圣诞节的习俗
圣诞习俗数量众多，包括世俗，宗教，国家，圣诞，国与国之间差别很大。大部分人熟悉的圣诞符号及活动，如圣诞树，圣诞火腿，圣诞柴，冬青，槲寄生以及互赠礼物，都是基督教传教士从早期Asatru异教的冬至假日Yule里吸收而来。对冬至的庆祝早在基督教到达北欧之前就在那里广为进行了，今天圣诞节一词在斯堪的纳维亚语里依然是异教的。圣诞树被认为最早出现在德国。教皇格列高里一世没有试图去禁止流行的异教节日，而是允许基督教的教士对它们赋予基督教的意义重新解释，他允许了大部分的习俗继续存在，只是稍加修正，甚至保持原样。宗教及政府当局与庆祝者之间的交易使圣诞节得以继续。在基督教神权统治繁荣的地区，如克伦威尔治下的英格兰和早期新英格兰殖民地，庆祝活动是被禁止的。在俄国革命后，圣诞庆祝被苏联苏维埃共产党政权禁止了75年。即使是在现在一些教派里，如被基督教正统教会视为异端的耶和华见证人，一些清教徒组织，以及一些极端保守的基督教基要派，仍旧把圣诞节看作没有圣经认可的异教徒节日，并拒绝庆祝它。
英语：Christmas customs
Christmas customs numerous, including worldly, religion, national, Christmas, the difference between countries. Most people are familiar with Christmas symbols and activities, such as Christmas tree, Christmas ham, wood, Holly, mistletoe and exchanging gifts, are Christian missionaries from early Asatru pagan holiday in winter to Yule absorption. To celebrate the winter solstice in early Christian arrive there before the northern widely in a word, today in Scandinavia Christmas is still in the language of the pagan. Christmas tree was considered first appeared in Germany. The Pope g regory I made no attempt to ban the pagan festival of popular Christian priest, but allows for them to explain the meaning of Christianity, he was allowed to continue, most of the custom is a correction, even remain the same. Religion and government authorities and celebrate Christmas to the trade between to continue. In Christianity theocratic rule prosperity regions, such as the Cromwell in England and early New England colonies, celebrations is prohibited. After the revolution in Russia, celebrating Christmas is the Soviet union of Soviet communist regime banned 75 years. Even now, as some religious Christian fundamentalist church was considered heretical Jehovah's witnesses, some Puritan organization, and some extreme of conservative Christian fundamentalist, still the approved by the bible as no Christmas holidays, and refuse to celebrate heretic.
