice has been celebrated as far back as humans have been living in the Northern Hemisphere. At the winter solstice, on  the sun is at its lowest point in the sky. It has the least amount of daylight. The sun doesn’t rise above the horizon in the Northern Hemisphere until December 21st. So December 21st is the first day of true winter.

 

Conclusion

This post will help you understand why we all need an awesome Christmas party to ring in the New Year! So if you are reading this article, we hope that you are feeling excited about the upcoming festivities. Celebrating Christmas is all about family, food, and fun! So enjoy the season and make sure you have everything planned out to avoid any last-minute stress.