wangjingwanjia said:
Well I have no idea to be honest, but when I read about it, it seems like in Central and Northern Europe they mainly celebrates it on the 24th of December. It hardly says anything about the 25th, and if it does it still states that the main celebration is on the 24th. In Eastern Europe I can not argue with you because you live there and knows it better than me. But why would not this make me confused of the date? Just look at the answers in the poll and comments. And why is it so obvious for you that the main celebration in the whole world is on the 25th? When it's clearly not. Yes, the Christmas eve is on the 24th and Christmas day is on the 25th and boxing day(?) is on the 26th. But the main celebration day of Christmas differs a lot from country to country, and some even celebrates it on several days. And as they question says, it's when you celebrate christmas, not at which date the 'christmas day' is at. In Hong Kong it's on the 25th and in mainland China on the 24th for example. I had no idea that in HK they celebrated it on the 25th before I read about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_worldwide |
By the way, i meant to say western europe. Typo from my part.
Anyways this whole argument is out of perspective. The only reason why the 24th seems like the biggest celebration is because its the dinner before the important opening of the presents at midnight. Christmas day is just as celebrated, but since the opening of the presents already happened it doesnt look as big.