Ezinye zezikhathi esizithandayo phakathi nenkathi yeholide ziphathelene namasiko kaKhisimusi nomndeni wethu nabangane.Kusukela kumakhukhi eholide kanye nokuhwebelana ngezipho kuya ekuhlobiseni isihlahla, ukulenga amasokisi, nokubuthana ukuze ulalele incwadi kaKhisimusi ethandekayo noma ubukele ifilimu yeholide eyintandokazi, ngamunye wethu unemikhuba emincane esiyihlanganisa noKhisimusi futhi sibheke phambili unyaka wonke. .Ezinye izimpawu zesizini—amakhadi eholide, izinduku zikaswidi, amagoda ezimbali eminyango—zidumile ezindlini ezweni lonke, kodwa ababaningi baseMelika abayisishiyagalolunye kwabayishumi abagubha uKhisimusi abangakutshela ukuthi la masiko avelaphi noma zaqala kanjani (ngokwesibonelo, uyawazi umsuka “we-Merry Christmas”?)

Uma uke wazibuza ukuthi kungani ukukhanya kukaKhisimusi kuyinto, lapho umqondo wokushiya amakhukhi nobisi ku-Santa Claus, noma ukuthi i-boozy eggnog yaba kanjani isiphuzo esisemthethweni samaholide ebusika, qhubeka ufunda ukuze sibheke umlando kanye nezinganekwane. ngemuva kwamasiko eholide esiwaziyo nesiwathandayo namuhla, amaningi awo ahlehlela emuva emakhulwini eminyaka.Qiniseka ukuthi uphinde uhlole imibono yethu yamamuvi angcono kakhulu kaKhisimusi, izingoma zeholide eziyintandokazi, nemibono yamasiko amasha owandulela uKhisimusi uqinisekile ukwenza isizini yakho ijabule futhi ikhanye.

1,Amakhadi kaKhisimusi

Kwakungonyaka ka-1843, futhi uSir Henry Cole, isihambi saseLondon esidumile, wayethola amanothi eholide amaningi kunalawo ayengawaphendula eyedwa ngenxa yokufika kwesitembu sesenti, okwenza izinhlamvu zingabizi ukuthumela.Ngakho-ke, u-Cole ucele umdwebi u-JC Horsley ukuthi enze idizayini yemikhosi abengayiphrinta futhi ayithumele ngobuningi futhi—voila!—ikhadi likaKhisimusi lokuqala ladalwa.Umfiki waseJalimane kanye nomdwebi wezincwadi uLouis Prang kuthiwa waqala ibhizinisi lamakhadi kaKhisimusi wokuhweba eMelika ngo-1856, kanti elinye lamakhadi angaphambili agoqiwe ahlanganiswe nemvilophu lathengiswa ngo-1915 yiHall Brothers (manje eyiHallmark).Namuhla, amakhadi eholide alinganiselwa ku-1.6 billion athengiswa e-US unyaka ngamunye, ngokusho kwe-Greeting Card Association.

2,Izihlahla zikaKhisimusi

Ngokusho kwe-American Christmas Tree Association, cishe imindeni eyizigidi ezingu-95 e-US izobeka isihlahla sikaKhisimusi (noma ezimbili) kulo nyaka.Isiko lezihlahla ezihlotshisiwe lingalandelwa emuva eJalimane ngekhulu le-16.Kuthiwa umshisekeli wenguquko wamaProthestani uMartin Luther waqala wacabanga ukwengeza amakhandlela ukuze ahlobise amagatsha ngokukhanya ngemva kokugqugquzelwa ukubona izinkanyezi ezicwayiza emahlathini ahlala eluhlaza ngesikhathi ehamba egoduka ngobunye ubusuku basebusika.Indlovukazi uVictoria kanye nomyeni wakhe waseJalimane, uPrince Albert, badume isihlahla sikaKhisimusi ngemiboniso yabo ngeminyaka yawo-1840s futhi isiko laphinde lafika e-US.Indawo yokuqala yesihlahla sikaKhisimusi yavela ngo-1851 eNew York futhi isihlahla sokuqala savela e-White House ngo-1889.

3,Amagoda ezimbali

Amagobolondo ezimbali aye asetshenziswa amasiko ahlukene ngezizathu ezihlukahlukene phakathi namakhulu eminyaka: amaGreki anikeza amagoda ezimbali afana nezindebe kubasubathi futhi amaRoma ayewagqoka njengemiqhele.Izimbali zikaKhisimusi ekuqaleni kwakukholelwa ukuthi ziwumkhiqizo wesihlahla sikaKhisimusi owaqalwa abantu baseYurophu abasenyakatho ngekhulu le-16.Njengoba izihlahla ezihlala ziluhlaza zazisikwa zibe ngonxantathu (amaphuzu amathathu ayehloselwe ukumelela uziqu-zintathu ongcwele), amagatsha alahliwe ayezobunjwa abe yindandatho futhi ilengiswe emuva esihlahleni njengomhlobiso.Isimo esiyindilinga, esingenasiphelo, saphinde samelela ubuphakade nomqondo wobuKristu wokuphila okuphakade.

