Ukuba unento efana nathi apha kwi-Voice and Vision, ulindele ngolangazelelo impelaveki yeeholide ezinde.Njengesipho sethu kuwe, sifuna ukukuthumelela iinyani ezimnandi zeKrisimesi.Nceda uzive ukhululekile ukuzisebenzisa ukuze uqalise incoko enomdla kwiindibano zakho.(Wamkelekile).
IMVELAPHI YEKRISMASI
Imvelaphi yeKrismesi ivela kwiinkcubeko zabahedeni nezamaRoma.Eneneni amaRoma ayebhiyozela iiholide ezimbini ngenyanga kaDisemba.Eyokuqala yayiyiSaturnalia, eyayingumbhiyozo weeveki ezimbini wokuhlonela uthixo wabo wezolimo uSaturn.NgoDisemba 25, babebhiyozela ukuzalwa kukaMithra, uthixo wabo welanga.Yomibini le mibhiyozo yayingamatheko arhabaxa, kunxilwa.
Kwakhona ngoDisemba, apho olona suku lumnyama lonyaka luwela khona, iinkcubeko zobuhedeni zikhanyise imililo kunye namakhandlela ukugcina ubumnyama.AmaRoma nawo asibandakanya esi sithethe kwimibhiyozo yawo.
Njengoko ubuKristu babunwenwela kulo lonke elaseYurophu, abefundisi abangamaKristu abazange bakwazi ukuthintela izithethe nemibhiyozo yabahedeni.Ekubeni kwakungekho bani uwaziyo umhla wokuzalwa kukaYesu, basivisisanisa isithethe sobuhedeni njengesikhumbuzo somhla wokuzalwa Kwakhe.
IMITHI YEKRESTU
Njengenxalenye yemibhiyozo ye-solstice, iinkcubeko zobuhedeni zahombisa amakhaya abo ngohlaza ngokulindela intwasahlobo ezayo.Imithi ehlala iluhlaza yayihlala iluhlaza ngeentsuku ezibandayo nezimnyama, ngoko kwakucingelwa ukuba inamandla akhethekileyo.Kwakhona amaRoma ayehombisa iitempile zawo ngemisipres ngexesha leSaturnalia aza azihombisa ngamasuntswana entsimbi.Kukho neengxelo zamaGrike ahombisa imithi ezukisa oothixo bawo.Okubangel’ umdla kukuba, imithi yokuqala eyayiziswe kwimizi yabahedeni yayixhonywe eluphahleni, ijongiswe phezulu.
Isithethe somthi esisiqhelileyo namhlanje sisuka kuMntla Yurophu, apho izizwe zobuhedeni baseJamani zazihombisa imithi eluhlaza xa kunqulwa uthixo uWoden ngamakhandlela neziqhamo ezomisiweyo.Esi sithethe safakwa kwinkolo yobuKristu eJamani ngeminyaka yoo-1500.Babehombisa imithi emakhayeni abo ngeelekese, izibane kunye nezinto zokudlala.
USANTA CLAUS
Iphefumlelwe nguSt. Nicholas, esi sithethe seKrisimesi sineengcambu zobuKristu, kunezobuhedeni.Wazalelwa kumazantsi eTurkey malunga nama-280, wayengubhishophu kwicawa yokuqala yamaKristu kwaye watshutshiswa kunye nokuvalelwa entolongweni ngenxa yokholo lwakhe.Ephuma kusapho olutyebileyo, wayedume ngokuba nesisa kubantu abahluphekayo nabangenamalungelo.Zininzi iintsomi ezimngqongileyo, kodwa eyona idumileyo yindlela awasindisa ngayo iintombi ezintathu ekubeni zithengiswe ebukhobokeni.Kwakungekho khazi lokurhwebesha indoda ukuba ibatshate, yaba licebo lokugqibela likayise wabo.Kuthiwa uSt. Nicholas waphosa igolide ngefestile evulekileyo endlwini, ngaloo ndlela ebasindisa kwikamva labo.Intsomi ithi igolide yahlala kwikawusi yomiswa emlilweni, ngoko ke abantwana baqala ukuxhoma iikawusi ngemililo yabo ngethemba lokuba u-St. Nicholas wayeza kubaphosa izipho.
