- Kerstmis - Wikipedia
Kerstmis (veelal zo aangeduid door rooms-katholieken), of kerstfeest (veelal zo aangeduid door protestanten), is van oudsher een belangrijk midwinterfeest Door christenen wordt dan de geboorte van Jezus Christus gevierd
- Christmas - Wikipedia
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 [a] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world A feast central to the liturgical year in Christianity, it follows the season of Advent (which begins four Sundays before) or the Nativity Fast, and initiates the season of Christmastide, which
- Kermesse (festival) - Wikipedia
Kermesse, or kermis, or kirmess, is an outdoor fair or festival usually organized for charitable purposes [1][2] The term was derived from 'kerk' (church) and 'mis' (mass) in the original Dutch language term, and was borrowed in English, French, Spanish and many other languages
- Christmas music - Wikipedia
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season
- Christmas in the Netherlands - Amsterdam for Visitors
Christmas in The Netherlands (referred to as Kerst or Kerstmis in Dutch) formally begins when the Sinterklaas celebrations finish on December 6th Traditionalists like to keep these two events separate and there’s a guideline- first Sinterklaas then Christmas
- The Second Day of Dutch Christmas - Dutch 4 Beginners
Most people celebrate kerstavond on the 24th of December and Kerstmis on the 25th of December, but one day of joy is not enough for the Dutch and the Netherlands also celebrates Tweede Kerstdag (Second Christmas Day) on the 26th of December But why does the Netherlands have two days of Christmas?
- Word of the day: kerst (Christmas, Yuletide) - Welcome to the Direct . . .
The ‘X’ has always been a shortened form of Christ The phrase ‘Xres mæsse’ for the ‘mass of Christ’ already occurs in the eleventh-century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The English ‘Middle Agers’ also knew the word ’nowel’ for the feast of Christmas
- What do the Dutch do for Christmas? - Transparent. com Blogs
The Dutch have plenty of important holidays and traditions, such as Sinterklaas on December 5 Kerst (Christmas) is of course important from a religious perspective, but it has a somewhat different meaning culturally While Americans, Germans and many other people celebrate Christmas with cadeautjes (gifts), the Dutch do this usually at
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