WWI Diaries Testify of a Legendary Christmas Day Truce cbn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Endangered Christmas: Shall We Persevere or Surrender? Miklós Verseghi-Nagy 2020.12.24.
Christmas is a festival of Christian origin, celebrating the birth of Jesus, who is – according to Christians’ faith – the Son of God. While the actual birth day of Jesus is unknown (not only the day but the exact year of his birth is also uncertain), celebrating the event on December 25 (and on the eve preceding that day) is a long-lasting tradition that goes back to the first centuries AD.
In recent centuries, Christmas celebrations embraced secular elements, like the decorated Christmas tree or the exchange of gifts. Thus, it became a festival of universal nature celebrated in many countries worldwide, even those without deep-rooted Christian traditions.