The origin of eating apples on Christmas Eve

1. It spread from college students in China

in the mid-1981s, in Guangzhou or Wuhan. These people were favored by heaven at that time. They had such learning opportunities, got in touch with some foreign students and foreign teachers, and got to know some foreign cultural traditions. So they also celebrated Christmas, but they understood Christmas as the New Year for foreigners. They added traditional elements of China to this festival, and eating apples on Christmas Eve meant peace.

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The time from overseas students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan was in Guangzhou or Xiamen in the early 1981s. At that time, at the beginning of the reform and opening up, there were not many overseas students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and there were not many materials in China society. Some of them had the habit of Christmas Festival, but they didn't have turkeys, Christmas dinner or anything with money. In February, only apples were sold in the market, so they ate apples to celebrate. It means to be safe in the New Year.

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The time spread from apple vendors is unclear. It is said that it was in the mid-1991s, and the locations were basically all over China. The reason is that a large number of foreign fruits flowed into the China market, and the prices were cheap, so the local apples were sold, so the apple sellers used Christmas Eve to sell apples. So the China tradition of eating apples on Christmas Eve was officially born.

Where does eating apples on Christmas Eve originate?

The custom of eating apples on Christmas Eve is only found in China. People in China pay more attention to homophonic, and many people think that the apple's "apple" is a safe "flat". Eating an apple on Christmas Eve means peace and harmony.

Christmas Eve spread from western countries to China. The day before Christmas, it was called Christmas Eve. Many years ago, Christmas Eve was not popular, but a gift called "Ping An Fruit" began to be quietly passed on to people, sending peace wishes to relatives and friends.

Ping 'an Fruit is decorated with bright-colored and beautiful-looking apples, most of which are red snake fruits and green snake fruits. The reason why "Apple" is the first choice for "Ping 'an Fruit" is to take the pronunciation of "Apple".

The origin of Christmas Eve comes from the legend that on the night of Jesus' birth, shepherds guarding sheep in the wilderness suddenly heard a voice from the sky, telling them the news of Jesus' birth, which brought peace to the world and led the world out of sin.

Therefore, angels spread the news to more people through shepherds, so more people knew about the birth of Jesus. Later, people imitated angels and publicized the date of Jesus' birth everywhere, so people spread the news of Jesus' birth everywhere on the night of Christmas Eve.

What time do you want to eat the apples on Christmas Eve?

You need to eat the apples at zero o'clock, which is quite effective.

Make a wish at 1: 11 in the morning, and then eat the apple. It's safe and the wish comes true.

Ping An Fruit is a homonym for China people to use apples and take apples when they are celebrating Christmas Eve, a religious festival for foreigners in their own way, which means the fruit of peace. But the real Christmas Eve has no purpose of praying for peace, but a story closely related to music, just before Christmas, so it has become a day closely related to Christmas.