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On December 25, the birthday is celebrated by all those who bear the name of Emil, Itzo, Icho, Mladen, Radomir, Radomira, Radoslav, Radoslava, Radostin, Radostina, Kristalina, Hristo, Hristi, Hristin, Hristina, Hristofor and their derivatives.
On December 25 we celebrate Christmas – Christmas, also known as Christmas or Christmas. This is one of the most important church holidays in Christendom.
The celebration begins at dawn on December 25. It’s kind of a sequel to Christmas Eve. In it, Christians celebrate the birth of the Son of God Jesus Christ. According to the Gospel, Christ was born in a cave in the city of Bethlehem, in the province of Judea. At the time of Christmas, an extraordinary light flashes in the sky and an angel announces that the Savior has come into the world. The shepherds of Bethlehem were the first people to worship God the Son. It is also worshiped by three eastern kings, brought to the place by the star that rises above the sky. Following the customs of the time, the kings gave away gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas as solemnly as Easter. For Catholics and Protestants, Christmas is the most revered holiday.
Christmas is one of the 20 religious holidays in Bulgaria. It is celebrated on December 25 (according to the Gregorian and New Julian calendars), on January 6 by the Armenian Church and on January 7 (according to the Julian calendar). In Bulgaria it is an official holiday with a decision of the 9th National Assembly on March 28, 1990. In predominantly Christian countries, Christmas is the most economically important holiday of the year and is celebrated as a secular holiday in many countries. with a small Christian population. It is associated with the exchange of gifts in the family, as well as gifts from Santa Claus and other mythical characters. According to most historians, the first celebration of the Nativity of Christ took place in Rome in 336 AD. The name Christmas comes from the Roman holidays Kalendi, dedicated to the winter solstice (from the word “kalende”). Until the fourth century in the Calendar of the Orthodox Church there is no festival dedicated to the Nativity of Christ. His resurrection and return to heaven and his baptism are celebrated. The separation of the two festivals took place only in the IV-V century under the influence of ancient pagan beliefs. It was on the days of December 17-23 that the representatives of the ancient faith in Rome celebrated the god Saturn, and on December 25 the Romans celebrated the sun and its victory over darkness. The calendar rites of the Slavs are associated with the beginning of the year, with the solar cycle in December. With the spread of the Christian religion, the birth of the sun god was associated with the symbolic definition of the name given to Christ as the “sun of righteousness.”
In the 20th century, Bulgarians added another element brought from Western Europe to the Christmas ritual: the sparkling Christmas tree. Christ comes to earth to sanctify people and his kingdom. With his arrival he brings a particle of the sanctity of heavenly peace: the beautiful tree of Paradise laden with fruit. That is why the Christmas tree is full of figures of angels, Santa Claus, garlands, balls, candles, which symbolize the essence of Christ (light, knowledge, purity, truth). Popular tradition is associated with the custom of Christmas carols.
The main participants are children of premarital age. Its preparation begins on the day of San Ignacio. Then Christmas songs are studied, carol groups are created, the leader of the group is determined, who is older and married. The Christmas carols in party dresses have hats adorned with their dolls and carry “colored sticks” in their hands. The timing of Christmas is strictly determined by tradition, from midnight to sunrise at Christmas. Karakonjoli, vampires, goblins, etc. they later appeared in folklore. supernatural beings. Christmas carols with their songs have the power to scare them away. Christmas carol groups are generally made up of an old man, a grandmother, a trochober, a piper, and guerrilla singers. The old man and the grandmother laugh, the trochober collects the gifts, the piper plays, the rebels sing. In some areas, Christmas carols pose as cats, meow and announce their arrival. The Christmas carols dress for a party, as for the great cold, as it usually is, with hats decorated with a string of popcorn and a bunch of boxwood, with gags in their hands. Everywhere in the house they are awaited with joy, unless some pain, death or illness has befallen the home. From midnight to morning, carols roam the houses, sing Christmas carols with wishes for health, family happiness and a rich harvest, and the hosts give them a Christmas cake.
First, you start from the house of the most personal person in town: the mayor, the priest and also the teacher. The host greets the carols with a cow and stuck steam. The hostess gives a wheat strainer, which the Christmas carols spread around the house to be born next year. In some places, if there is a maid in the house to get married, she prepares a special colored bun for her lover. Then all the written ties are displayed in a public place to evaluate who costs how much and buy them by tender. Each boy buys a cow for his girl. Songs are sung for all members of the family, from the oldest (both in seniority and respect) to the youngest.
At Christmas, everyone goes to church. The traditional dance of the town is performed. Traditionally, Christmas is celebrated in our country for 3 days. According to popular belief, if you borrow salt at Christmas and don’t return it, your eyes will hurt. If you get tired of Christmas, it means that an angel from heaven has passed by your side. That is why you have to cross yourself three times and everything you create will come true.
At Christmas the fasts end and lunch is happy and very delicious. It is mandatory to serve a cake with a variety of fillings: meat, cabbage, mushrooms, leeks, pumpkin, and more. The main dishes during this and the following are prepared with pork. Table: empanada, empanada, patchouli, roast liver, pastrami with cabbage, pork with leeks, roast chicken. A pig is slaughtered at Christmas. The table is not up all day. The ashes are kept every day from Saint Ignatius until Jordan Day, and then collected and used to cure various diseases throughout the year. When the host rises from the table, he walks hunched over so that the tree branches fall to the ground and are covered with fruit. The straw is tied to the fruit trees to give birth. On the Christmas table you can see breads and cakes of different shapes and patterns, which are also associated with the great feast, and are sung in the songs of the Christmas carols. Many of them, according to ancient traditions, have the form of various agricultural implements with which the land is cultivated to produce wheat, or on them are painted and marked rural implements, handicrafts, furniture, domestic animals, without which life in the town is unthinkable. . Some of these important figures for the family are outlined with walnuts, apple slices, others are colored according to the taste and imagination of the hostess. In addition, they knead and bake cakes or small cakes with crosses, which are indulged in Christmas carols when they sing at the front door. In some of them a coin is placed, a symbol of prosperity and wealth. According to the oldest traditions, the flour of these religious breads or cakes is sifted three times to make it “silky”, as is sung, and the water with which it is kneaded must be brought in a white bowl by a girl or young woman. . a girlfriend in the house who has not yet given birth, writes actualno.com.
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