Christmas is a holiday season celebrated by Christians – celebrate the birth of Jesus on 25th December. It marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which is also known as the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’. For Christians, it is also the time for family reunion. But in Singapore, non-Christians also celebrate Christmas – for the food and gifts, and the fun too.
Today, modern-day Christmas is celebrated with decorated Christmas tree, Christmas parties, Christmas cake, feasting and gift-giving. Traditionally, Christmas trees were not brought in and decorated until Christmas Eve, and then removed the day after twelfth night because to have a tree up before or after these dates was even considered bad luck. Christmas trees are often seen as a symbol of the Christmas season. Decorating the Christmas tree will be an activity for the whole family.
Family will gather on Christmas Eve (24th December) to have a meal. It will be a big feast with popular Christmas season food – roast ham, roast turkey, pudding, gingerbread, Yule log (Christmas log cake), etc.
Most Christians will attend Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, and then have the children get up on Christmas Day morning to open their Christmas presents!
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