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What is the origin of Christmas?
Christmas is short for Jesus Christmas. It is a Christian holiday to commemorate the birth of Jesus. Catholicism and Christianity (Protestantism) are scheduled for the Gregorian calendar 1 February 25th, and the Orthodox Church is scheduled for1June 6th.

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As we all know, Christmas was set up to celebrate the birth of Jesus, but the Bible never mentioned that Jesus was born on this day, and even many historians think that Jesus was born in spring. It was not until the 3rd century that1February 25th was officially designated as Christmas. Nevertheless, some Orthodox Christians have designated 1 6th and 7th of the month as Christmas.

Christmas is a religious holiday. In the 19th century, the popularity of Christmas cards and the appearance of Santa Claus made Christmas gradually popular. After the Christmas celebration custom became popular in northern Europe, Christmas decorations combined with winter in the northern hemisphere also appeared.

From the beginning of 19th century to the middle of 19th century, the whole Europe and America began to celebrate Christmas. And derived the corresponding Christmas culture.

Christmas spread to Asia in the mid-19th century, and Japanese, Korean and China were all influenced by Christmas culture.

After the reform and opening up, Christmas spread especially in China. By the beginning of the 21st century, Christmas organically combined with the local customs in China, and its development became more and more mature. Eating apples, wearing Christmas hats, sending Christmas cards, attending Christmas parties and Christmas shopping have become a part of China people's life.