クリスマスはマイケル・ジャクソンの歌を聴いて家族で癒されよう! マイケルジャクソンは、マスコミのゴシップ合戦もあり、かなり変人・奇人として見られてしまった節があります。しかし、実は子供や自然、そして人類平和を愛するとってもとても素敵な人だったのですよね!私が中学校の時初めて聴いた"We
are the world"は、それこそ鳥肌が立つ思いでした!YouTubeで早速聴いてみましょう!日本語字幕付きですよ^^曲を聴いて気に入った方は是非DVDWe Are The World ~THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG~ [DVD]をチェックしましょう!
The word Christmas comes from the words
Cristes maesse, or "Christ's Mass". Christmas is the celebration of the birth of
Jesus for members of the Christian religion. Most historians peg the first
celebration of Christmas to Rome in 336 AD.
No one really knows. What is
known is that Christian leaders in 336 AD set the date to December 25th in an
attempt to eclipse a popular pagan holiday in Rome (Saturnalia) celebrating the
winter solstice. Originally the celebration of Christmas involved a simple mass,
but over time Christmas has replaced a number of other holidays in many other
countries, and a large number of traditions have been absorbed into the
celebration in the process.
St. Nicholas was born in 280 AD to wealthy
parents in Patera in Asia Minor. He was orphaned at a young age and became a
Christian Minister. St. Nicholas was elected bishop and he was once imprisoned
for his faith. Nicholas is most famous for giving. He was known to beg for food
for the poor. One story claims that he would dress up in a disguise and go out
into the streets and give gifts to poor children. Some historians claim that St.
Nicholas died in 343 AD, but many children believe that he is still alive giving
out presents every Christmas in celebration of Christ's birth.
It
has been taken into belief of most that the christmas tree has started in
Germany in the mid 700's. The evergreen trees represented life. It is during the
time of Christmas, in which the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated that these
trees are decorated and taken into homes. These trees represent the life of
Jesus Christ and how He still live on today. They became known as the "Christ
Tree" until the celebration became known as Christmas. Then it was the Christmas
Tree. Ancients would bring evergreen leaves on the night of December 21, the
shortest day of the year. They did this because they wanted the sun god to get
well and they thought the green leaves of evergreens would better the god.
In many countries thousands of years ago, people would decorate their houses
with evergreen leaves and branches to keep away ghosts, witches, sickness, and
evil spirits. German Martin Luther is said to be the first to bring the tree
indoor decorated with candles to show his children what stars looked like at
night in the forest. He had been walking home and was amazed at the beauty of
the stars. This is why he did it. This grew into America and now people light
their trees with much more than candles(lights).