Ukuhlonipha ukudlula kwakhe, i-6 kaDisemba yabhengezwa njengosuku lukaSt.Njengoko ixesha lalihamba, inkcubeko nganye yaseYurophu yatshintsha iinguqulelo zeSt.Kwiinkcubeko zaseSwitzerland naseJamani, uChristkind okanye uKris Kringle (umntwana kaKristu) wayehamba noSt. Nicholas ukuya kuzisa izipho kubantwana abaziphethe kakuhle.UJultomten wayeyi-elf eyonwabileyo ehambisa izipho ngesileyi esitsalwa ziibhokhwe eSweden.Kwabakho ke uFather Christmas eNgilani noPere Noel eFransi.ENetherlands, eBelgium, eLuxembourg, eLorraine, eFransi nakwezinye iindawo zaseJamani, wayesaziwa njengoSinter Klaas.(Klaas, ngokwerekhodi, luguqulelo olufutshane lwegama elithi Nicholas).Kulapho kuvela khona iSanta Claus yaseMelika.
IKRISMASI EMERIKA
IKrisimesi ekuqaleni kweMelika yayiyingxowa edibeneyo.Abantu abaninzi abaneenkolelo zamaPuritan bayivala iKrismesi ngenxa yokuba inemvelaphi yobuhedeni nangenxa yenkohlakalo eyayikho kuloo mibhiyozo.Abanye abaphambukeli abavela eYurophu baqhubeka nezithethe zamazwe abo.AmaDatshi eza noSinter Klaas eNew York ngeminyaka yee-1600.AmaJamani eze nezithethe zawo zemithi ngeminyaka yoo-1700.Ngamnye kubo wayebhiyozela indlela yakhe kwiindawo abahlala kuzo.
Kwada kwasekuqaleni kwee-1800 apho iKrisimesi yaseMelika yaqala ukubonakala.UWashington Irving wabhala uthotho lwamabali omnini-mhlaba osisityebi oliNgesi omema abasebenzi bakhe ukuba baye kutya naye isidlo sangokuhlwa.U-Irving wayethanda imbono yabantu bazo zonke iimvelaphi kunye nentlalontle behlangene kwiholide yomthendeleko.Ngoko, wabalisa ibali elikhumbuza ngezithethe zakudala zeKrisimesi ezazilahlekile kodwa zabuyiselwa sesi sityebi somnini-mhlaba.Ngebali lika-Irving, le ngcamango yaqala ukubamba iintliziyo zoluntu lwaseMelika.
Kwi-1822, uClement Clark Moore wabhala i-Akhawunti yoTyelelo oluvela eSt. Nicholas kwiintombi zakhe.Ngoku yaziwa ngokuba nguBubusuku ngaphambi kweKrisimesi.Kuyo, imbono yanamhlanje kaSanta Claus njengendoda ehlekisayo ebhabha esibhakabhakeni kwisileyi yabanjwa.Kamva, ngowe-1881, umzobi uThomas Nast waqeshwa ukuba azobe umfanekiso weSanta kwintengiso yeCoke-a-Cola.Wadala i-rotund Santa kunye nomfazi ogama linguNksk. Claus, ejikelezwe ngama-elves abasebenzi.Emva koku, umfanekiso kaSanta njengendoda eyonwabileyo, etyebileyo, eneendevu ezimhlophe enxibe isuti ebomvu yazinziswa kwinkcubeko yaseMelika.
IHOLIDI YESIZWE
Emva kwemfazwe yamakhaya, ilizwe lalikhangela iindlela zokujonga ngaphaya kokwahluka lize limanyane njengelizwe.Ngo-1870, uMongameli u-Ulysses S. Grant wayibhengeza njengeholide yomanyano.Kwaye ngelixa izithethe zeKrisimesi zitshintshile kunye nexesha, ndicinga ukuba umnqweno kaWashington Irving wobunye ekubhiyozeleni uphila.Sele ilixesha lonyaka apho sinqwenelela abanye okuhle kodwa, sinikele kumaziko esiwathandayo, kwaye sinike izipho ngomoya wovuyo.
IKRISMASI EMYOLI KUNYE NEENTLAWULO EZONWABISAYO
Ke, nokuba uphi na, kwaye naziphi na izithethe ozilandelayo, sikunqwenelela ezona holide zeKrisimesi kunye nezona holide zimnandi!
Izixhobo:
• https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/history-of-christmas/2566272.html
• https://www.nrf.com/resources/consumer-research-and-data/holiday-spending/holiday-headquarters
• https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/trees.shtml
• http://www.religioustolerance.org/xmas_tree.htm
• https://www.livescience.com/25779-christmas-traditions-history-paganism.html
• http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/who-is-st-nicholas/
Ixesha lokuposa: Dec-24-2022
