Uma ufana nathi lapha kwa-Voice and Vision, uyilindele ngabomvu impelasonto yamaholide ende.Njengesipho sethu kuwe, sifuna ukukuthumela namaqiniso kaKhisimusi ajabulisayo.Sicela uzizwe ukhululekile ukuzisebenzisa njengeziqalisi zezingxoxo ezithakazelisayo emibuthanweni yakho.(Wamukelekile).
IMVELAPHI KAKHISIMUSI
Umsuka kaKhisimusi usukela emasikweni amaqaba namaRoma.Empeleni amaRoma ayegubha amaholide amabili ngenyanga ka-December.Owokuqala kwakuyiSaturnalia, okwakuwumkhosi wamasonto amabili wokudumisa unkulunkulu wabo wezolimo uSaturn.Ngo-December 25, babegubha ukuzalwa kukaMithra, unkulunkulu wabo welanga.Yomibili le migubho yayingamadili, amaphathi okudakwa.
Futhi ngoDisemba, lapho usuku olumnyama kakhulu lonyaka luwela khona, amasiko amaqaba avutha umlilo namakhandlela ukuze kugcinwe ubumnyama.AmaRoma nawo afaka leli siko emikhosini yawo.
Njengoba ubuKristu busakazeka kulo lonke elaseYurophu, abefundisi abangamaKristu abakwazanga ukunqanda amasiko nemikhosi yobuqaba.Njengoba kwakungekho muntu owayelwazi usuku lukaJesu lokuzalwa, bashintsha isiko lamaqaba laba umkhosi wosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa.
IZIHLAHLA ZIKAKHISIMUSI
Njengengxenye yemikhosi ye-solstice, amasiko amaqaba ayehlobisa amakhaya awo ngemifino elindele intwasahlobo ezayo.Izihlahla ezihlala ziluhlaza zazihlala ziluhlaza phakathi nezinsuku ezibanda kakhulu nezimnyama kakhulu, ngakho kwakucatshangwa ukuthi zinamandla akhethekile.AmaRoma ayehlobisa namathempeli awo ngemisayipuresi ngesikhathi seSaturnalia futhi ahlobise ngezingcezu zensimbi.Kukhona ngisho namarekhodi amaGreki ahlobisa izihlahla ehlonipha onkulunkulu bawo.Ngokuthakazelisayo, izihlahla zokuqala ezalethwa ezindlini zamaqaba zalengiswa ophahleni, zibheke phansi.
Isiko lezihlahla esilijwayele namuhla livela eNyakatho Yurophu, lapho izizwe zamaqaba zamaJalimane zazihlobisa khona izihlahla ezihlala ziluhlaza lapho zikhulekela unkulunkulu uWoden ngamakhandlela nezithelo ezomisiwe.Isiko lafakwa enkolweni yobuKristu eJalimane ngeminyaka yawo-1500.Bahlobisa izihlahla ezindlini zabo ngamaswidi, izibani namathoyizi.
USANTA CLAUS
Ligqugquzelwa uSt. Nicholas, leli siko likaKhisimusi linezimpande zobuKristu, kunamaqaba.Wazalelwa eningizimu yeTurkey cishe ngama-280, wayengumbhishobhi esontweni lokuqala lobuKristu futhi wabhekana nokushushiswa nokuboshwa ngenxa yokholo lwakhe.Ephuma emndenini ocebile, wayaziwa ngokupha kwakhe abampofu nabangenamalungelo.Izinganekwane ezimzungezile ziningi, kodwa edume kakhulu yindlela asindisa ngayo amadodakazi amathathu ekuthengisweni ebugqilini.Lalingekho ilobolo lokuyenga indoda ukuba ibashade, kwaba yisinyathelo sokugcina sikayise.U-St. Nicholas kuthiwa ujikijele igolide ngefasitela elivuliwe endlini, ngaleyo ndlela wabasindisa esiphethweni sabo.Inganekwane ithi igolide lahlala esomisweni esomisiwe emlilweni, ngakho izingane zaqala ukulenga amasokisi emlilweni ngethemba lokuthi u-St. Nicholas uzowajikijela izipho.
