Month: December 2021

Für Deutschland, Dezember ist ein Monat von fröhlich Ferien und eine Zeit für du bist mit deiner Familie zusammen. Festlicher Beifall ausbreiten über das ganze Land wie der Winter kommt und der Schnee fällt.

Im Deutschland, Weihnachten ist um 24 Dezember fiert. Der Tag vor Weihnachten ist heißt Heiligabend. Obwohl Weinachten beginnt um 24 Dezember, viele Leute arbeiten an diesem Tag also die richtigen Feiern beginnt um 25 Dezember.

Kein Weinachten ist komplett ohne lecke Essen. Um Weinachstag, ist es eine Tradition essen Braten Truthahn mit Füllung, Rotkohl, Rosenkohl und Kartoffeln. Ente, Gans und Hase sind auch beliebt Optionen. Für Nachspeise, Stollen oder Pfefferkuchen (und Lebkuchenmann) sind die einzig richtigen Optionen. Ein deutsches Weihnachten muss Alkohol haben. Glühwein ist das Getränk von meistens ausgesucht und es haben von Weißwein, Rum oder Fruchtsaft machen. Für gewagter Leute, Feuerzangenbowle ist perfekt. Es ist eine Mixtur von Glühwein und Rum das ist verbrannt.

Wie obengenannt, Weihnachten ist eine Zeit sein mit deiner Familie und was besser Dinge gibt es zu tun mit deine famille als schauen einen Film zusammen (so lange wie deiner Eltern sprich nicht für die ganze Zeit wenigstens)? Tolle Deutsche Filme einbeziehen „Alle ist lieber“, „Das ewige Lied“ und „Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel“. Ich empfehle dringend du siehst diese Filme diese Weihnachten, wenn du willst spaß diesen Urlaub.

In der Sekunde das die Uhr wird Mitternächtig, die Weihnachtslieder beginnt zu spielen. Festliche Lieder um deinen Tag zu erhellen bis um 26 Dezember, wenn es wird traurig wenn der Weihnachtszauber verschwindet und du wirst überall mit Verpackungspapiere zurückgelassen. Jubel wie du hörst einen Klopfen an deiner Tür und du triffst dich mit Sternsinger.

For Germany, December is a month of jolly celebrations and a time to be with your family. Festive cheer spreads across the whole country as winter comes and snow falls.

In Germany, Christmas is celebrated on the 24th of December. The day before Christmas is called Christmas Eve (Holy Evening). Although Christmas begins on the 24th December, many people work on this day so the proper celebrations begin on the 25th December.

No Christmas is complete without tasty food. On Christmas day, it is a tradition to eat Roast Turkey with stuffing, red cabbage, brusselsprouts and potatoes. Duck, geese, and rabbit are also popular options. A german Christmas must have alchohol. Mulledwine is the beverage of choice and it is made from white wine, rum or fruit juice. For more adeventourous people, „fire tongs lunch“ is perfect. It is a mixture of mulled wine and rum that is set on fire

As aforemtnioned, Christmas is a time to be with your family and what better thing to do than watch a film with your family (as long as your parents don’t take for he whole time at least)? Great German films include „Love is All“, „The Eternal Song“ and „Three hazelnuts for Cinderella“. I strongly recommend you watch these films this Christmas if you want to have fun this holiday.

The second the clock hits midnight, the christmas songs begin to play. Festive songs brighten up your day until the 26th when you are sad when the christmas magic vanishes and you are left with packaging paper all over your living room. Jubilation as you hear a knock at your door and you are met with carolers.

As we all know, Christmas is a large celebration held in all four corners of the world. I, being a Japanese student, can confirm that Christmas is widely celebrated in Japan and many children look forward to a time of receiving gifts (it is actually a celebration of the incarnation of Jesus). Obviously, Christmas is not celebrated in the same way everywhere, and I realised that in the media, we often do not hear about Christmas celebrations in other parts of the world. I was particularly curious about how Christmas is celebrated in south-east Asia I only know how Christmas is celebrated in Japan in Asia. For that reason, I have decided to write this article to inform people who may be curious like me about how Christmas is celebrated in south-east Asia.

Vietnam

Christmas is a major celebratory event in Vietnam, along with the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Lunar New Year (Tet Ngyuen Dan) and Bhudda’s Birthday. Around 8-10% of the Vietnamese population are Catholics because of the French occupation of Vietnam which ended in 1954 so, because of French influences, Christmas is a widely celebrated festival in Vietnam.

