Christmas Holidays

by Nicolae Sfetcu

Overview

Second to Easter, Christmas is the most important feast of the Christian liturgical calendar. That is why Christmas is a public holiday in most countries of Christian tradition. This holiday allows family reunion around a festive meal, shared worship (masses and religious services), and the exchange of gifts. Christmas is celebrated during the night of December 24 to 25 and December 25 all day. As a Christian festival, it commemorates every year the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Originally, it was at that date that pagan festivities marked the winter solstice, symbol of the rebirth of the sun. The Christian festival was positioned on the same date in order to replace these parties and, symbolically, to associate the birth of Christ to the notion of increasing light. The period around Christmas is called "holiday season" and it includes the celebration of the New Year. Since the mid-twentieth century, this holidays is losing its religious aspect while keeping alive the tradition of the festival.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940153889177
Publisher:	Nicolae Sfetcu
Publication date:	11/30/2016
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Experience in the domains of engineering, Quality Assurance, electronics and Internet services (translation, web design, Internet marketing, web business solutions). Owner and manager with MultiMedia Developer of MultiMedia Network Partner with MultiMedia in several European and national research and development projects Project Coordinator for European Teleworking Development Romania (ETD) Cofounder of the regional association and president of the Mehedinti Branch of Romanian Association for Electronic Industry and Software Initiator, cofounder and president of Romanian Association for Telework and Teleactivities Member of Internet Society Initiator, cofounder and president of Romanian Teleworking Society Cofounder and vice-president of the Mehedinti Branch of the General Association of Engineers in Romania Physicist engineer – Bachelor of Physics, Major Nuclear Physics Training for a doctor degree in telecommunications Internal auditor for the Quality Management Systems Specialist in industrial Nondestructive Testing Attested for Quality Assurance Hundreds of publications (books, e-books, articles), mainly from the IT domain. Languages: Romanian, French, English Contact: Email: [e-mail] Tel.: [phone]