4,Amaswidi Amaswidi

Izingane bezilokhu zithanda uswidi, futhi inganekwane ithi amaswidi aqala ngo-1670 lapho umculi wekwaya e-Cologne Cathedral eJalimane enikeza izinti ze-peppermint ukuze izingane zithule ngesikhathi sokucula e-Living Creche.Wacela umenzi kaswidi wendawo ukuba alolonge izinti zibe izingwegwe ezifana negwegwe likamalusi, okubhekisela kuJesu ‘njengomalusi omuhle’ owelusa umhlambi wakhe.Umuntu wokuqala okuthiwa wabeka amaswidi esihlahleni kwakungu-August Imgard, isifiki saseJalimane nesiSwidi eWooster, e-Ohio, owahlobisa isihlahla se-spruce esihlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngezimoba nemihlobiso yamaphepha ngo-1847 futhi wasibeka endaweni yesikhulumi esijikelezayo abantu ababehamba amakhilomitha amaningi. ukubona.Ekuqaleni yayitholakala ngombala omhlophe kuphela, imigqa ebomvu kamaskandi yengezwa ngabo-1900 ngokusho kweNational Confectioners Association, ethi futhi u-58% wabantu uncamela ukudla okuqondile kuqala, u-30% udle isiphetho esigobile, bese u-12% uphule ukudla. umoba ube yizicucu.

5,I-Mistletoe

Isiko lokuqabula ngaphansi kwe-mistletoe lihlehlela emuva ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka.Ukuxhumana kwesitshalo nezothando kwaqala ngama-Celtic Druids abona i-mistletoe njengophawu lokuzala.Abanye bacabanga ukuthi amaGreki Asendulo ayengabokuqala ukuqhubukusha ngaphansi kwaso phakathi nomkhosi kaKronia, kuyilapho abanye bebhekisela enganekwaneni yaseNordic lapho unkulunkulukazi wothando, uFrigga, ajabula kakhulu ngemva kokuvuselela indodana yakhe ngaphansi kwesihlahla nge-mistletoe amemezela noma ubani. owayemi ngaphansi kwawo wayezothola ukwanga.Akekho oqinisekile ukuthi i-mistletoe yangena kanjani emigubhweni kaKhisimusi, kodwa ngeNkathi Ye-Victorian yafakwa “kumabhola okuqabulana,” imihlobiso yamaholide yayilenga ophahleni futhi yathi iletha izinhlanhla kunoma ubani owayene-smooch ngaphansi kwayo.

6,AmaKhalenda e-Advent

Umshicileli waseJalimane uGerhard Lang uvame ukubizwa ngokuthi ngumdali wekhalenda le-advent ephrintiwe ekuqaleni kwawo-1900, ephefumulelwe ibhokisi lamaswidi angama-24 awanikezwa unina lapho esengumfana (uGerhard omncane wayevunyelwe ukudla eyodwa ngosuku kuze UKhisimusi).Amakhalenda amaphepha ezohwebo aduma ngo-1920 futhi ngokushesha alandelwa izinguqulo ezinoshokoledi.Namuhla, kunekhalenda le-advent yawo wonke umuntu (ngisho nezinja!)

7,Amasheya

Amasokisi alengayo kube yisiko kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1800s (uClement Clarke Moore wawabhekisela enkondlweni yakhe yango-1823 ethi, A Visit from St. Nicholas enomugqa othi “Amasokisi alengiswa ngoshimula ngokucophelela”) nakuba kungekho onesiqiniseko sokuthi kwaqala kanjani. .Enye inganekwane edumile ithi kwake kwaba nendoda enamadodakazi amathathu eyayikhathazeke ngokuzitholela amadoda afanelekayo njengoba yayingenayo imali yokulobola.Ezwa ngomndeni, uSt. Nicholas wanyonyoba kushimula wagcwalisa amasokisi amasokisi amantombazane, abekwa emlilweni ukuze ome, ngezinhlamvu zegolide.

8,Amakhukhi kaKhisimusi

Namuhla amakhukhi kaKhisimusi afika ngazo zonke izinhlobo zokunambitheka kanye nokuma kwemikhosi, kodwa imvelaphi yawo isuka e-Medieval Europe lapho izithako ezifana ne-nutmeg, isinamoni, i-ginger, nezithelo ezomisiwe zase ziqala ukuvela ezindleleni zokupheka zamabhisikidi akhethekile abhakwa ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi.Ngenkathi izindlela zokupheka zamakhukhi kaKhisimusi zakuqala e-US zaqala ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-18, ikhukhi likaKhisimusi lesimanje alizange liqhamuke kwaze kwaba sekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19 lapho ukuguqulwa kwemithetho yokungenisa ivumela izinto zasekhishini ezingabizi njengabasiki bamakhukhi ukuthi zifike zivela eYurophu ngokusho. kuWilliam Woys Weaver, umbhali wencwadi ethi The Christmas Cook: Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets.Laba basiki bengqephu bavame ukubonisa izimo ezihlotshisiwe, zezwe, njengezihlahla zikaKhisimusi nezinkanyezi, futhi njengoba izindlela ezintsha zokupheka ezihambisana nazo ziqala ukushicilelwa, isiko lesimanje lokupheka ukubhaka nokushintshana kwazalwa.

