CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR

SAYANYA-Good Morning everyone, today we are going to present a ppt on the

topic "Christmas and New Year”. The Christmas season, also called the holiday
season, or the festive season, is an annually recurring period recognized in many
Western and other countries that is generally considered to run from late
November to early January. It commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, is
celebrated in unique ways in different countries, even those with few
Christians. 
How did Christmas begin?

SRIYANKA-Today, Christmas is both a religious and cultural holiday, centered

around the birth of Jesus and celebrated all over the world. After Jesus died, early
Christian celebrations focused mainly on his crucifixion and resurrection, so Easter
was the original big Christian holiday. However, about three centuries later, when
the Christian church had become much larger and more influential, political
leaders suggested that Christian holidays be made more popular while still
continuing with the traditional celebrations.

IPSITA-As Christianity spread across the globe, so did the Christian holidays,
including Christmas. From there, it became celebrated in a wide variety of ways as
different cultures adapted it to their specific needs.
In this photo from a January 1957 National Geographic article,
Alaskan reindeer pull Santa Claus's sleigh during the Pageant of Peace in
Washington, D.C. The annual event, which includes the lighting of the National
Christmas Tree, began in 1923 under President Calvin Coolidge.

SAUMI-The Santa we know today bears little resemblance to the original Saint
Nicholas. Yet the character has proved an enduring icon of Christmas. For many
people around the world, the jolly, red-suited, white-bearded figure is a central
part of the holiday's celebration—and commercialization.

CHILD BELIEF OF SANTA GIFTS

PRIYANGSHI-Children’s beliefs in fantasy figures such as Santa Claus appear to

be the strongest between the ages of three and eight. As Christmas holidays
approach, Santa Claus is on the minds of many children across the country. Parents
of young children wonder whether they should promote the myth of the jolly old
man in the red suit.

NEW YEAR
ZAREEN-New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and
the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in
some manner. In the Gregorian calendar, the most widely used calendar system
today, New Year occurs on January 1. This is also the first day of the year in the
original Julian calendar and the Roman calendar (after 153 BC).
ROSHMI-Other cultures observe their traditional or religious New Year's Day
according to their own customs, typically (though not invariably) because they use
a lunar calendar or a lunisolar calendar. Chinese New Year, the Islamic New Year,
and the Jewish New Year are among well-known examples. India, Nepal and other
countries also celebrate New Year on dates according to their own calendars that
are movable in the Gregorian calendar.
DISHITA-During the middle Ages in Western Europe, while the Julian calendar
was still in use, authorities moved New Year's Day, depending upon locale, to one
of several other days, including March 1, March 25, Easter, September 1, and
December 25. Since then, many national civil calendars in the Western World and
beyond have changed to using one fixed date for New Year's Day, January 1—
most doing so when they adopted the Gregorian calendar.
SHREYASHI-Carol of the Bells
Hark how the bells
Sweet silver bells
All seem to say
Throw cares away
Christmas is here
Bringing good cheer
To young and old
Meek and the bold
Ding-dong, ding-dong
That is the song
With joyful ring
All caroling (Oh, oh, ah)
One seems to hear
Words of good cheer
From everywhere (From everywhere)
Filling the air
Oh, how they pound (Oh, how they pound)
Raising their sound
O'er hill and dale
Telling their tale
Gaily they ring
While people sing songs of good cheer
Christmas is here
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas
On on they send
On without end
Their joyful tone
To every home
Ah, ah, ah
 Ding-dong, ding-dong
Ding-dong, ding-dong
Hark how the bells (Hark how the bells)
Sweet silver bells
All seem to say (All seem to say)
Throw cares away
(We will throw cares away)
Christmas is here
Bringing good cheer
To young and old
Meek and the bold
Oh how they pound (Oh how they pound)
Raising their sound
O'er hill and dale
Telling their tale
Gaily they ring
While people sing songs of good cheer
Christmas is here
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas
On on they send
On without end
Their joyful tone
To every home
Ah, ah, ah