Historia De La Navidad En Inglés De Ecuador

Christmas
Christmas is, without doubt, the most important Festival of Western culture, including the Ecuador. Originated in commemoration of the birth of Jesus de Nazareth, called Christ (the anointed one).
However, the first three centuries of Christianity celebrated the resurrection of the Lord as the climax of the liturgical year, but gradually the birthday of Jesus was gaining importance.First with the determination of a date: December 25th, this coincided with the northern hemisphere winter solstice.
And second, to be influenced also chose this day of December, the fact that Christianity within the Roman Empire competed with the religion of the god Mithras, who is credited with being born in a cave, visited by shepherds and proceed of a virgin.
The Emperor Aurelian syncretizedMithraism with solar religion and established the cult of Sol Invictus, constituting this true principle of monotheism of easy replacement with Christianity, once with Constantine and the edict of Milan, this began his ascent as the only religion of the Roman Empire.
It is likely that in the century VI appeared first cribs, which would charge a large force 600 years later, when Francis ofAssisi celebrated in the cave in Greccio a Christmas represented by human beings, animals and even a small child, which too many seemed Jesus himself.
In the middle ages the traditions of this time settled and celebrated masses very full of joy, which included the presence of roosters, which would give origin to be called the Eucharist celebrated in the last hours of 24 December, midnight mass.Papá Noel, as we call it in our country, or Santa Claus, in northern countries, stems from Bishop Nicholas of Bari, a city located in southern Italy and whose feast day is December 6, coinciding sympathetically with the founding of Quito.
Nicholas, who lived in the late third century and the beginning of the Christian era IV, gold coins would have left either in the window or on the chimney of ahouse whose owner was indebted to sell their daughters into slavery to pay their creditors. From that made his figure was evolving and miter typical Catholic bishops became a hat to shelter the head and the cope.
Also in a winter coat, appearing this way on Christmas cards nineteenth century, until in 1932, the Coca-Cola will put on their colors: red and white.
It is attributed to Martin Luther,the first of the leading reformers, having placed a tree in her room at Christmas time, but beyond that, the tree has been an important symbol in all human cultures, on the one hand it represents the life. That, as conifers do not expire your resume in winter and are always green, and the other connecting the three strata classical mythology: the sky, the earth and the underworld.
In Quitocelebrate Christmas under these traditions, but modified by indigenous cultures which have even created art that enrich carols Christmas.

In East
Christmas being a Christian holiday and, being a minority among the majority Muslim, Buddhist, Orthodox and other religious professions, this celebration is reduced to the private sphere of each family, provided the government in power does not prohibitsuch an event or rooting depth and Christian beliefs.
For example, in China there was no Christmas. Currently the most cosmopolitan cities begin to celebrate as part of culture because it is imported from abroad or studied in schools in the subject of religion. Little by little giving particular features invented by them. It is introduced in the calendar as religious festival / profane worldwidestarting to know her, the same way that Spain generalized figure of Santa Claus, with no in tradition.
In West
Though in West he reigns the plurality of ideologies, religions, ethnicities and origins, there exists a respect generalized by the freedom of worship. This fact joined the Christians' important presence in almost all the countries, does that the Christmas is a time of celebrations...