Christmas is a yearly celebration honouring the birth of Jesus Christ that is celebrated by billions of people all over the world on December 25 as a religious and cultural holiday.
Christmas Day is a public holiday in many nations, it is observed religiously by most Christians as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and is an important component of the holiday season that is planned around it.
Christ’s Mass is where the word “Christmas”. The place where Christians remember that Jesus died and subsequently rose again is at a Mass ceremony, also known as Communion. The only service that could start at midnight (and end before sunrise the next day) was the “Christ-Mass”. Christmas is hence the abbreviated form of the name Christ-Mass.
From December 20 through the first week of January, Ghanaians engage in a variety of festive activities to commemorate Christmas. Many people make trips to various parts of the country to see friends and family.
The main celebrations begin on Christmas Eve night with church services that feature dancing and drumming. Children frequently perform dramas or nativities. Then people start to dance and choirs start to sing in front of the priests. Most songs are performed in the languages that the populace speaks and understands the best. This gives people the impression that God understands them. In other cases, the dance and services last all night.
The church attendance on Christmas Day is very high. People arrive dressed in their vibrant traditional garb. On Christmas morning, after the church service, people hurriedly return to their homes to begin exchanging gifts.
Traditional dishes are prepared by most families. Dishes like fufu and palm nut soup or light soup,banku with okro or groundnut soup;amongs others. But on Christmas day ,many families in Ghana prefer to go continental enjoying fried rice and chicken,jollof rice with fried fish and salad or assorted rice with beef stew.
Some homes also organize get togethers’ for family and friends to join and make merry. In this time of the month,families across Ghana come home and enjoy quality time.
Events are orchestrated in this month. Church events are enjoyed mostly by many. Children’s parties, end-of-year celebrations for employees, and other events are typically held during the Christmas season at hotels, on beaches, in school parks, and in community centres with best wishes for everyone.
December is purely the month of love.The change in weather is accompanied with so much ecstasy. The elevation by everyone to receive a gift or showered with presents is an overly ecstatic feeling.Its always a full house and the environment is filled with LOVE.
On December 31st, some Ghanaians also visit churches to express gratitude to God for sending Jesus and to ask for a prosperous and secure new year.
Amanda Atunah-CSA online student journalist of the year 2022
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