Enye yezandla zeKrisimesi: umthi weKrisimesi
Umthi weKrisimesi ungomnye wemisebenzi yezandla edumileyo kunye neKrisimesi kumbhiyozo weKrisimesi. Ngokuqhelekileyo abantu bazisa isityalo esihlala siluhlaza esifana nomthi wepine endlini okanye ngaphandle ngaphambi nasemva kweKrisimesi, kwaye bayihlobise ngezibane zeKrisimesi kunye nemihlobiso enemibala. Kwaye ubeke ingelosi okanye inkwenkwezi phezu komthi.
Umthi oluhlaza ohonjiswe ngefir okanye ipayini ngamakhandlela nemihombiso njengenxalenye yokubhiyozela iKrismesi. Umthi weKrismesi wale mihla uvela eJamani. AmaJamani ahombisa umthi womsipres (umthi woMyezo wase-Eden) kwikhaya labo ngoDisemba 24 minyaka yonke, oko kukuthi, uSuku luka-Adam noEva, kwaye uxhoma amaqebengwana kuwo ukufuzisela isonka esingcwele (uphawu locamagusho lwamaKristu). Kumaxesha anamhlanje, endaweni yeeqebengwana ezingcwele zazisetyenziswa iikuki ezahlukahlukeneyo, yaye amakhandlela afuzisela uKristu ayesoloko eyongezwa. Ukongezelela, kukho nenqaba yeKrisimesi ngaphakathi, isakhiwo sokhuni se-triangular. Zininzi iifreyimu ezincinci ekubekwe kuzo imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kaKristu. Umzimba wenqaba uhonjiswe ngamasebe ahlala eluhlaza, amakhandlela kunye neenkwenkwezi. Ngenkulungwane ye-16, iNqaba yeKrismesi kunye nomthi wase-Eden zadityaniswa zaba ngumthi weKrismesi.
Ngenkulungwane ye-18, eli siko lalixhaphakile phakathi kwamakholwa onqulo oluthembekileyo lwaseJamani, kodwa akuzange kube yinkulungwane ye-19 apho lathi laduma kulo lonke elo lizwe laza laba sisithethe esinzulu eJamani. Ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-19, umthi weKrismesi wanwenwela naseNgilani; Phakathi kwinkulungwane ye-19, uAlbert, umyeni kaKumkanikazi uVictoria nenkosana yaseJamani, wayenza yaduma. Umthi weKrisimesi weVictorian uhonjiswe ngamakhandlela, iilekese kunye namaqebengwane anemibala, kwaye uxhonywe kumasebe aneerebhoni kunye namatyathanga ephepha. Kwangenkulungwane ye-17, imithi yeKrisimesi yaziswa kuMntla Merika ngabaphambukeli baseJamani, yaza yaduma ngenkulungwane ye-19. Ikwadumile eOstriya, eSwitzerland, ePoland naseNetherlands. E-China naseJapan, umthi weKrisimesi waziswa ngabavangeli baseMelika ngekhulu le-19 kunye ne-20, kwaye uhlotshiswe ngeentyantyambo zephepha ezinemibala.
Kumazwe asentshona, iKrisimesi ikwangumthendeleko wokuhlangana kosapho kunye nombhiyozo. Ngokuqhelekileyo, umthi weKrisimesi umiselwa ekhaya. ENtshona, enoba ngamaKristu okanye akunjalo, umthi weKrismesi ufanele ulungiselelwe iKrismesi ukuze kwandiswe umoya wolonwabo. Umthi weKrisimesi uvame ukwenziwa ngemithi ehlala iluhlaza njengemisedare, ebonisa ubude bobomi. Imithi ihonjiswe ngamakhandlela, iintyatyambo ezimibalabala, izinto zokudlala, iinkwenkwezi nezipho ezahlukahlukeneyo zeKrismesi. Ngobusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi, abantu bacula kwaye badansa bejikeleze umthi weKrisimesi kwaye bazonwabele.
Ubugcisa beKrisimesi 2: USanta Claus
USanta Claus yenye yezona zinto zidumileyo zobugcisa beKrisimesi kumbhiyozo weKrisimesi. Ilivo likaSanta Claus livela kwiintsomi zaseYurophu. Abazali bacacisela abantwana babo ukuba izipho ezifunyanwa ngeKrismesi zivela kuSanta Claus. Ngobusuku beKrisimesi, imisebenzi yezandla yeKrisimesi yaseSanta Claus iya kufakwa kwezinye iivenkile, ezingafaki nje umoya weholide onamandla, kodwa zikhangele amehlo abantwana.
Amazwe amaninzi alungisa izitya ezingenanto ngobusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi ukuze uSanta Claus akwazi ukubeka izipho ezincinci. EUnited States, abantwana baxhoma iikawusi zeKrismesi eziko ngobusuku obandulela iKrismesi. USanta Claus wathi uza kuhla ngetshimini ngobusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi aze afake izipho kwiikawusi. Kwamanye amazwe, abantwana baya kubeka izihlangu ezingenanto ngaphandle ukuze uSanta Claus akwazi ukuthumela izipho ngobusuku obandulela iKrismesi. USanta Claus akathandwa ngabantwana kuphela, kodwa nabazali. Bonke abazali basebenzisa eli bali ukukhuthaza abantwana babo ukuba bathobele ngakumbi, ngoko uSanta Claus uye waba lolona simboli nentsomi yeKrismesi. Ngobusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi, thenga ngakumbi iSanta Claus ukuba uyibeke ekhaya, ukuze umoya oshinyeneyo weKrisimesi ungene macala onke.
