Traditions observed during Christmas Celebrations in Canada!
The white Christmassy Traditions are amazed by immigrants to Canada!
Our series of Christmas celebrations around the world
brings us to the facts of the holiday in Canada. Marking the birth of
Jesus Christ Christmas is celebrated on December 25th of
every year all over the world. The Christmas traditions that stroll
around during the season in Canada are very interesting. It is important
for the immigrants and the rest of the world to know the course of Christmas day in Canada.
As the holiday approaches closer the advent candles snuffed out
representing the love, peace, joy, and hope which is the core essence of
Xmas, the reason Jesus was born into the world.
What do Canadians do on Christmas day?
Canadian Christians certainly have a day off. So they
prefer family gatherings. All the members of the family go to church
and enjoy singing special Christmas carols and have a great festive meal
at home quietly. They also exchange gifts and enjoy the surprises. The
traditions differ from family to family. Some families believe in a
mythical figure called Santa Claus who rides a sleigh pulled by a
reindeer. He will have bags full of gifts, candy in Xmas stockings or
gifts under the Christmas tree and slips the gifts through the chimneys.
The most popular gifts could be toys, candies, clothes and many more.
They take the time to open the gifts after the church service to enjoy
those surprises. The immigrants to Canada
watch the decorations and lights lit on the streets during Xmas, the
tree brings a feeling of festivity from the heart to enjoy the blissful
moments.
The Christmas Meal!
Some Canadians make merry by having lots of food and drinks on Christmas Day.
Lunch is usually very large with a stuffed turkey, potatoes, veggies,
Cranberry sauce and flavored spices. After the meal Xmas pudding is
eaten. The food during the day also includes sweet and savory snacks,
candies, mandarins, nuts, ginger bread, butter tarts. The immigrants to Canada also celebrate Christmas
along with their Canadian neighbors by enjoying the great festive meal
and relaxing on the holiday. Most of the immigrants try to bring their
relatives from their home countries through tourist visa Canada to enjoy
the snow skiing, and other adventurous snow games. Some parts of Canada
observe snowfall from the month of November to January.
Back ground of Christmas
Jesus Christ was born as a baby in Bethlehem. Mary
comes all the way in her full term pregnancy to Bethlehem for Census
and gives birth to Jesus in a stable because, bible records that there
was no room for Him in the Inn. So He was laid in the Manger and wrapped
in the clothes. The cold nights where the Shepherds received the birth
of Jesus made the festival to be celebrated in the coldest season of the
year. Other Christians following Eastern Orthodox tradition celebrate
Christmas on January 7th because it is marked on Armenian Apostolic Church Calendar. The immigrants to Canada mostly mix with Canadian Christians and take part in every blissful moment.
The symbols of Christmas
The different symbols that run around during Christmas include baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Stable, Straw, Angels, Stars, 3 wise men, Xmas Trees, Santa Claus on a reindeer sleigh carrying piles of gifts in a red suit, leaving the stockings filled with candy under the Xmas Tree. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), monitors the aerospace above the United States and Canada also drags their eagle eye on the models of Santa seen leading into Xmas.
Christmas is a holiday in Canada!
The day 25th December is a holiday for all
the organizations, ministries (unless involved in emergency and safety
services), schools, colleges, Universities, Post Offices and so on.
Limited transportation and public stores will be available. Workers are
also given an off from their regular course of work during Xmas. Quebec
decorates with a long nativity scenes in every home while Labrador in
Newfoundland throws up Light-up contest during Christmas. The immigrants
to Canada also can observe big ice sculptures of snowman in their
gardens at this holiday season.
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