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In Anglo-Saxon times, Christmas was referred to as geol[3], from which the current English word 'Yule' is derived. The word "Christmas" is a contraction meaning "Christ's mass." It is derived from the Middle English Christemasse and Old English Cristes mæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038.[3] The words for the holiday in Spanish (navidad) and French (noël) refer more explicitly to the Nativity. In contrast, the German name Weihnachten means simply "hallowed night."
Christmas is sometimes shortened to Xmas, an abbreviation that has a long history.[4] In early Greek versions of the New Testament, the letter Χ (chi), is the first letter of Christ (Χριστός). Since the mid-sixteenth century Χ, or the similar Roman letter X, was used as an abbreviation for Christ.[5]

History

Pre-Christian winter festivals
A winter festival was traditionally the most popular festival of the year in many cultures, in part because there was less agricultural work to be done during the winter. From a religious point of view, Easter was the most significant feast in the church calendar.[6] Christmas was considered less significant, and the early church opposed the celebration of birthdays of church members.[7] The prominence of Christmas in modern times may reflect the continuing influence of the winter festival tradition, including the following festivals:

Jesuh chuak ni hi a dik te in a chim kho mi an um rih lo. Si ah December 25 hi zei tin dah X'mas tiah kan tuah hna hnga? Bible ca zawng nih a chim ve lo. Sextus Julius Africanus ti mi pa nih hin X'mas ni hi December 25 ni a si tiah a rak popular ter tu cu asi. A mah hi AD kum zabu 3 (3rd Century) hrawng ah Libyia ram ah a rak chuak tiah ruah a si. a mah hi Emmaus khua ah a rak um mi a si.

Chronografiai, ti mi cauk ( the History of the World; Vawlei cung tuan bia ti mi cauk) uk nga aa tlai mi a rak ttial. AD 221 ah a rak ttial mi asi, vawlei cung ser ka in Jesuh chauh caan tiang hi kum 5500 a rau tiah a ti. Mah a cauk chung ah hin December 25 ni ah Jesuh a chauk tiah a rak ttial. Nain a chuah ni lawmhnak puai an rak tuah ti hi cu a pel hmanh a ttial lo.Emmaus khua a rak rawk dih i ser than ding ah a rak i zuam mi a si. Bishop a si tiah ca a ttial mi an um len ko nain Khrihfa rian ttuan hmanh si hlah seh law a dawh ti a si.

AD 245 ah Theologian Origen nih cun mi sual han lawng nih chuahni an lawmh a rak ti. Mithiang hna chuah ni cu an lawm loh tiah a rak ti. Tertulian zawng nih ni sung lawi pa khat ah a rak ttial chih lo.NI chuah lei ram han nih cun january ni 6 ni ah Xmas an rak tuah. Nicene khrihfa nun phung a rak lar deuh deuh i, cu nih cun Xmas tuah hi an rak lar ter chin chin ve. Kum zabu 4 lio ah hin Xmas he peh tlai in ruah nak a rak i kalh ngai ngai ti si. Gregory of Nazianzus ti mi bishop pa a thih hnu ah hin 381 hnu ah, Xmas tuah hi a rak um ti lo. Nain AD 400 hrawng ah Saint John Chrystom ti mi nih a rak thawk thna i a rak lar than. Kum zabu 12 hrawng a vun phanh tik ah December 25 in January 6 ni tiang cu X'mas ni hlei hnih tiah an rak tuah.

Xmas ni adonh hnu ni 40 ni cu Candlemas ni tiah an tuah hawi ai. A sual lam cu Nuthiang(R C nih a chim bang) Marry i a thian hlim nak caah ni sung lawi ni ti asi.1377 kum lio ah hin King Richard II of England nih Xmas puai cu sun glawi em em in a rak tuah. Caw tum 28 le meheh 300 bak arak thak ti a si. hi kum hrawng ah hin Xmas cu Yule Boar ti zawng ah an rak auh. Xmas ni cu zu rit ni, gambling tuah ni ti tiang in an rak ruah ve.1800 Reformation chan a rak phanh tik ah cun Xmas ni cu "rags of the Beast" tiah an rak ti i Xmas tuah hi an rak doh. Cu cu RC nih a nek in an nek hna i, Xmas ni cu a mak chin chin in an tuah. Charles siangpahrang pa nih a uk lio, England ram Civil war lio ah hin Puritan hruai tu hna nih Xmas tuah an rak khap. Cu caah mi pi an rak buai, ProXmas ti mi Xmas a cukan ti mi ah khin sandah an rak piah. an rak buai.

1660 ah cu ti khap nak cu an let than.American Revolution hlan tiang cu Xmas tuah hi a rak free lo ngai rih, America ah ti bia.1820 kum hrawng ah hin Xmas cu a rak tlau deng mi kha British cattial tu hna nih an thin a phang i Xmas kawng heh tiah an vun ttial than.1843 ah Charles Dickens nih Christmas Carol ti mi cauk a rak ttial. Mah cauk nih hin Xmas ni kawng cua thar a vun chuah tthan. A mah nih cun Xmas ni cu chungkhar i tawn ni, le i hawi kawmhni ti lei deuh khin a vun ttial. Washinton Irving nih Old Christmas timi cauk a rak ttial i cu hna nih cun Xmas kawng cu mi pi thin lung ah a thar a vun chuah ngai. Cun khrihfa hymnl hla a ttial mi han le, missionary han nih Xmas kawng hi an vun thar chuah thlauh mah than.

Kum zabu 21 ah hin cun Xmas caan hi zei tin dah kan tuah cio hna i zei tin dah kan hmuh cio hna ti hi cu kan mit hmuh kut tongh a si. Laitlang lei Xmas kan tuah nih khi zoh ah cun December 25 in January 6 ni tiang hrawng cu lo kal lo bak in in uma si caah, Early Chrisrtian pawl rak tuah tawn mi ni 12 Xmas ni ti han kha a van lo ngai ka ti. Cun Xmas ni hi zudin s aei ni tiah a luan cia mi kum a za in aluan cang mi ah an rah ruah sual cang. Mah ruang ah cun Xmas ni tuah hna cu an rak doh phah nak cu si dawh asi. Ruahnak ttha, tinhnak ttha le a thiang hlim mi, a dai mi Xmas cu hman kan duh cio ko hna lo mei?My honest description:(Wikipedia Encyclopedia chung i Mirang ca in an ttial mi a remnak in ka vun khawmh sup i Chin ca in ka vun ttial than)

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