During this time of the year, there is more anticipation over the coming of the Christmas Day and the cities in Vietnam like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh which have ornaments and it is an ordinary site to see people singing carols. Department stores and shops would show off their extravagant lights and ornaments to join the of the flood of celebrations coming their way as it is the perfect opportunity to make profit from sales. Interestingly, Santa has a different name in Vietnam: ‘Ông già Noël’, which means ‘Christmas old man’, so the Vietnamese people would not be familiar to the name ‘Santa Claus’ which would be much more familiar to the western world.

Overall, there is a larger emphasis in celebrating Christmas Eve rather than Christmas. For example, there are midnight masses in churches with the most famous services being held in the Saint Joseph Cathedral. In addition, there are nativity scenes in those churches and home called a ‘crèche’ which depicts Joseph, Mary, the shepherds, the Three Magi and the cattle looking at baby Jesus. Typically, after the midnight mass, many people hold a special meal called the ‘Réveillon’, which contains oysters, escargots and the Bûche de Noël and it sometimes has roasted turkey as well. On Christmas, the sales of goods would continue but there would be less excitement compared to Christmas eve, however, Christmas is still celebrated such as exchanging gifts (which traditionally reminds people of the gifts to Jesus from the Three Magi).

Indonesia

Christmas, or ‘Natal’, is a national holiday in Indonesia and many people look forward to the time of this celebration. Compared to other countries around the world, there is a larger distinction between the differences of how Christmas is celebrated. Different communities celebrate Christmas in a variety of ways which makes Indonesia unique in the way that there are many ways to celebrate Christmas within the same country.

In Kampung Tugu in the Cilincing area in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, there is a tradition called Rabo-Rabo (‘Rabo’ means ‘to follow’). The residents in that area are mainly of Portuguese descent and if we go back in time, their ancestors would have been soldiers or workers of the Dutch era. During Christmas, the residents parade through the area and they walk around the churches and the homes of their relatives and neighbours. While they walk around, they sing and dance to the traditional music of Kerencong Tugu, which happens when one person from the visited house follows the crowd as soon as the visitors decide to move to the next house.

In Papua, there is a much more contrasting celebration which marks the coming of Christmas. There, the residents have the tradition of Barapen where they express their joy for Christmas. Barapen involves burning stones which would be used to roast pigs for the celebrations and by roasting pigs, they show their gratitude, togetherness and their sense of sharing in order to celebrate Jesus’s birthday. In some places, there are decorations and ornaments and there is also music being played for 24 hours during the peak of the Christmas celebrations. Finally, the local residents cook pork, yam, kale, papaya and other foods in a hole which contains the hot stones and it lasts for half a day which unites the local residents and allow their relationships to improve.

The Philippines

Compared to Vietnam and Indonesia, there is a larger population of Christians of around 86 million Catholics in Vietnam because of the Spanish occupation which lasted until 1898. Also, Christmas is celebrated in the Philippines for a long duration of time, with celebrations starting on the 1^st of September and ending in January. There are different timings of when Christmas celebrations finish as some Filipinos end the celebrations on Epiphany (the celebration of the incarnation of Jesus which primarily focuses on the Three Magi) or the Feast of the Black Nazarene (it celebrates the relocation of a Christian icon) on the 9^th of January whilst some Filipinos end it on the third Sunday of January. There are many celebrations that occur during those times but the main focus here is Christmas eve and Christmas.

From the 16^th of December to the 24^th of December, there is the ‘Simbang Gabi’, which are the Masses. Many Christians in the Philippines have services being held in the churches and they believe that attending all nine masses shows their devotion to God, their anticipation of the incarnation of Jesus and that God will grant wishes to those who attend all nine masses. During this time, it is considered as a holiday and many Filipinos would purchase traditional Filipino foods after the masses for breakfast, such as bibingka (a rice-flour and egg-based cake) or putò bumbóng (a sticky rice delicacy). On Christmas Eve, they also hold a traditional Noche Buena (‘Good Night’) feast where family members dine together to eat meals like queso de bola (‘cheese ball’), noodles, pandesals (Filipino bread roll) and fruit salads.

On Christmas morning, Filipinos visit their family members and pay their respects to the older members of the family. They do this by taking the elderly person’s hand and pressing against their forehead while saying the greeting, ‘Máno pô’, which means, “hand, please”. The elderly person would then respond by reciting a blessing and give gifts or money to them. The younger the receiver, the more that person will get so younger relatives often enjoy this time of receiving gifts and money. After the greetings, a festive lunch is held. At night, family members return home to drink, play parkour games and chat.