Saturday 14 December 2013

It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas



Christmas, a blessed festival which is celebrated all over the world with great enthusiasm and gaiety is celebrated on the 25th of December also known as the Nativity of Jesus. According to the Gospels of Luke and Matthew, Jesus was born to a virgin mother Mary and laid in a manger. The Angels decreed him as the ‘Savior of mankind’ and the shepherds and the three Kings adored him and bought him gifts. 

‘I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day’

The practice of specially decorating the Homes, Christmas trees, Wreaths, Snowman and Santa Claus and his Reindeers has been in tradition for a long time. It is also characterized by exchanging gifts and presents with friends and families brought by Santa Claus and his reindeers. The time of celebrating Christmas varies in different countries. In the United Kingdom, Christmas is celebrated for twelve days. This is a period for feasting and merrymaking which end on the twelfth night the feast of the Epiphany. Christmas period has grown much longer in some countries including the United States. It begins many weeks before. During Christmas people enjoy shopping and meet one another. The celebration continues up to New Year's Day. When the New Year arrives certain good luck rituals are followed around the globe bringing them fortune and prosperity in the coming year. Not to forget here the ritual’s to make New Year resolutions have always been part of the culture as well. The New Year is welcomed with great zeal and feasts with special meals, celebrations, carols and traditional dances are organized for this event.Christmas is like a carnival of rejoicing and merrymaking all over the world.

Quite a few folks craft presentations on the Christmas Season to give a better idea of Christmas and the New Year to the people around the globe. For this occasion several kinds of Free Business PowerPoint Templates are accessible from innumerable websites which can be downloaded for free and be easily modified and personalized according to the user’s necessity. These ppt slides can be edited as you want your presentation to look like and accordingly present in a great manner in front of your audience to win their confidence and keep them engaged into your presentation.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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