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With good wishes for a brilliant and happy Christmas season. Hope things are going all right with you. 在这辉煌快乐的圣诞佳节,献上一切美好的祝福!祝一切顺心如意! Christmas comes but once a year. But when it comes it brings good cheer. 圣诞节一年只...
...especially when combined with the word sale? According to the book Did you ever Wonder... by Jeff Rovin, the word for Christ in Greek is Xristos . The use of the shortened form Xmas became popular in Europe in the 1500s. The word Xmas is so common...
Christmas Eve is a big deal for religious reasons, such as the midnight mass, and also for retail reasons. 1867 was the first year that Macy's department store in New York City remained open until midnight on Christmas Eve. A HowStuffWorks reader was...
There is a set of songs that are played continuously during the Christmas season. Here's a pretty complete list: Away In A Manger Carol Of The Bells Deck The Halls God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Jingle Bells Joy To The World Hark, The Herald Angels Sing...
According to the 1994 Britannica Book of the Year, there are 1.8 billion Christians in a total world population of 5.5 billion, making it the largest religion worldwide. In America, 241 million out of a total population of 281 million people are Chr...
Why is there a small evergreen tree in the living room? This is a German tradition, started as early as 700 A.D. In the 1800s the tradition of a Christmas tree was widespread in Germany, then moved to England and then to America through Pennsylvania...
No one really knows. What is known is that Christian leaders in 336 A.D. set the date to December 25 in an attempt to eclipse a popular pagan holiday in Rome (Saturnalia) that celebrated the winter solstice. Originally, the celebration of Christmas i...
Why do people give each other presents on Christmas day? The tradition of gifts seems to have started with the gifts that the wise men (the Magi) brought to Jesus. As recounted in the Bible's book of Matthew, On coming to the house they saw the chil...
If Gorg can assimilate all of that and make sense of it in a week, then obviously he is a member of a highly advanced species! You may find that you yourself don't know the answers to half of these questions. Where DID Rudolf come from? And why DO w...