Top 7 Festive Facts about Christmas I Top Holiday Facts

Top 7 Festive Facts about Christmas I You Did`nt Know About I Holiday Facts

Top 7 Festive Facts about Christmas I You Did`nt Know About I Holiday Facts

 

1. Bolivians celebrate Misa del Gallo or “Mass of the Rooster” on Christmas Eve. Some people bring roosters to the midnight mass, a gesture that symbolizes the belief that a rooster was the first animal to announce the birth of Jesus.

 

2. The British wear paper crowns while they eat Christmas dinner. The crowns are stored in a tube called a “Christmas cracker.”

 

 

3. In Poland, spiders or spider webs are common Christmas trees decorations because according to legend, a spider wove a blanket for Baby Jesus. In fact, Polish people consider spiders to be symbols of goodness and prosperity at Christmas.

 

4. Alabama was the first state in the United States to officially recognize Christmas in 1836.Christmas wasn’t declared an official holiday in the United States until June 26, 1870.

 

 

5. Oklahoma was the last U.S. state to declare Christmas a legal holiday, in 1907.

 

6. Evergreens (from the Old English word aefie meaning “always” and gowan meaning “to grow”) have been symbols of eternal life and rebirth since ancient times. The pagan use and worship of evergreen boughs and trees has evolved into the Christianized Christmas tree.

 

7. Ancient peoples, such as the Druids, considered mistletoe sacred because it remains green and bears fruit during the winter when all other plants appear to die. Druids would cut the plant with golden sickles and never let it touch the ground. They thought it had the power to cure infertility and nervous diseases and to ward off evil.