Carousing and partying is the second name for Christmas. It is the time of year to celebrate and enjoy the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas is the biggest festival of Christians all over the world. Since India has a large Christian community, Christmas is celebrated with great devotion. People greet each other with a big smile on their faces and ‘Merry Christmas’. It would be wrong to say that only Christian celebrate the birth of Jesus. Non-Christians also love to celebrate Christmas with same jest and devotion. Christmas spirit has included every community with affection. Christmas is an excuse to be happy and people love to enjoy the gifts given by Santa Claus. The Holy Spirit of Christmas makes people see beyond their needs and help those whose needs are far bigger. It is the time to meet your loved ones, greet them with Christmas gifts.
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Scandinavia, celebrated a festival called Yule from December 21 to January. The festival was celebrated for the coming of Sun in the winters. People would bring logs and burn it in their house. Festivity would continue until the log burned out. Europeans considered winter as the best time to celebrate. Winter was only time when meat was available in huge amounts. Many animals were slaughtered during this time for the feast. It was another way to get rid of extra animals as feeding them in winter time was a problem and meat remained fresh during winter time. Roman celebrated a festival called Saturnalia to honour the Suturn. In this festival social order was turned upside down and slaves were treated as masters. German celebrated a festival to honour the Pagan God in winters they believed that Pagan God Oden visited them through the sky and observed his people. In his visits he would decide to bless or punish people accordingly.
