Merry Christmas 2022: Joyful celebrations have begun for holidays

Merry Christmas 2022 and Happy New Year: Dashing through the snow, in the holy and silent winter night Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day. Christmas will be celebrated on 25th December 2022 is going to be a big celebration for the world especially after muted celebrations for the two years spent in lockdown due to covid. Here we have the joyful, ecstatic, blissful and happy Christmas celebraions taking place in Inida and around the world. There are Christmas dinner recipes, decoration, gifts and carols you can sing along this Christmas.

Merry Chirstmas 2022

Merry Christmas 2022: Christmas was originally a Christian holiday honouring the birth of Jesus, but in the early 20th century it also evolved into a secular family holiday that was celebrated by both Christians and non-Christians. The secular celebration, which centres on the mythological character Santa Claus, typically lacks Christian aspects. Some of the most well-known Christmas customs, many of which have no Christian roots, are followed by both Christians and non-Christians. These traditions involve feasting (picnics and fireworks are popular in warmer regions), decorating fir trees, exchanging gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning, and celebrating with big family dinners.

The day of the birth of Jesus Christ, December 25, is celebrated as Christmas every year. Thousands of people engage in various ways in celebrating the holiday. One of the few customs people observe during the Christmas holy week is purchasing and decorating a Christmas tree. Others include creating Christmas treats and hanging stockings by the fireplace. Despite the fact that each region of India contributes its own touch to the festive celebrations and that over time the rituals have been updated with the emergence of the new generation, Christmas is widely observed in a manner that is remarkably similar to that of the west. 

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Spooky Christmas traditions: Brooms and mops

You may have hidden your brooms and mops when you didn't feel like cleaning, but in Norway, they do it as part of a holiday custom. Brooms and mops should be hidden on Christmas Eve, according to Norwegian legend, to prevent bad spirits from stealing them and utilising them to fly through the air as they make their annual return to earth.

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Star of Bethlehem: Christmas celebrations in Philippines

The Ligligan Parul, also known as the Giant Lantern Festival, is held annually in San Fernando and has glistening parols (lanterns) that represent the Star of Bethlehem. Thousands of rotating lights make up each parol, which illuminates the night sky.

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Christmas celebration in Sweden: Yule Goat

The Yule Goat has been a part of Swedish Christmas traditions since the early days of paganism. More than 42 feet high, 23 feet wide, and 3.6 tonnes, the goat is also quite large. The enormous goat is built in the same location each year.

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Christmas tradtions around the world: Traditional and modern

Christmas traditions include, among others, putting up your own Christmas tree, baking cookies for the holiday season, and exchanging gifts. Watching The Elf on the Shelf and enjoying Christmas movies are two additional modern customs. Then there are the more significant cultural traditions that every nation honours. Attending Christmas Eve Mass, singing along holiday carols, or hanging glistening lights around your home are just a few examples of what it may mean to different people around the world.