Nthawi zina zomwe timakonda pa nthawi yatchuthi zimakhudzana ndi miyambo ya Khrisimasi ndi mabanja athu komanso anzathu.Kuchokera ku cookie ya tchuthi ndi kusinthana kwa mphatso kukongoletsa mtengo, kupachika masitonkeni, ndi kusonkhana mozungulira kuti mumvetsere buku lokondedwa la Khirisimasi kapena kuwonera filimu yomwe mumakonda kwambiri ya tchuthi, aliyense wa ife ali ndi miyambo yaying'ono yomwe timagwirizanitsa ndi Khirisimasi ndikuyembekezera chaka chonse. .Zizindikiro zina zanyengoyi—makadi atchuthi, ndodo zamasiwiti, nkhata zamaluwa pazitseko—ndi zotchuka m’mabanja m’dziko lonselo, koma si ambiri mwa anthu asanu ndi anayi mwa khumi mwa Achimereka khumi amene amakondwerera Khirisimasi angakuuzeni ndendende kumene miyambo imeneyi inachokera kapena mmene zinayambira (mwachitsanzo, kodi mumadziŵa chiyambi cha “Khirisimasi Yosangalatsa”?)

Ngati mudayamba mwadzifunsapo chifukwa chake kuwala kwa Khrisimasi kuli chinthu, komwe lingaliro losiya makeke ndi mkaka kwa Santa Claus limachokera, kapena momwe boway eggnog idakhalira chakumwa chovomerezeka cha tchuthi chachisanu, werengani kuti tiwone mbiri ndi nthano. kuseri kwa miyambo ya tchuthi yomwe tikudziwa ndi kuikonda lerolino, yomwe yambiri idayamba zaka mazana ambiri.Onetsetsani kuti muyang'ananso malingaliro athu amakanema abwino kwambiri a Khrisimasi, nyimbo zatchuthi zomwe mumakonda, ndi malingaliro a miyambo yatsopano yausiku wa Khrisimasi ndikuonetsetsa kuti nyengo yanu ikhale yosangalatsa komanso yowala.

1,Makadi a Khrisimasi

Chaka chinali cha 1843, ndipo Sir Henry Cole, wa ku London wotchuka, anali kulandira zolemba zambiri zatchuthi kuposa momwe akanatha kuyankha payekha chifukwa cha kubwera kwa sitampu, zomwe zinapangitsa makalata kukhala otsika mtengo kutumiza.Chifukwa chake, Cole adafunsa wojambula JC Horsley kuti apange mapangidwe achikondwerero omwe akanatha kusindikiza ndi kutumiza masse ndi-voila!—khadi loyamba la Khrisimasi linapangidwa.Louis Prang, yemwe adasamukira ku Germany komanso wolemba mabuku, amadziwika kuti ndiye adayambitsa bizinesi yamakhadi a Khrisimasi ku America mu 1856, pomwe imodzi mwamakhadi oyambilira ophatikizidwa ndi envelopu idagulitsidwa mu 1915 ndi Hall Brothers (tsopano Hallmark).Masiku ano, pafupifupi makhadi atchuthi okwana 1.6 biliyoni amagulitsidwa ku US chaka chilichonse, malinga ndi Greeting Card Association.

2,Mitengo ya Khirisimasi

Malinga ndi bungwe la American Christmas Tree Association, pafupifupi mabanja 95 miliyoni ku US adzakhazikitsa mtengo wa Khrisimasi (kapena iwiri) chaka chino.Mwambo wa mitengo yokongoletsedwa ukhoza kuyambika ku Germany m'zaka za zana la 16.Zimanenedwa kuti wokonzanso Chipulotesitanti Martin Luther poyamba anaganiza zowonjezera makandulo kuti azikongoletsa nthambi ndi kuwala pambuyo polimbikitsidwa ndi kuwona nyenyezi zikuyang'anizana ndi zomera zosabiriwira pamene akupita kunyumba usiku wina wachisanu.Mfumukazi Victoria ndi mwamuna wake waku Germany, Prince Albert, adalimbikitsa mtengo wa Khrisimasi ndi zowonetsera zawo m'ma 1840s ndipo mwambowo udafikanso ku US.Mtengo woyamba wa Khrisimasi udawonekera mu 1851 ku New York ndipo mtengo woyamba udawonekera ku White House mu 1889.

3,Nkhata

Nkhota zakhala zikugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana kwa zaka zambiri: Agiriki amapereka nkhata ngati zikho kwa othamanga ndipo Aroma ankavala ngati korona.Nkhota za Khrisimasi poyamba zinkakhulupirira kuti zinachokera ku miyambo ya mtengo wa Khrisimasi yomwe anthu a kumpoto kwa Ulaya anayambitsa m'zaka za zana la 16.Pamene mitengo yobiriwira nthawi zonse inkadulidwa kukhala makona atatu (mfundo zitatuzo zinali kuimira utatu woyera), nthambi zotayidwazo zinkapangidwa kukhala mphete ndi kukhomeredwanso pamtengo monga chokongoletsera.Mpangidwe wozungulira, wopanda mapeto, unafikanso kusonyeza umuyaya ndi lingaliro Lachikristu la moyo wosatha.

