CHRISTMAS MUHAMMAD HUSNI MUBAROK (031104114)

CHRISTMAS

MUHAMMAD HUSNI MUBAROK (031104114)

The Christians celebrate Christmas in December, 25. Christmas shows to
held birth of Jesus. Christmas festivities often combine the
commemoration of Jesus' birth with various cultural customs, many of
which have been influenced by earlier winter festivals. The story of
Christmas is based on the biblical accounts given in the Gospel of
Matthew, namely Matthew 1:18-Matthew 2:12 and the Gospel of Luke,
specifically Luke 1:26-Luke 2:40. According to these accounts, Jesus
was born to Mary, assisted by her husband Joseph, in the city of
Bethlehem. According to popular tradition, the birth took place in a
"stable", surrounded by farm animals, though neither the “stable” nor
the animals are mentioned in the Biblical accounts. However, a
"manger" is mentioned in Luke 2:7 where it states "She wrapped him in
cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them
in the inn." Shepherds from the fields surrounding Bethlehem were told
of the birth by an angel, and were the first to see the child.
Christians believe that the birth of Jesus fulfilled many prophecies
made hundreds of years before his birth.
People in Indonesia adopted the western culture. Christmas is a season
of giving and receiving presents. The exchanging of gifts is a
tradition of the holiday to symbolize the importance of giving to
others. They exchange a card and also a gift to celebrate of
Christmas. They also prepared something in their house like decorating
the Christmas’ tree and also decorating their home. I usually assist
my friend “Juni” when she held Christmas. I think it was enjoy because
she works in a church as “biarawati”. One Day before Christmas, She
and I start to decorate her house and also the tree. We always give a
food to the poor people.
I think when the Christmas gives a positive effect we have to respect
of it and I think Christmas being motivation us to be a good people.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas