The History of Christmas Gift Giving & A Few Starting Points

Christmas is fast approaching, and many of you will be busy writing out Christmas lists and buying Christmas gifts. This history of Christmas gift giving has its origins in pagan Winter rituals, which as most things do, merged with Christian traditions. In Europe giving gifts at Christmas time links back to begging, the rich would donate food or coins to the poor.  The version that most of us will be familiar with, is the birth of Jesus with the three wise kings visiting baby Jesus bringing gifts of Gold Frankincense and Myrrh.  The gifts given were symbolic with the Gold being a sign of royalty, frankincense was / is used in places of worship, and the Myrrh is a perfume usually used on dead bodies to make them smell nice! (honest I’m not making it up check out this link and find out about the thought process behind it) https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/presents.shtml

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