4,Maswiti

Ana nthawi zonse amakonda maswiti, ndipo nthano imanena kuti maswiti anayamba mu 1670 pamene mtsogoleri wa kwaya pa Cologne Cathedral ku Germany anapereka timitengo ta peppermint kuti ana azikhala chete panthawi ya Living Creche.Iye anapempha wopanga masiwiti wakumaloko kuti aumbe nkhunizo kukhala mbedza zooneka ngati mbedza ya m’busa, kutchula Yesu monga “m’busa wabwino” amene amaweta nkhosa zake.Munthu woyamba kutchulidwa kuti amaika maswiti pamtengo anali August Imgard, mbadwa ya ku Germany-Swedish ku Wooster, Ohio, yemwe anakongoletsa mtengo wa buluu wa spruce ndi nzimbe ndi zokongoletsera za pepala mu 1847 ndipo anaziwonetsa pa nsanja yozungulira yomwe anthu ankayenda ulendo wautali. kukawona.Poyambirira kupezeka mu zoyera, mikwingwirima yofiira ya maswiti idawonjezedwa cha m'ma 1900 malinga ndi bungwe la National Confectioners Association, lomwe likunenanso kuti 58% ya anthu amakonda kudya zowongoka poyamba, 30% kumapeto kokhota, ndipo 12% amaphwanya chakudya. nzimbe kukhala zidutswa.

5,Mistletoe

Mwambo wa kupsompsona pansi pa mistletoe unayamba zaka zikwi zambiri zapitazo.Kugwirizana kwa chomeracho ndi chikondi kunayamba ndi a Celtic Druids omwe amawona mistletoe ngati chizindikiro cha chonde.Ena amaganiza kuti Agiriki Akale anali oyamba kugwedeza pansi pa chikondwerero cha Kronia, pamene ena amalozera ku nthano ya Nordic yomwe mulungu wamkazi wa chikondi, Frigga, anali wokondwa kwambiri atatsitsimutsa mwana wake pansi pa mtengo ndi mistletoe adalengeza aliyense. amene adayima pansi pake adalandira kupsyopsyona.Palibe amene ali wotsimikiza momwe mistletoe inalowera ku zikondwerero za Khrisimasi, koma pofika nthawi ya Victorian Era idaphatikizidwa mu "mipira yopsompsona," zokongoletsera za tchuthi zidapachikidwa padenga ndipo zimati zimabweretsa mwayi kwa aliyense amene ali ndi smooch pansi pake.

6,Makalendala a Advent

Wofalitsa wa ku Germany Gerhard Lang nthawi zambiri amatchulidwa kuti ndiye mlengi wa kalendala yosindikizidwa ya advent kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, mouziridwa ndi bokosi la maswiti 24 omwe anapatsidwa kwa amayi ake ali mnyamata (Gerhard wamng'ono ankaloledwa kudya kamodzi patsiku mpaka Khrisimasi).Makalendala a mapepala amalonda anayamba kutchuka ndi 1920 ndipo posakhalitsa anatsatiridwa ndi matembenuzidwe okhala ndi chokoleti.Masiku ano, pali kalendala yobwera pafupifupi aliyense (ngakhale agalu!)

7,Zogulitsa

Kupachika masitonkeni kwakhala mwambo kuyambira zaka za m'ma 1800 (Clement Clarke Moore adawatchula modziwika bwino mu ndakatulo yake ya 1823 Ulendo wochokera ku St. Nicholas ndi mzere wakuti "Matangadza anapachikidwa ndi chumney mosamala") ngakhale palibe amene akutsimikiza kuti zinayambira bwanji. .Nthano ina yotchuka imati panthaŵi ina panali mwamuna wina amene anali ndi ana aakazi atatu amene ankada nkhaŵa kuti adzawapezera amuna abwino chifukwa analibe ndalama zachiwongo.Atamva za banjali, St. Nicholas anazemba pansi pa chimney ndikudzaza masitonkeni a atsikana, omwe adawotchedwa pamoto kuti awume, ndi ndalama zagolide.

8,Ma cookies a Khrisimasi

Masiku ano makeke a Khrisimasi amabwera m'mitundu yonse ya zikondwerero ndi mawonekedwe, koma chiyambi chake chimachokera ku Medieval Europe pomwe zosakaniza monga mtedza, sinamoni, ginger, ndi zipatso zouma zidayamba kuwonekera m'maphikidwe a masikono apadera omwe amawotcha nthawi ya Khrisimasi.Ngakhale kuti maphikidwe oyambirira a ma cookies a Khrisimasi ku US adayamba kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1800, cookie yamakono ya Khrisimasi sinawonekere mpaka kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900 pamene kusintha kwa malamulo a kunja kunalola kuti zinthu zotsika mtengo za kukhitchini monga odula ma cookie abwere kuchokera ku Ulaya molingana. kwa William Woys Weaver, wolemba The Christmas Cook: Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets.Odulawa nthawi zambiri ankawonetsa maonekedwe okongola, akudziko, monga mitengo ya Khirisimasi ndi nyenyezi, ndipo pamene maphikidwe atsopano oti apite nawo anayamba kufalitsidwa, mwambo wamakono wophika kuphika ndi kusinthanitsa unabadwa.

