Kutheni siwugquma umthi weKrisimesi?
Namhlanje, umthi weKrisimesi uphathwa njengenkulungwane yomthendeleko, kodwa enyanisweni baqala ngamatheko obuhedeni aguqulwa ngamaKristu ukubhiyozela ukuzalwa kukaYesu Krestu.
Oko i-blogs zihlala ziluhlaza unyaka wonke, ifuzisela ubomi obungenasiphelo ngokuzalwa, ngokufa nangokuvuka kukaYesu. Nangona kunjalo, isiko lokuzisa amasebe emithi ngaphakathi ebusika laqala ngamaRoma amandulo, awayehonjiswe ngemibala eluhlaza ebusika okanye amagqabi aphakamileyo e-laurel ukuhlonela umlawuli.
Utshintsho lwenzeka kunye nabathunywa bevangeli abangamaKristu ababekhonza izizwe zaseJamani malunga ne-700 AD Legend bathi u-Boniface, umthunywa wevangeli ongumRoma Katolika, wagxotha umthi omkhulu wom-oki eGeismar eJamani yamandulo eyayinikelwa kuthixo waseNorse wendudumo, Thor. , emva koko wakhela chapel evela emahlathini. Ngokucacileyo uBoniface walatha kwisibhakabhaka esingumzekelo wobomi banaphakade bukaKristu.
Iziqhamo ezingaphambili "Imithi yeParadesi"
KumaXesha Aphakathi, ukuqhutywa kwemidlalo evulekileyo kumabali eBhayibhile kwakuthandwa kwaye omnye wawubhiyozela umthendeleko wosuku luka-Adam no-Eva, owawubhiyozelwa ngoKrisimesi. Ukupapasha idrama yabemi abangafundanga, abathathi-nxaxheba bagqitha kwilali bethwele umthi omncinci, owawufanekisela uMyezo we-Eden. Le mithi ekugqibeleni yaba "yimithi yeParadesi" kumakhaya abantu kwaye yayihonjiswe ngeziqhamo kunye neebhiskithi.
Ngeminyaka yee-1500, imithi yeKrisimesi yayixhaphakile eLatvia naseStrasbourg. Omnye umlinganiso ongumlinganiswa ongumguquki waseJamani uMartin Luther umsebenzi wokubeka amakhandlela kwisibhakabhaka esihlala siluhlaza ukuxelisa iinkwenkwezi ezikhanya ngokuzalwa kukaKristu. Kwiminyaka edlulileyo, abaqulunqi beglasi baseJamani baye baqala ukwenza imihombiso kwaye iintsapho ziye zazakhela iinkwenkwezi zasekhaya kwaye zaxhoma iilekese emithini yazo.
Lo mbono awuzange uthandwe ngabefundisi. Abanye basayinxibelelanisa neminyhadala yobuhedeni kwaye bathi iyisusa intsingiselo yekrisimesi. Nangona kunjalo, iicawe ziqalise ukubeka umthi weKrisimesi kwiindawo zazo, zihamba kunye neephiramidi zeebhloko ezenziwe ngamaplanga namakhandlela kuzo.
Nawo amaKristu amkela izipho
Kanye njengokuba imithi yayiqala ngamaRoma amandulo, kunjalo nje notshintshiselwano lwezipho. Isenzo sasithandwa ngokujikeleza i-solstice yasebusika. Emva kokuba ubuKristu babhengezwe njengonqulo olusemthethweni boBukhosi baseRoma nguMlawuli uConstantine I (272 - 337 AD), eso sipho senzeka ngeenxa zonke ku-Epiphany kunye neKrisimesi.
Elo siko latshabalala, ukuba liphinde livuselelwe ukubhiyozela imisitho yeSt. Nicholas, ubhishophu waseMyra (we-6 kuDisemba), owanikezela ngezipho kubantwana abahluphekayo, kunye nenkulungwane ye-1853 uDuke Wenceslaus waseBohemia, owaphefumlela ukucula kuka-XNUMX "uBuon "Wilslas King."
Njengoko ubuLuthere busasazeka eJamani naseScandinavia, isiko lokupha izipho zekrisimesi kusapho nakwabahlobo zilandelwa. Abaphambukeli baseJamani eCanada naseMelika beza nezithethe zabo zemithi yeKrisimesi kunye nezipho zabo phaya ekuqaleni kweminyaka yee-1800.
Esona sidudu sikhulu kwimithi yeKrisimesi sivela kwindlovukazi yaseBritani ethandwa kakhulu uVictoria nomyeni wakhe uAlbert waseSaxony, inkosana yaseJamani. Ngo-1841 bamisela umthi oqaqambileyo wekrisimesi abantwana babo kwiWindsor castle. Umzobo womnyhadala weMidlalo eLondon eboniswe eUnited States, apho abantu baxelisa ngenzondelelo zonke izinto zeVictorian.
Izibane zomthi weKrisimesi kunye nokukhanya kwehlabathi
Ukuthandwa kwemithi yeKrisimesi kuye kwagqabhuka phambili emva kokuba uMongameli wase-US u-Grover Cleveland efake umthi weKrisimesi obandayo eWhite House ngo-1895. Ngo-1903, iAmerican Eveever Company yavelisa izibane zokuqala zomthi weKrisimesi. banokutshintsha ukusuka kwisokisi eludongeni.
U-Albert Sadacca oneminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu ubudala waqinisekisa abazali bakhe ukuba baqalise ukuvelisa izibane zeKrisimesi ngo-1918, besebenzisa iibhuleki kwishishini labo, elathengisa oonobumba abakhaliphileyo abakhanyiswa ziintaka ezitshisayo. Xa uSadacca wapenda iibhulethi zibomvu kwaye ziluhlaza kunyaka olandelayo, ishishini lahamba, lakhokelela ekusekweni kweNkampani yoMbane yezigidi zeedola i-NOMA.
Ngokwazisa ngeplastiki emva kweMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi, imithi yeKrisimesi enobugcisa yangena ifashoni, endaweni yoko yatshintsha ngokufanelekileyo imithi eyiyo. Nangona imithi ibonwa yonke indawo namhlanje, ukusuka kwiivenkile ukuya kwizikolo ukuya kwizakhiwo zikarhulumente, ukubaluleka kwazo kwezenkolo kuye kulahleka kakhulu.
Amanye amaKristu asakuchasa ngamandla ukwenza umthi weKrisimesi, esisekela ukholo lwawo kuYeremiya 10: 1-16 naku-Isaya 44: 14-17, olelumkisa amakholwa ukuba angazenzi izithixo ngokwenza iinkuni aze aqubude kuzo. Nangona kunjalo, la manyathelo asetyenziswe ngokuchanekileyo kule meko. Umvangeli nombhali uJohn MacArthur ukwenze kwacaca oku:
"Akukho unxibelelwano phakathi kokunqulwa kwezithixo nokusetyenziswa kwemithi yeKrisimesi. Akufanelanga ukuba nexhala malunga nezizathu ezingenasihlahla ngokuhombisa iKrisimesi. Endaweni yokuba, kufuneka sigxile kuKrisimesi kwaye sinike yonke inkuthalo ukukhumbula esona sizathu sonyaka.