Review: Blessed Christmas Traditions
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2012
The History of Christmasexplains both the religious and secular customs of Christmas and how they became intertwined. It starts with the most important part ---the stories from the gospels of Matthew and Luke of Christ's birth and gives the differences in what each gospel is telling us.It goes on to explain how Christmas started being celebrated near the date of the shortest day of the year the winter solstice. (Note to everyone who keeps the outside lights on through February I thank you especially when I'm driving after dark.)A lot the customs in the book are good things to do with your family.  My mother always had an advent wreath she light every Sunday afternoon.  The book contains antiphons (prayers or meditations) to say during advent. We also celebrated St. Nickolas on December 6th ( I guess now that would be called a prequel to Christmas) by getting something small like candy bars in our shoes.For me the the book was very enjoyable to read because it reminded my of all the things my parents did for us and gave a lot of information I didn't know. Highly recommended.