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So Christmas gift-giving is a mix of old traditions — Roman, winter festivals, and Christianity.
🎄 English question:
What would you like for Christmas?
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December 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
🎁 Victorian Britain (19th century)
Christmas became a family holiday.
Giving gifts at home — especially to children — became a tradition(伝統)much like today.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
✨ Christian tradition
In the Christmas story, the Three Wise Men bring gifts to the baby Jesus.
This became a powerful symbol(象徴)of giving at Christmas.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
🌲 Northern Europe
Long before Christmas, people celebrated the winter solstice(冬至)— the shortest day of the year.
Gift-giving helped strengthen community(共同体)during the darkest season.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
🎄 Ancient Rome
2,000 years ago, Romans celebrated Saturnalia — a winter festival(冬のお祭り).
People gave small gifts to friends and family for luck and goodwill(善意)
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December 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
この12日間は、クリスマス当日と、**エピファニー(公現祭)**という重要な祝日をつないでいました。
そのため、人々は1日だけでなく、期間全体を祝っていたのです。
今では25日と26日だけを祝うことが多いですが、
伝統的には、クリスマスは「季節」でした。
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December 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
答え:12日間。
昔のクリスマスは、1日だけではありませんでした。
12月25日から1月5日までの、12日間の祝祭期間だったのです。
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December 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
These 12 days linked Christmas Day with another important festival called Epiphany, so people celebrated the whole period — not just one day.
Today we usually celebrate only the 25th and 26th, but traditionally, Christmas was a season.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Answer: 12 days.
In the past, Christmas was not just one day.
It was a 12-day holiday period, starting on 25 December and ending on 5 January.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
英語の ‘holiday’(休日)は、もともと *holy day*(聖なる日)が語源って知っていましたか?
いまでは旅行からソファでのお昼寝まで、なんでも入る言葉になりましたね。
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#英語学習
December 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM