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With nostalgia and tender joy we hope next Christmas we will not give away our hearts so easily ;D

Now we gather around the Christmas tree again to take off the beautiful and lavish decorations, we save our Christmas tree for the next year with a tender and sweet remembrance of days past around it, our Christmas tree dragged from nature into our homes comes back to it as well as we also come back to work, the city and duties, we split up from our peaceful roots with nature, god and peace till next Christmas when magic is felt by the mankind again due to the words and life of love of Baby Jesus, we look forward next Christmas again.

Thirteen days after Baby Jesus´birth three magicians from the East came to Jerusalem, saying: where is the King of the Jews who was born because we have seen His star? They were called magicians by the greatness of their science since they were called magicians by Persian whom the Greeks called philosophers. They arrived from the limits of Persia, though it is not probable that in thirteen days for them to ride in dromedaries crossing wide countries. There was a different star from others for its radiance and even the daytime light could not dazzle it , for its situation it was not placed in the sky with the minor stars, not in the ether with the planets but it was advancing in the atmosphere guiding the magicians through routes near the Earth. The Magi went to Herod, or the devil and they lost the star, meaning they lost the grace of God, then they moved away from Herod and recovered Him. They were surrounded by a column of cloud by day and a column of fire in the night protecting the...

Christmas in the USA are the most popular due to the endless Hollywood Christmas movies set in this country. Although Dutch brought with them Sintaklaas, who also brought presents for children (St. Nicholas) in the 17 th century it was soon forgotten among the British independentists until the nineteenth century when the writer Washington Irving wrote a novel about it. Later Americans depicted Santa Claus with a white beard, red suit, pipe, reindeer and sleigh, they were also the pioneers in the plush and ritzy decoration of streets; even the US president lits up a Christmas tree in Washington D.C. to welcome it officially and celebrations vary among the different background of nationalities and regions of the US . In Hawaii they greet Santa Claus who arrives by boat bringing the Christmas Sheep Tree and they shoot firearms and let off fireworks under the sunny skies and Christmas dinner is eaten outdoors. In Alaska, children singing carols while carrying with lanterns on a pole a l...

Christmas is celebrated differently in every country, in Anglo-Saxon countries most of the people celebrate Christmas differently, sometimes it depends on the weather like in Australia because DownUnder celebrate it during summertime with family gatherings around a barbecues and having a dip in the beach or swimming-pool when it is hot, they also receive the Swag Man from the sea replacing Santa Claus, Australians are a mixture of different races, cultures, etc. still seventy per cent are Christians so for them Christmas is eagerly prepared and felt as the time of Jesus´s birth which begins with the Midnight Mass at Christmas´Eve. Kiwis or New Zelanders are the first to celebrate it with the interchange of gifts with the dear ones, indoor and outdoor decoration and Christmas break-parties and singing carols. In England the custom of Christmas tree became popular after Prince Albert placed it in Windsor castle for his wife Queen Victoria in 1841 after a German tradition, the custom of k...

O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by; Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee to-night. F or Christ is born of Mary, And gathered all above, While mortals sleep, the angels keep Their watch of wondering love. O morning stars, together Proclaim the holy birth! And praises sing to God the King, And peace to men on earth. H ow silently, how silently, The wondrous gift is given! So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of his heaven. No ear may hear his coming, But in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive him, still The dear Christ enters in. W here children pure and happy Pray to the blessed Child, Where misery cries out to thee, Son of the mother mild; Where charity stands watching And faith holds wide the door, The dark night wakes, the glory breaks, And Christmas comes once more. O holy Child of Bethlehem! Descend to us...

Today in most countries big discounts and bargains are launched in shopping centres, sales are increased during Boxing Day just as the day following Thanksgiving in the USA and Canada. It is also an important day on the sporting calendar and popular and erroneous claims that Boxing Day originated with boxing. There are full programmes of football and rugby playing with local rivals in England in the Premier League, Ireland in the Irish Premier League and Scotland in the Scottish Premier League, in African Commonwealth countries hold fighting contests such as Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Zambia,etc. In England both The King George VI Chase in horse racing is held every year at Kempton Park Racecourse (Surrey) and the fox hunting (after it was forbidden by the Hunting Act in 2004 in living animals) using scented drag trails are quite popular on this date. It also starts in Canada the most famous tournament of ice hockey and in Australia begins the Sydney Yacht Race and holds the Boxing Day T...