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At the beginning of the winter, when the days were short, the Teutons thought heavily of their sun God Odin. They asked for its assistance for defeating winter and winter death. They also tried to reconcile the Winterdaemonen by dancing around the fires, humming, sacrificing people under the large oaks and practiced many other religious customs. They also ate and drank a lot and decorated their houses with laurel, Mistel and branches of fir. Annually they waited diligently for the victory of their sun God over bad powers and the new strength of the sun, the warmth and the light. This time of year the sun was celebrated, always reverenceful and friendful, particularly at the longest night of the yearly, December 22.Sun Turning Celebration of The TeutonsMost Romans did not believe in God and Christ. From the 17th to the 24th of December they celebrated the birth of the Roman God Saturn with large rejoicing after the style of the Germanic winter sun turning celebration. The Romans decorated their houses with laurel, branches of fir and candles, and drank and ate much. The Roman celebration Saturns was called Saturnalien. Another part of the Roman winter celebration was celebrating the
Medieval SuperstitionAt Christmastime many people operated the superstitious customs of the time, like the heathen harvest celebrations, the winter sun turning celebrations, which Roman New Year celebration came. new Roman year with sports, cheerful plays, drinking, loud music, giving of branches of fir as luck symbols and forecasts of the future. During the third Christian fair in the St. 354 Liberius intends 25 December for the day of the Christian birth. One could not imagine Christmas today in Germany without Christmas carols, Christian trees, Nikolaus, Christian child flax, and the coziness of this whole time. A Christmas weather rule says: " Christmas is cold, comes the winter hard and spring soon. The Christian churches exert mutual influence one on the other. 567 the twelve days from 25 December to 6 January is explained as a holy and-festive season. The Santa Claus night (the eve 6 December) and the birthday Christ (the 25 of December) were considered as the giving days. A man without sin can understand the language of the animals at midnight on Christmas Eve. Thus there were at that time multicolored celebrations by the cities, also cheerful plays like the " donkey celebration, " loud music, dancing, Mistletoe, fire, irreverent German songs and pagan plays with masks and embodiments of the devil in the church. TodaySince the 16th Century much changed in celebrating Christmas. They celebrated with fairs, in which they honored and sang of God and its son.
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