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All About Christmas Traditions and Christmas Gifting
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All About Christmas Traditions and Christmas Gifting
Candy Canes
The candy cane is plentiful over the Christmas period. They are given as token gifts used to decorate Christmas trees and even used to decorate the outside of houses (fake candy canes of course!)The Candy Cane itself holds special significance. It is believed that during the 17th Century confectioners created the sticks of white candy in the shape of a Shepards staff to represent the Shepards who watched over their flocks that Christmas night. Even the colour is significant with the white staff of the cane representing Christ�s purity and innocence and the red stripes representing the blood he shed on the cross and the three red strips of the Holy Trinity.
Christmas Carols
Noels or Christmas Carols have been sung back as far as the 13th Century. Originally they were songs of celebration and worship sung by the community at times of harvest and other celebrations (such as mid-summer and mid-winter) and eventually these songs began being sung a Christmas. As time moved on carols & Hymns began to be sung in Church and became specifically associated with Christmas.Christmas Carols have even made it to be State anthems in America. O Christmas Tree O Christmas Trees melody has been used by 4 states Iowa Maryland Michigan and New Jersey as the basis for their state anthem. The opening line of Marylands state song is: "Maryland O Maryland!"
Christmas Lights
In the 1900s business started displaying Christmas lights in their windows in America. At this time electric lights were too expensive for the average household so they usually used candles until the 1930s. The �first recorded� use of Christmas lights outdoors was in 1904 in San Diego and New York in 1912.In the 1960s it became popular to outline your house in Christmas lights particularly the roof. This custom has only grown stronger in many Western Countries with some people spending thousands of dollars and many hours if time to decorate the exterior of their homes with Christmas Lights and motifs. Local Councils usually decorate the main shopping areas of towns as well to give that Christmas Feeling.
Many towns have competitions for the best house or Best Street of Christmas decorations and often run tours of the town as well as a "light up" festival to help raise money for charity.
Christmas Dinner
One of the best parts of Christmas is Christmas Dinner. It is the time when everyone sits downs and feasts as a family and celebrates Christmas with good food and drink. It is thought that this tradition follows from the pagan mid winter and harvest rituals where in celebration of these occasions feasts would take place. Around the world different countries and cultures partake in different foods for their Christmas Dinner.International Christmas Dinner
Australia - Due to the heat it is generally Cold dishes that lavish the Australia Christmas table including Prawns Ham Chicken Turkey seasonal fruit cold salads and pavlova.
Austria - Fried Carp and chocolate cake for desert
Canada- As with most of the countries in the Northern Hemisphere at Christmas it is Winter and so Hot meals are generally served. Items like Turkey and stuffing potatoes gravy cranberry sauce roast vegetables and for desert plum pudding with custard. Eggnog is a very popular drink during the Christmas season. Eggnog is a milk based punch.
Denmark - In Denmark they have their "Christmas Dinner" on Christmas Eve. Their main course is usually a roast Goose Duck or Pork served with potatoes vegetables and gravy. Dessert is a Rice Pudding and Gl�gg a specially brewed Christmas Beer is served.
Eastern Europe- As the pre Christmas period is a time of fasting in many of these countries which is only broken on Christmas Day itself. The Christmas meal is an elaborate and ritualised meal of twelve meatless dishes. The 12 dishes are meant to represent the 12 months of the year. To honor deceased relatives a place is set for them at the table as well as dishing out food for them. Traditional food might include Fried Carp poppy milk mushrooms Potato Salad Christmas Biscuits dumplings doughnuts and much more.
Germany- Roast Goose Porridge Marzipan and Macaroni Salad as well as bread and suckling pig are likely to be found on the Christmas table in Germany.
Mexico- Fruits and vegetable salads and peanuts feature heavily in the Mexican Christmas Dinner
UK & Ireland - The United Kingdom and Ireland have a similar menu to the Canadians with Roast Turkey and vegetables as the main courses. For Desert you are likely to enjoy bread & butter pudding Christmas pudding or trifle.
USA - Americans also enjoy Roast stuffed Turkey Vegetables including Yams corn and salads are a Christmas Favorite. Roast Ham is sometimes served along with the turkey. Desert can come in many forms including Pumpkin Pie Fruitcake or Mince pies. The Christmas fair will depend on the cultural background of the participants as well.
Boxing Day
Often the day people visit their extended families also used to rest and recover from the day before. This is the day after Christmas Day and is most commonly known as "boxing day".This terminology comes from a number of sources
-from the middle ages when the day after Christmas the Churches would open their "almes box"and distribute the money and gifts that had been donated by the public.
-It was the day that employers would give a small gift "box" to their employees
-After the Christmas festivities the feudal lords would gather their serfs and hand out practical gifts. Each family would receive a box of goods.
-The medieval bonus concept- Employees would take a box to work with them the day after Christmas and they would receive special end of year gifts.
Boxing Day is also when a lot of the large retail stores �give to the public� by holding massive Boxing Day sales.
For more interesting Christmas Facts and Figures why not check out:
Christmas History Santa Claus Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Christmas Gifting Rules