Christmas

Christmas

The History of Christmas

   Christmas has been a federal holiday in America since 1870. For certain people December 25 is a religious holiday because Jesus Christ was born this day 2000 years ago. Though in the early times of Christianity people back then didn't celebrate Christmas because in the Bible there was no mention of Christmas. Along the way at first they had a problem deciding what day Jesus was born on. Then in the third century were they only to decide it was to be December 25. This special day was widely celebrated by the end of the eighth century. For a while in colonial America celebrating Christmas was not allowed. By the 1800s when tree decorating was spread to England it was then brought to America.

What I do

  The way I celebrate Christmas is that we invite family over. When we invite family over we have a big dinner. Then we sit in the family room play board games or talking about the trip on Christmas Eve. The next morning we go to our Christmas Tree and open all our gifts in our pajamas. We all have breakfast and continue to play our board games. Then my sister and I give gifts to our neighbors. After our family goes to see if any stores are open and go shopping. Though if it is a white Christmas we do not go shopping my cousins and I have a snowball fight in the front of our house. Or we go sledding by the slope nearby our house.



Here is a link to the history of Christmas
http://www.history.com/topics/christmas/videos#bet-you-didnt-know-christmas