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Why was the end of December a perfect time to celebrate Christmas in Europe?
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== == In the northern hemisphere (not just Europe) the end of December (21st/22nd) is the shortest day and it is cold and dark. Celebrations at the end of December celebrate the turning of the sun and aim to banish the cold dark and increase the light and warmth.
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When is Christmas celebrated in Europe?
All western churches (Catholic, Protestant) celebrate Christmas on the same day, 25th December. Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas later. Pedantically, they all celebrate Christmas on 25th December, they just use a different calendar and disagree which day is the 25th December.
Where Christmas is celebrated Christmas day is on the 25th December all over the world?
In Eastern Europe Christians celebrate Christmas on the 7th January according to Gregorian calendar.
Nordic countries tend to celebrate christmas chiefly on which date?
Nordic countries tend to celebrate Christmas in the evening on December 24 which is Christmas Eve. Nordic people in Europe have done this since before Christianity adopted the holiday.
How do Europeans celebrate Christmas?
Some places like Scotland do not put much emphasis on Christmas and do not separate it from any other day while places like Ireland celebrate Christmas from December 24 to January 6. Most places in Europe celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday.
How does europe celebrate Christmas?
I live in Germany and they celabrate christmas like crazy
How do Europe celebrate Christmas?
well they buy food and go to chruch
Is Christmas celebrated all around Europe?
Christmas is a Christian holiday, and since the overwhelming majority of Europeans are Christian, then yes. However, depending on your denomination of Christianity, the date of Christmas will be different. Catholics and Protestants celebrate Christmas according to the modern day Gregorian Calendar, which Christmas lies on 25th December. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian Calendar, which preceded the Gregorian, where Christmas (25th December) in the Julian calendar lies on or near 7th January in the Gregorian calendar.
Does Europe celebrate Christmas?
Yes. In fact, I can guarantee that Europe was celebrating Christmas centuries before anywhere else on earth, even wherever you live.
What year were citizens of eastern Europe permitted to celebrate Christmas freely and openly for the first time?
Christmas Day, 1989
Is there any country in the western Europe does not celebrate Christmas?
In England in the 1644 (somewhere around that) people were thrown in prison if they were caught celebrating Christmas. But now England is welcome to celebrate. I hope i helped :)
What continent celebrates Christmas?
People on the continents of Africa, Asia, North America, Europe, Australia and South America celebrate Christmas, depending on what they observe and their personal beliefs. And if there happen to be any research scientists in Antarctica - which there usually are, during the Antarctic summer - they, too are likely to celebrate Christmas.
What about Christmas should say to pen pal?
What you should describe about Christmas to a pen pal depends in part on where your pen pal is from. If the pen pal comes from a country that is known to celebrate Christmas (Europe, North and South America, Australia, India), you might focus just on how you and your family in particular celebrate the holiday (i.e., religious observations, family travel and parties, traditional foods, when and how you exchange gifts). If the pen pal might not be familiar with Christmas, you would probably want to describe what Christmas is and why you celebrate it--and, of course, write about how you celebrate it, too.
