#Christmas Feels!

As with any festival, Christmas too has many traditions and customs which are being carried forward by families the world over. These traditions and customs may be as varied as the diversity in cultures. Some, though are common to everyone celebrating Christmas in any part of the world.

One of the most popular traditions on Christmas is exchanging gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Everyone loves receiving gifts on Christmas. Children, with their innocence wait eagerly for Santa Claus to bring them gifts. In many countries children hang stockings or socks believing that it will be filled with goodies by Santa Claus. But, as adults we understand the significance of giving more than receiving and plan way ahead to get something thoughtful for our near and dear ones.

The tradition of collecting and passing on Christmas ornaments from one Christmas to the next helps in creating fond memories for years to come. Christmas ornaments can be homemade or bought from a store. But a commercial ornament can never compete with the personal touch of an ornament handed down a family tree.

Christmas tree is one of the symbols most easily associated with the festival of Christmas. The Christmas tree takes the pride of place in every living room of every home from Christmas and right up to New Year. Decorating a Christmas tree spells family time as it brings the whole family together right before and at Christmas time. Usually decorations start way ahead of the eve of Christmas. People, irrespective of regions and cultures plan on beautifying their Christmas tree. One can get as creative or individualistic as they want to in the process of looking after and decorating their Christmas tree. 

Christmas Dinner is the primary meal eaten on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Though the menu of this meal may differ across regions or cultures but some of the essential items which are Turkey, Christmas pudding, and Christmas cake are present more or less in every menu. The whole charm of cooking and eating Christmas Dinner with family and people close to you is what makes it different from any meal.

These are the traditions that have undergone a lot of change with time. The plays usually depict the Nativity scene associated with the birth of Jesus Christ but may consist of adaptations to the same theme. The word carol represents a festive song mostly associated with the festival of Christmas. No festive occasion can be complete without music. This holds true for Christmas as well, people sing carols and songs to create the perfect atmosphere for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Traditions and customs are the special flavor of any festivity and that holds true for Christmas as well. It is a festival that is known for its spirit of joyousness and its celebratory atmosphere. These traditions define the gladness and spirit of the season of celebrations that we know as Christmas.

“CLIMATE CHANGE”

           Nowadays climate change is the biggest problem of the world we are living today. It is already happening and represents one of the greatest environmental, social, and economic threats facing our planet today.

        The warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperature, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea level. Most of the warming that has occurred over the past years is very likely to have been caused by human activities. The global average surface temperature is likely to rise. The climate can affect every person and our health directly through the increasing of earth’s temperature. Such increases may lead to more extreme heat waves during the summer while producing less extreme cold spells during the winter. There can be also extreme floods and droughts and typhoons/hurricanes. Nowadays there are also factories that really destructive to our health and pollute the air, water and all body surfaces of the world. Another massive problem is that the sea levels are rising and other parts of it was destroyed and/or polluted by dirty materials used by humans or the factories or establishments. Also the expansion of ocean water is caused by warmer ocean temperatures. And the one that is a big issue today is the Green House Effect where it destroys the natural beauty of our Mother Earth.

          I think it is better to stop the changes in climate and then gradually reduce the hunger in the poor countries. Because if we stop the changes, we are going to be healthier and everything around us will be cleaner and it will be how it actually should be. I believe harmony between nature and human beings will return and we will be avoiding all diseases that can harm our health. Let’s go and help save our Mother Earth before anything will happen to us.