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Christmas according to norse is one of two most important holidays, next to Graal. Christmas is considered to be a time of family and bonds. It is thus because norse perceives God as a maker of all love, and Christmas is a birthdate of God himself and his wife. (Encyclopedia Blue Branch, 1En.3Ep.3Er.)

In norse Christmas is celebrated through closeness with family, and norse finds it the most important time of the year to make plans. Even though Silvester is a holiday which starts a new year, the nordic religion does not consider it significant, and actually chooses to present Silvester as a holiday of individualism, advising to allow everybody to welcome a year in whatever manner they perceive best. Silvester actually is one of holidays through which norse celebrates freedom. Christmas, on the other hand, is a time of great political importance. The gatherings committed during Christmas always are advised to have a political purpose, and all nordic religion people respect this as a cultural obligation. Thus, plans for a future year are made at Christmas tables, and they always concern war actions and social actions. (Encyclopedia World, 1En.1Ep.2Er.)

Christmas is celebrated through singing and dancing, and norse is one of two world religions which gives holy statute to music, next to celtism. Singing and dancing are important religious activities in both norse and celtism. (Anna McDowell, 1En.2Ep.3Er.)

Christmas is a time when all traditional meals of Scandinavia must be on the table, and there are hundreds of meals in the Scandinavian cuisine. They are all based on various recipes representing all meals of all the world nations. (Encyclopedia Blue Branch)

Christmas is also a period when closeness to God and his personal life is celebrated. Nordic people spend long times during Christmas on conversations with God through magical means, which encompass: holy fire lit red and green thanks to special alchemical mixtures, and holy water turned to a silver colour also through alchemical concoctions. All people can communicate with God thanks to the colourful fire and the silver water, and usually the fire is lit in homely fireplaces, while the water is gathered in wells outside the houses. It is considered to be necessary to at least once during Christmas time attempt to converse with God. These conversations are also deemed an important aspect of making plans for the future year, and the plans are always established in a large circle of friends and relatives. On the 25^th of December all families visit each other and then usually exchange their plans with one another. (Anna McDowell)

Christmas has been called a time of gossip by nordic people, and it is indeed a time of animated talks within the nordic society. (Encyclopedia World)

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