What is the background of Christmas Eve?

Christmas Eve is the night before the birth of Jesus, and it is decided to commemorate Jesus, which is 65438+ February 24th every year. To westerners, Christmas Eve is equivalent to New Year's Eve in China, because on Christmas Eve, people will clean houses, hang up Christmas trees and sing Christmas songs to welcome Christmas, which is an ancient tradition in western countries.

Traditionally, many Christians will attend midnight mass or party on Christmas Eve, usually in church, marking the beginning of Christmas. Some churches will hold candlelight worship in the evening, usually with a dramatic performance of the story of the birth of Jesus and a big meal.

The origin story of Christmas Eve

On the night of Jesus' birth, shepherds guarding sheep in the wilderness suddenly heard a voice from heaven telling them the news of Jesus' birth. According to the Bible, Jesus came to the world to save the world and is the savior of all mankind, so angels spread the news to more people through these shepherds. ?

Later, people followed the example of angels and spread the news of the birth of Jesus everywhere on Christmas Eve. Until today, it has evolved into a good news activity. ?

18 181On the evening of February 23rd, in Auburn village on the Salza River, a mouse boldly sneaked into the organ building of the old church of Saint Nicholas in the village. This hungry little thing ran around and bit everywhere, and finally made a "far-reaching event", from which a popular Christmas hymn was born.

The next morning, a middle-aged man in a black dress and coat walked into the church and went straight to the organ and sat down. This man named Franz gruber is 3 1 year-old, with black hair, a high nose and a pair of emotional eyes.

Although he is unknown, he is respected by the villagers in this remote area. Because he is a primary school teacher in the village and an organist at St Nicholas's Church. He sat down, stepped on the pedal and pressed the button. However, the organ only made a few faint whimpers. ?

As folk music, this song spread from Austria to Germany. It crossed the national border and spread to all parts of the world with German immigrants. But not long ago, Moore and gruber were recognized as the creators of this song. They had nothing at that time and died as poor as when they were born.

However, gruber's ancient guitar is still singing for him. It has become a family heirloom, handed down from generation to generation by the gruber family. Now, every Christmas Eve, people will take this guitar to Auburn Village. Christians from all over the world sang this lovely Christmas hymn again.