Writing the article in English for all age groups to enjoy!
Christmas, world’s most favorite holiday is here. A festival of gift giving and caring and sharing is here. December 25th which was declared as a religious day for all Christians few centuries ago, was not being celebrated in its present form until 19th Century. December 25th was just another day with business as usual. The year 1843 brought in a change which impacted billions of lives for centuries to come.
Picture: Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens published Christmas Carol. Christmas Carol had everything very traditional but very uncommon and religious, very festive and family oriented for cold nights of English winter. It is said that Charles Dickens described Christmas as “White Christmas”. The first 8 years of Charles’s Christmas day were “white” in deed. Charles Dickens’s popular description of Christmas, the festive mood and the traditions became the blue print for modern day Christmas and an inspiration for generations to come.
(Picture: Queen Victoria & Prince Albert)
The Christmas tree originated in Germany and was brought to England with Georgian rulers but was not accepted as popular tradition until almost 1846 when the picture of popular queen Victoria and her German prince Albert and their children standing near a Christmas tree was first published. The tradition of Christmas tree is credited to Prince Albert.
~ Vaishali & Kuldip Bhatt
Here is a wonderful 6-PART documentary on this topic:
Part 1
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Part 3
Part 4
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Part 6