2. • Christmas - in the
tradition of the Christian
feast commemorating
the birth of Jesus Christ.
It is a liturgical
celebration was
attributable to 25
December. Christmas is
preceded by a three-
week waiting period
(exactly four Sundays),
called Advent.
3. • Christmas Eve - the day
before the Christian
tradition, the feast of
Christmas, ending a
period of Advent.
• The roots of this festival
dates back to the
celebration of Saturnalia
probably in ancient
Rome, where Christianity
is developed
4. • Midnight Mass, Mass
pastoral - a solemn mass
celebrated at night (usually at
midnight) from 24 to 25
December, the first
Christmas. Midnight marks
the expectation and prayer
aimed shepherds to
Bethlehem. In Poland, is one
of the most important
Christmas tradition.
5. Attributes of Christmas
• Wafer - a thin flake white
bread, unleavened (ie,
unleavened and
unsalted), baked with
white flour and water
without the addition of
yeast, which divide
Christians, gathered at
the table Christmas Eve,
making a wish.
6. • Christmas tree - adorned
with spruce or fir tree
(pine less), natural or
artificial, originally
associated with pre-
Christian folk tradition
and the cult of evergreen
trees, and now being an
integral decoration at
Christmas.
7. • Nativity scene - usually a
model showing the
interior of the stable of
Bethlehem on the night,
in which Jesus Christ was
born. The crib is
sometimes done as a
thumbnail, as well as
construction of the
actual size.
8. • Santa Claus - the figure
of an elderly man with a
beard wearing a red
dress, which, according
to various legends and
fairy tales during
distributes Christmas
presents to children
sledge team of reindeer.
According to different
versions live with a group
of elves Lapland or the
North Pole.