Christmas decorations include a Christmas tree with various Christmas decorations and Christmas lights. The interior is decorated with garlands and evergreen plants. The special holly and mistletoe are traditionally used materials. In North and South America and a few European regions, outdoor lighting is traditionally used, including sleigh, snowman and other Christmas images decorated with lights.
Among them, the star at the top of the tree represents the glory of Christ and the star that led the Oriental doctor to the birthplace of Christ, the golden ribbon represents glory, the silver/white ribbon represents its holiness, and the red ribbon represents the blood shed by Christ.
The traditional Christmas flower is poinsettia (alias poinsettia, poinsettia, scarlet, pink, milky white, etc.). Christmas plants also include holly, red amaranth and zygocactus trurncatus.
Generally speaking, the municipal authorities will also support Christmas decorations by hanging Christmas slogans on streets or placing Christmas trees in squares. The manger layout showing the scene of Jesus' birth is also very common at Christmas, but in recent years, because of the obvious religious meaning of manger, the government and commercial organizations usually only decorate Christmas trees, but there is no manger layout.
In the United States, it has been sued many times because the decoration of government agencies includes religious themes. The prosecution believes that this is the government's approval of a specific religious act and violates religious freedom.
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In many countries, businesses, schools and organizations hold Christmas parties and dances a few weeks before Christmas. Some organizations also have Christmas parades, which sometimes include the story of the birth of Christ.
Some groups will also have outdoor singing activities, such as visiting neighbors' houses to sing Christmas songs. Some people want to use holidays to arouse people's concern about interpersonal relationships, participate in special volunteer work, or conduct charitable fund-raising activities.
On Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, people often prepare a hearty Christmas dinner to enjoy, which is usually a traditional dish in the country where they live. In many areas, especially in Eastern Europe, people will fast for a while before the family Christmas dinner. In many countries, candy and banquets are also an important part of Christmas celebrations.
Legend has it that a candy merchant who wanted to witness Jesus invented candy cane, because the upside-down crutch was similar to the "J" in the Latin letter to indicate the prefix "Jesus".
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