Symbolism of christmas & St. Nicholas' Story

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Christmas Was Shunned by Christians

First Christians didn’t celebrate the birth of Christ, because birthdays were a Pagan tradition.Eventually Catholics celebrated Christmas, but Protestant reformers hated it. They thought the rowdy and bright party scene wasn’t any better than pagan parties.

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Learn the Amazing Story Behind Saint Nicolas

Saint Nicolas was Bishop Nicolas andlived in what is now Turkey in the 3rd

or 4th century. His friend didn’t havemoney for dowry, so his 3 daughterscouldn’t get married. Nick threw 3bags of gold into their living room,some which landed in socks dryingby the fireplace. Later he wasdeclared a Saint by the Catholic church.



Saint Nicolas Was Turned into Santa Claus

“A Visit from St.Nicholas”in the 1800s was the firstattribution to the modernSanta Claus. Coca-Cola inthe early 1900s,expanded on it inadvertising campaigns.



Beautiful Symbols Everywhere!!! Do You Know What Each One Means?

A Beautiful Tree of LifeAncient symbol of eternal life. Usually fir Trees, which onceAgain are evergreen. The fir was also usedin Pagan Rome to denote Baal-Berith.




A Heavenly Tree TopperAll tree toppers hadthe purpose to pointstraight to heaven.




Bright Lights Everywhere!Lights were a Pagan symbol signifying hope, happiness,and safety.




Nativity Scenes are a MonumentNativities are accountsin the Bible of the birth of Jesus Christ.




Red and Green colorsRed represents sacrifice of blood,Green represents theevergreen tree.




Prickly HollyHolly was once considereda holy plant because of thecolors. In ancient Rome, Holly was an attribute tothe sun gods. Christiansadopted the shape of theleaves as the "crown of thorns."




Fuzzy StockingsWas used to tell the realstory of Saint Nicholas.




Candy CanesInvented by a Christian candy makerto represent the life of Christ. White represented his purity. The large redstripe was for his blood shed. 3 smallstripes to represent the destructivebeating and whipping that Jesusreceived. The J-shape was for Jesusand to represent a staff of the“Good Shepherd.”


Jingling BellsBells were used to call people to churches (the community center) for church service, for the deathof a person, for announcing Christ's birthday.


Bright StarsRepresents the biblical Star ofBethlehem, which the wise menfollowed to worship the childJesus. Orion is very easy to spotaround winter solstice and playeda part in the solstice celebrations.




Gift GivingIs a ritual straight from the Bible. Salvation is called "A free Gift" inthe New Testament. Jesus is thegift to man. People came to givegifts to the King Child of the Jews.




Beautiful AngelsAngel means messenger. Beingsof Light and known for messagesfrom the Devine. Angels only hadmasculine names in the bible, buttoday they are portrayed asfemales or feminine looking males. They did battle and stuff in thebible. Angels told the shepherdswhere to find Jesus.




PoinsettiaMexican legend says that a poorgirl could only give Baby Jesus thegift of a bunch of weeds and whenshe gave them to him, theyblossomed into lush red plants. Poinsettia is a native red flowernative to Mexico.




Lit Candle

Represents fire and light




Crawling Ivy

Along with Holly, was everpresent during winter solsticecelebrations because it wasevergreen. It was symbolic ofendurance, promise, hopeand vitality.




Kissing MistletoeRepresentative of an illuminatedlife. It was known as a sacred plantof peace with European and Celticwarriors. If they spotted it in theforest where they fought, theywould drop their weapons. It was anatural "white flag." It alsorepresented overcomingdifficulties, the way it climbed upthe mighty oaks.




Flying ReindeerThey are honored for nobility and worthiness due to its provisions forfood, supplies, warm clothing,tools, and…helping the ancestorsfind medicinal plants in the snowand ice covered earth. Interesting:They ate hallucinogenic mushrooms!




Circular WreathThey are honoured for nobility and worthiness due to its provisions forfood, supplies, warm clothing,tools, and…helping the ancestorsfind medicinal plants in the snowand ice covered earth. Interesting:They ate hallucinogenic mushrooms!




Burning Yule LogUsually from Ash, The charcoalfrom the previous year’s Yule Logwas usually used to start thecurrent log ablaze.



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Symbolism of christmas & St. Nicholas' Story