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Christmas is my favorite holiday! Not just for the gift giving,
goodies, or the decorating, but I truly love the feeling I get around
Christmas time. The feeling of joy and love and happiness just
fills me up inside. On this page you can find the history and
some facts about Christmas and what it really means. Some of
us seem to forget the reason Christmas is celebrated, and that it
has nothing at all to do with what you receive or what you
give....it's the love inside you share that really matters......
Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ (also known
as the Nativity). Scholars believe that Christmas is derived
from rites held by pre-Christians to celebrate the Winter Solstice.
Christians have observed Christmas since the 4th century and it is
believed that this is where pagan customs such as mistletoe,
holly, and the Yule log came from.
Christmas carols were banned in England around 1650 by
Oliver Cromwell because he thought Christmas should be a
solemn day. Silent Night was written in 1818 by Joseph Mohr,
but the first American Christmas carol called Jesus Is Born
was written by John de Brebeur in 1649. Bing Crosby's
White Christmas is the biggest selling single of all time.
The use of the first Christmas tree began in France in the early
17th century. In 1856 President Franklin Pierce decorated
the first White House Christmas tree and in 1924 the first living
national Christmas tree was planted in Washington D.C. Every
year since then the President ceremonially turn on it's lights.
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