December 25th-Froehliche Weihnachten to all of you from EventOrb! Ho!Ho!Ho! Please try not to be one on this most holy day(leave that for the clubs). It's Christmas day, a day to celebrate Christ's birth. You thought it was just a day to receive presents but alas, there is a bigger reason for this day.Christmas is mostly known as a Christian holiday, but many non-Christians celebrate this festive day, too. Indeed, Christmas may be the undisputed king of holiday events. Don't believe me? Well check out how the many cultures of the world have their own way of saying Merry Christmas:
| Arabic: |
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah |
| Brazilian: |
Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo |
| Bulgarian: |
Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo |
| Chinese:(Mandarin) |
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan |
| Czech: |
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok |
| Dutch: |
Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast |
| Eskimo: (inupik) |
Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo! |
| French: |
Joyeux Noel |
| German: |
Froehliche Weihnachten |
| Ghanaian (Twi): |
Afihyia pa! |
| Hausa: |
Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara! |
| Hebrew: |
Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova |
| Hindi: |
Shub Naya Baras |
| Icelandic: |
Gledileg Jol |
| Iraqi: |
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah |
| Italian: |
Buone Feste Natalizie |
| Japanese: |
Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto |
| Navajo: |
Merry Keshmish |
| Philipines: |
Maligayan Pasko! |
| Polish: |
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie |
| Portuguese: |
Feliz Natal |
| Russian: |
Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom |
| Slovakian: |
Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce |
| Sami: |
Buorrit Juovllat |
| Samoan: |
La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou |
| Swedish: |
God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År |
| Tagalog: |
Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon |
| Turkish: |
Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun |
| Yoruba: |
E ku odun, e ku iye'dun! |
~History-For many centuries, Christian writers accepted that Christmas was the actual date on which Jesus was born. However, in the early eighteenth century, some scholars began proposing alternative explanations. Isaac Newton argued that the date of Christmas was selected to correspond with the winter solstice, which in ancient times was marked on December 25
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