Christmas Day Essays

The Gospel of John says that Jesus came from God to bring his "Word" or message to all people.

The Gospels say that many years before Jesus' birth, prophets had told a promise to the Jewish people that God would send them a Messiah, or holy teacher.

It is one of the most important days of the year for Christians, along with Easter when the death and resurrection of Jesus are celebrated.

The season of preparing for Christmas is called Advent and begins on a Sunday about four weeks before Christmas.

Christmas (which means "Feast day of Christ") is a Christian holiday that refers to the birth of Jesus (whom Christians believe is the Son of God), and a cultural holiday for non-Christians.

The day known as Christmas Day is celebrated on the 25th day of December.Our family traditions at Christmas have been adapted since people have moved away however, we always make the effort to be together and play games together.Our traditions are much the same as any family; we eat, we give gifts and be merry.Despite how the modern message may have been diluted down the years, each Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus with traditions drawn from Christianity as well as other ones personal to our own family.Each family I know follows many of the same traditions as we do, however each put their own spin on it and make it their own.Christians believe that the promised Messiah was Jesus.His mother was a young woman called Mary, who was engaged, but not yet married to a carpenter called Joseph.Christmas spirit is everywhere on the 1st of December, the shops play festive music and are usually decorated down to the last detail.It is this date for me that marks the beginning of the season. We play Christmas music in the background, wear the Santa hats we dug out of the loft and have a drink.Christmas is the time when we all make the effort to come down at the same time.We go on the 24th of December and play family games all day. We don’t open our presents as soon as we get up as we all agree that we love the anticipation.