Misa de Gallo ug ang unang Christmas celebration

Atong i-review ang atong mga nasayran bahin sa Misa de Gallo ug sa unang pagsaulog sa Pasko, aron nga dili kini nato mataligim-an, gumikan sa daghan na kaayong lingaw sa kalibutan karon, nga ato na lang kining i-take for granted, ug isipon na lang nga usa ka ordinaryo nga kasaulogan.

Ania: “Rooster's Mass in Spanish, was passed down to the country by Spain to explain the essence of Christmas to Filipinos.”

Dinhi sa ato, ‘Simbang Gabi,’ nga matud pa, “originated in the early days of Spanish rule over the Philippines as a practical compromise for farmers, who began work before sunrise to avoid the noonday heat out in the fields. It began in 1669.”

Paghatag kini’g higayon sa mga mag-uuma nga makasimba og sayo, paglikay sa kainit sa adlaw sa ila unyang pag-ugmad sa uma. Gawas pa, ginganlan kini og Mass of the Rooster, tungod kay gituhoan nga motuktogaok ang manok sa gabii sa pagkatawo ni Jesus.  

Kanus-a ug diin magsugod ang pagsaulog sa Pasko? “The celebration of Christmas started in Rome about 336, but it did not become a major Christian festival until the 9th century. The first time the birth of Jesus Christ was attributed to the date December 25 was in the 4th century, according to early Roman history.”

Kahinumdom ko nga matagsaulog nato sa Pasko, adunay mosuwat ug mo-insister nga nga dili kuno December 25 ang tukmang  pagsaulog niini. Sa akong bahin, kon makamatuod sila nga dili December 25 ang Christmas Day, mosugot ko nga mag-Christmas Day kita sa Abril, sa July, o sa October.  

Ubang mga kasayoran bahin sa Pasko: Ang pagkatawo ni Jesus, nahisulat sa New Testament sa Ebanghelyo nila ni St. Luke ug St. Matthew.

Ang awit "The Twelve Days of Christmas" nag-refer kini sa 12 ka adlaw days between Christmas and the Epiphany. Ang pulong Christmas nagagikan sa Old English Cristes maesse, nga nagkahulogan og Christ’s mass.

Ug ang German word nga Christkindl, nga nagkahulogan og Christ child, eventually, nahimong  Kriss Kringle. Ug ang Santa Claus, “generally was depicted as an elf until 1931, when Coca-Cola ads portrayed him as human-sized. Rudolph didn't become Santa's ninth reindeer until 1939 when an advertising writer for the department store Montgomery Ward created him.”

Despite sa dili pagtuo sa uban, nganong December man gayud ang atong pagsaulog sa Pasko? Ania: “The real reason for the selection of Dec. 25 seems to have been that it is exactly nine months after March 25, the traditional date of Jesus' crucifixion. As Christians developed the theological idea that Jesus was conceived and crucified on the same date, they set the date of his birth nine months later.

So, dugay na gyud kaayo ang pagsugod ug pag-exist sa Christianity. ”Christianity started with Jewish eschatological expectations, and it developed into the worship of Jesus as the result of his earthly ministry, his crucifixion, and the post-crucifixion experiences of his followers.

“The Christian religion began following the crucifixion of Jesus in the 1st century AD. The movement began with Jewish people from a region called Judea, in what is modern-day Israel and Palestine.