Nowadays you can read many articles about the origins of various Christian traditions of Christmas - the position of an ornamental tree in the house, eggnog and other treats, and the adoption of the season Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, many would be surprised to know, however, a number on season and had their origin in times of civil war.
In this turbulent time of brother against brother, the holidays are still celebrated() mainly in the south, with the hope of a speedy conclusion to the conflict which has divided our country for many years. It also says that states are divided on the question of the celebration of the feast, as they are issues that led to war in the first place. When the nation was still young, this generation grew up in the Puritan time when the celebration of Christmas was regarded as a sin, because the roots of many traditions steeped in paganism, search for the early Christiansdelete. It was not until the early nineteenth century, when the U.S. was legalized by the end of the holiday - the first three are Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas.
In those days we could see the traditions that we observe today, say in the Christmas scenes in Gone With the Wind "and other films by the time. However, only part of a story. Suit only a short list of the pillars of the Christian have traditions of Christmas, that develops from that moment in history.
SantaClaus
While the legend of Father Christmas has its roots in a time to reach much earlier - for a view on the origins of Christianity itself - is the modern representation of this jolly elf who saw him in the middle of the nineteenth century century, Thomas Nast. Nast, a famous artist of the day (probably deserved, the father of modern political cartoon) created the face of Santa Claus for Harper's Weekly in 1863. The white beard, his nose like a swollenCherry, and a great person with a bag full of toys quickly with the secular aspect of the festival related synonym. These days, contemporary depictions of St. Nick will not stray from the original vision of Nast.
Christmas
Did you know that most of the songs they sing in this joyous occasion was originally written during the dark period of history of our people? In fact, one could argue that some Christmas songs are actually the forerunners of the modernProtest song, as some songs were written during this period actually thinly veiled commentary about the war. "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear," written by the minister Edmund Sears, does the desire for peace in this time that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" feeling strong component of anti-war. Of course, it can be useful because most striking lines of the poem by Longfellow in the traditional song we sing today were omitted. OfContrast Phillips Brooks O Little Town of Bethlehem "in the hope of peace after a conflict.
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While the troops in the war, it was not uncommon for a soldier, gift, while in the battle to obtain. Barrels of food and drink, warm clothes and jewelry of the house are very popular and has a little 'fun of a situation that otherwise sad. One could easily identify those shares which the traditions that we now send helpPackages for our men and women abroad.
The songs they sing, to identify the symbols that we would be surprised at how the civil war has influenced our present-day during the Christmas period.
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