9,I-Poinsettias

Amaqabunga abomvu abomvu esitshalo se-poinsettia akhanyisa noma yiliphi igumbi ngesikhathi samaholide.Kodwa kwaqala kanjani ukuhlobana noKhisimusi?Abaningi babhekisela endabeni yenganekwane yaseMexico, emayelana nentombazane eyayifisa ukuletha umnikelo esontweni ngobusuku bangaphambi kukaKhisimusi kodwa eyayingenayo imali.Kwavela ingelosi yatshela umntwana ukuba abuthe ukhula endleleni.Wakwenza, futhi lapho esethula zaqhakaza ngokuyisimangaliso zaba izimbali ezibomvu ngokukhanyayo, ezimise okwenkanyezi.

10,I-Boozy Eggnog

I-Eggnog inezimpande zayo ku-postset, i-cocktail endala yaseBrithani yobisi oluhlanganiswe ne-sherry efakwe izinongo noma i-brandy.Kubahlali baseMelika nokho, izithako bezibiza futhi kunzima ukuzithola, ngakho-ke bazenzela eyabo inguqulo eshibhile nge-rum yasekhaya, eyayibizwa nge-“grog.”AbakwaBartenders baqamba lesi siphuzo esinokhilimu ngokuthi “egg-and-grog,” esagcina siphenduke “eggnog” ngenxa yezinkomishi zokhuni “noggin” esasiphakelwa ngazo. Isiphuzo sasidumile kusukela ekuqaleni—uGeorge Washington wayeze abe neyakhe iresiphi.

11,Izibani zikaKhisimusi

UThomas Edison uthola isikweletu ngokusungula isibani, kodwa empeleni kwakungumlingani wakhe u-Edward Johnson owaqhamuka nombono wokubeka izibani esihlahleni sikaKhisimusi.Ngo-1882 wahlanganisa ama-bulbs anemibala ehlukene futhi wawahlanganisa eduze kwesihlahla sakhe, asibeka efasiteleni lendlu yakhe yedolobha laseNew York City (kuze kube yileso sikhathi, kwakungamakhandlela ayenezela ukukhanya emagatsheni ezihlahla).I-GE yaqala ukunikeza amalambu kaKhisimusi asele ehlanganiswe ngaphambilini ngo-1903 futhi aba ukudla okuyisisekelo emakhaya ezweni lonke ngeminyaka yawo-1920 lapho umnikazi wenkampani ekhanyisa u-Albert Sadacca eqhamuka nombono wokuthengisa imicu yezibani ezinemibala ezitolo.

12,Izinsuku zikaKhisimusi

Cishe ucula le ngoma ethandwayo ezinsukwini eziholela kuKhisimusi, kodwa izinsuku zobuKristu ezingu-12 zikaKhisimusi empeleni zenzeka phakathi kokuzalwa kukaKristu ngoDisemba 25 nokufika kweZazi ngoJanuwari 6. Ngokuqondene nengoma, eyokuqala eyaziwayo. inguqulo yavela encwadini yezingane ebizwa ngokuthi i-Mirth With-out Mischief ngo-1780. Izosha eziningi zazihlukile (ngokwesibonelo, insele esihlahleni separele yayivame ukuba “ipigogo elihle kakhulu”).UFrederic Austin, umqambi waseBrithani, wabhala inguqulo esadumile nanamuhla ngo-1909 (ungambonga ngokwengeza i-motif enezingqimba ezimbili “zamandandatho amahlanu egolide!”).Iqiniso elijabulisayo: Inkomba Yamanani KaKhisimusi ye-PNC ibale izindleko zayo yonke into eshiwo engomeni iminyaka engama-36 edlule (intengo ka-2019 ibingu-$38,993.59!)

13,Amakhukhi kanye nobisi luka-Santa

Njengamasiko amaningi kaKhisimusi, lena iqala emuva eJalimane lasendulo lapho izingane zishiya ukudla ukuze zizame ukunxenxa unkulunkulu wamaNorse u-Odin, owayehambahamba ngehhashi elinemilenze eyisishiyagalombili eligama lakhe lingu-Sleipner, ukuze abashiyele izipho ngesikhathi se-Yule.E-US, isiko lobisi namakhukhi ka-Santa laqala ngesikhathi Sokuwohloka Okukhulu Kwezomnotho lapho, naphezu kwezikhathi ezinzima, abazali babefuna ukufundisa izingane zabo ukubonga futhi zinikeze ukubonga nganoma yiziphi izibusiso noma izipho ezingazithola.

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