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Certainly! First of all( and Hollywood and Fifth Avenue sometimes try to play down this fact) Christmas is and should be above all- A religious Holiday. it is Christ"s mass, Mass, of course being a religious ceremony- Midnight Mass has long been the major religious Christmas observance. So the Danish people are mainly Lutheran. Luther had no qualms at all about joyous Christmas celebrations ( even though he opposed statuary in churches)- Luther himself is credited with the song- Away in a Manger, though there is some doubt he penned the piece- the reformer was a dynamic hymnist. The Danish Lutheran church, which has state sponsorship is interesting in that it has- among the older churches, more churchly art, statues, tombs and so on, also it is both Lutheran and Episcopal- in the fact they have Bishops as a regular ecclesiastical rank. They have a different costume than Roman Catholic Bishops, and something of an unusual Geneva collar and sort of stole-like Tie.( this might symbolize a peace offering)_ don"t we need it. The Danish national colors ofRed and White enhance the mood as does the chilly climate. God Yul!

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