9,Poinsettias

Masamba ofiira owala a chomera cha poinsettia amawunikira chipinda chilichonse patchuthi.Koma kodi kuyanjana ndi Khirisimasi kunayamba bwanji?Ambiri amalozera ku nkhani ya m’nthano za ku Mexico, yonena za mtsikana amene anafuna kubweretsa zopereka kutchalitchi chake pa usiku wa Khirisimasi koma analibe ndalama.Mngelo anaonekera ndi kuuza mwanayo kuti asonkhanitse namsongole m’mphepete mwa msewu.Anatero, ndipo pamene anazipereka zinaphuka mozizwitsa kukhala maluŵa ofiira owala ngati nyenyezi.

10,Boozy Eggnog

Eggnog idachokera ku posset, malo odyera akale aku Britain amkaka wokhala ndi zokometsera sherry kapena brandy.Kwa anthu okhala ku America, zosakanizazo zinali zodula komanso zovuta kupeza, motero adapanga mtundu wawo wotsika mtengo wokhala ndi ramu yopangira tokha, yomwe imatchedwa "grog."Bartenders adatcha zakumwa zotsekemera "dzira-ndi-grog," zomwe pamapeto pake zidasintha kukhala "eggnog" chifukwa cha makapu amatabwa "noggin" omwe adaperekedwamo. Chakumwacho chinali chodziwika kuyambira pachiyambi - George Washington anali ndi njira yakeyake.

11,Kuwala kwa Khrisimasi

Thomas Edison amapeza ngongole chifukwa chopanga babu, koma kwenikweni anali mnzake Edward Johnson yemwe adabwera ndi lingaliro loyika magetsi pamtengo wa Khrisimasi.Mu 1882 iye analumikiza mababu amitundu yosiyanasiyana ndi kuwamanga mozungulira mtengo wake, umene anauonetsa pa zenera la nyumba yake ya m’tauni ya New York City (mpaka pamenepo, anali makandulo amene anawonjezera kuwala ku nthambi za mitengo).GE idayamba kupereka zida zomwe zidasonkhanitsidwa kale za magetsi a Khrisimasi mu 1903 ndipo zidakhala zofunikira m'mabanja m'dziko lonselo pofika zaka za m'ma 1920s pomwe mwiniwake wa kampani yowunikira Albert Sadacca adabwera ndi lingaliro logulitsa mitundu ya nyali zamitundu m'masitolo.

12,Masiku a Khrisimasi

Mwinamwake mumayimba nyimbo yotchukayi m’masiku otsogolera Khrisimasi, koma masiku 12 Achikristu a Khrisimasi amachitikadi pakati pa kubadwa kwa Kristu pa December 25 ndi kufika kwa Amagi pa Januware 6. Ponena za nyimboyo, yoyamba kudziwika. Baibulo linalembedwa m’buku la ana lotchedwa Mirth With-out Mischief m’chaka cha 1780. Mawu ake ambiri anali osiyana (mwachitsanzo, nkhwali ya mu mtengo wa peyala inali “nkanga wokongola kwambiri”).Frederic Austin, wopeka nyimbo wa ku Britain, analemba bukuli lomwe likudziwikabe mpaka pano mu 1909 (mukhoza kumuthokoza chifukwa chowonjezera mipiringidzo iwiri ya "mphete zisanu zagolide!").Zosangalatsa: Mlozera wa Mtengo wa Khrisimasi wa PNC wawerengera mtengo wa chilichonse chomwe chatchulidwa munyimboyi zaka 36 zapitazi (mtengo wa 2019 unali $38,993.59!)

13,Ma cookie ndi Mkaka wa Santa

Mofanana ndi miyambo yambiri ya Khrisimasi, iyi imayambira ku Germany yakale pamene ana ankasiya chakudya kuti ayesere kunyengerera mulungu wa Norse Odin, yemwe ankayenda pa kavalo wamiyendo eyiti wotchedwa Sleipner, kuti awasiyire mphatso pa Nyengo ya Yule.Ku US, mwambo wa mkaka ndi makeke a Santa unayamba panthawi ya Kukhumudwa Kwakukulu pamene, ngakhale panthawi zovuta, makolo ankafuna kuphunzitsa ana awo kuthokoza ndi kupereka zikomo chifukwa cha madalitso kapena mphatso zomwe angalandire.

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