Crīstesmæsse

Crīstesmæsse (oþþe Ġēol) is geþēaƿe hāligdæg in þǣm crīstenum gerimbōcum þæt gǣþ æt gēolmōnaþes ende and gebrēmaþ þā cennesse Iesus Crīstes. Ēac gebrēmaþ man hīe sƿā ƿoruldes hāligdæg in mænigum stedum þǣre ƿorulde, geinniande rīcu mid gehƿǣdum Crīstenum folce, tō bisne Japane. Sēo sōþtīd and se stǣr Iesuses cennesse is uncūþ and under cnēatung (sēo Iesus). On Cristendome, se forma Cristesmæsse dæg gelamp þa Marian gebær Iesus on Bethlehem on anre binne innan micelre holan on niht.

Crīstesmæsse nēoteþ gehƿilces sida þæs Hǣðna gēolan. Lārbysne, se Crīstemæssan pīntrēoƿ and se giefan þā lāce sind hǣðne. "Santa Claus" and "Sinterklaas" sind geondblāƿen on þone hǣðene godgield Ƿōden

Innan þǣre ēastcirican, frēolsiaþ þā crīstemenn Grēclandes and sclavisces landes Crīstesmæssan on þǣm seofoða dæge Æfterra Gēolan on þǣre Gregoriscan gerīmbēc, þone on þǣre Iulianiscan gerīmbēc is eallswā on þǣm 25 Gēolsmonaþ.

 Hǣþendōm 
Crīstesmæsse is ġeþēaƿ ġeset fram manniscum dōmum, ne fram sōþre gemynde ne fram gesceaftes lāre. Ne is āƿriten ne on tunglum gesēn, hƿænne sē Nazarēnisc cniht ġecenned ƿǣre; ac man þā tīd ġecēas þurh gēollic gewunian and þurh hǣþene blōt, þe ǣr bēagum and fyrde ƿēold. Þæt folc ġelȳfde, forþan þe folc ƿilnaþ frōfor and blīðnesse on dimmum dagum, and ġeþōhte þæt þāra goda spǣce bēon meahtigra þonne mannisc gescead. Ac sē þe smeaþ and frōd biþ, geseah þæt hēr sind saga and sēocnyssa, word ġesponnene, nalles ƿīsdōm.

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