Ukuhlonipha ukudlula kwakhe emhlabeni, u-December 6 wamemezela usuku lukaSt.Njengoba isikhathi sasiqhubeka, isiko ngalinye laseYurophu lazivumelanisa nezinguqulo zeSt.Emasikweni aseSwitzerland naseJalimane, uChristkind noma uKris Kringle (umntwana kaKristu) wayehambisana noSt. Nicholas ukuyoletha izipho ezinganeni eziziphethe kahle.U-Jultomten wayeyi-elf ejabule eletha izipho ngesihlibhi esidonswa izimbuzi e-Sweden.Kwabe sekuba noFather Christmas eNgilandi noPere Noel eFrance.ENetherlands, eBelgium, eLuxembourg, eLorraine, eFrance nasezingxenyeni ezithile zaseJalimane, wayaziwa ngokuthi uSinter Klaas.(Klaas, ngokwerekhodi, inguqulo efushanisiwe yegama elithi Nicholas).Kulapho kuvela khona iSanta Claus yaseMelika.
UKHISIMUSI EMERIKA
UKhisimusi ekuqaleni kweMelika kwakuyisikhwama esixubile.Abaningi abanezinkolelo zamaPuritan bawuvala uKhisimusi ngenxa yomsuka wawo wobuqaba kanye nesiyaluyalu sale mikhosi.Abanye abafuduki abafika bevela eYurophu baqhubeka namasiko ezindawo zabo.AmaDashi aletha uSinter Klaas naye eNew York ngawo-1600.AmaJalimane aletha amasiko awo ezihlahla ngawo-1700.Ngamunye wagubha indlela yakhe phakathi kwemiphakathi yabo.
Kwaze kwaba ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1800 lapho uKhisimusi waseMelika waqala khona ukumila.UWashington Irving ubhale uchungechunge lwezindaba zomnikazi wendawo oyiNgisi ocebile omema abasebenzi bakhe ukuthi bazodla naye isidlo sakusihlwa.U-Irving uwuthandile umbono wokuthi abantu bazo zonke izizinda nezimo zomphakathi bahlangane ndawonye ukuze badle iholide leholide.Ngakho-ke, walandisa indaba eyayikhumbuza ngamasiko amadala kaKhisimusi ayelahlekile kodwa abuyiselwa yilomnini-mhlaba ocebile.Ngendaba ka-Irving, lo mbono waqala ukubamba ezinhliziyweni zomphakathi waseMelika.
Ngo-1822, uClement Clark Moore wabhala i-Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas amadodakazi akhe.Manje seyaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi The Night Before Christmas.Kuyo, kwabamba umqondo wesimanje kaSanta Claus njengendoda ehlekisayo endiza esibhakabhakeni ngesileyi.Kamuva, ngo-1881, umdwebi uThomas Nast waqashwa ukuba adwebe umfanekiso kaSanta wesikhangiso seCoke-a-Cola.Wakha u-Santa oyindilinga nomfazi ogama lakhe linguNkk. Claus, ezungezwe ama-elves ezisebenzi.Ngemuva kwalokhu, isithombe sikaSanta njengendoda ejabule, ekhuluphele, enentshebe emhlophe egqoke isudi ebomvu safakwa esikweni laseMelika.
IHOLIDI LIKAZWELONKE
Ngemva kwempi yombango, izwe lalifuna izindlela zokubheka ukwedlula umehluko futhi libe munye njengezwe.Ngo-1870, uMongameli u-Ulysses S. Grant wamemezela ukuthi iholidi likahulumeni.Futhi ngenkathi amasiko kaKhisimusi evumelana nesikhathi, ngicabanga ukuthi isifiso sika-Washington Irving sobumbano ekugubheni siyaqhubeka.Sekuyisikhathi sonyaka lapho sifisela abanye okuhle kodwa, sinikele ezinhlanganweni ezisiza abantulayo eziyintandokazi, futhi sinike izipho ngomoya wenjabulo.
UKHISIMUSI OMUHLE NAMAHOLIDI ENHLE
Ngakho-ke, noma ngabe ukuphi, nanoma yimaphi amasiko owalandelayo, sikufisela uKhisimusi omuhle kanye namaholide ajabulisayo!
Izinsiza:
• 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/
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-24-2022
