Ndi chimodzi mwa zikondwerero zofunika kwambiri pa chaka ndi mwambo wachikhristu womwe umakhudza kwambiri dziko lapansi chifukwa cha mtundu wake, chizindikiro ndi miyambo. Tsiku la Khirisimasi limakondwerera pa December 25, tsiku lotsatira chikondwerero cha Khrisimasi , koma Nyengo ya Khrisimasi idzadutsa nthawi yayitali, pakati pa Lamlungu loyamba la Advent (kuchokera ku Latin Adventus kutanthauza kubwera kapena kukonzekera) kuyambira November 27 mpaka December 3, mpaka pa chikondwerero cha Epiphany of Jesus kapena tsiku la Amagi , pa Januware 6.
Kuchokera ku Latin Nativitas kutanthauza Kubadwa, Khrisimasi ndi tsiku lomwe linakhazikitsidwa ndi Christian Council of Nicaea mu 325 AD, kukumbukira Kubadwa kwa Yesu komwe kunachitika, malinga ndi Mauthenga Abwino, mu Century of Israel, m'mudzi wa Yuda m'mudzi wotchedwa. Betelehemu. Nkhani zina zimati deti limeneli likugwirizana ndi holide yolipidwa yotchedwa Saturnalia kapena Sun Invictus .polemekeza nyengo yachisanu kuyambira tsiku lomwelo. Anthu achikunja ndi amene amadzinenera kupembedza milungu yambiri (kulambira milungu yosiyana siyana) kuwonjezera pa chipembedzo cha Chiyuda ndi Chikhristu chokhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu mmodzi. Anthuwa adagawana mphatso ndikupangira maphwando akulu ndi zopereka kwa Mulungu Dzuwa kuti mbewu zibwerere ku mbewu zawo. Chimene Chikhristu chinachita chinali kukakamiza anthu kuti azikondwerera Khirisimasi pa tsiku lofanana ndi la holide yachikunja, n’cholinga chothetsa chikhulupiriro chimenechi ndi kufalitsa padziko lonse lapansi.
Tchuthi chimenechi chasanduka nthawi yachisangalalo ndi chiyembekezo. Ichi ndi chifukwa cha kukumananso kwa mabanja, miyambo ndi mphatso za Khrisimasi. M'mayiko a kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi chifukwa zimagwirizana ndi nyengo yozizira, ndi mwambo kukongoletsa misewu ndi nyali zokongola, mitengo ikuluikulu ya Khirisimasi, snowmen ndi maungu, mapiri amakhala ataphimbidwa. . chifukwa cha kutentha kochepa, idakhala chiwonetsero chomwe chinatsagana ndi nyengo ya Khrisimasi.
Nyumbazo zinali zokongoletsedwa ndi magetsi amatsenga ndipo patsiku la Khrisimasi masewera ochita kupanga ankaseweredwa m’matauni onse. Mabanja amasonkhana pa chakudya chamadzulo cha Khrisimasi, kuyimba nyimbo ndikugawana mphatso.
Munthu wamkulu ndi Santa Claus, yemwe amadziwikanso kuti Saint Nicholas kapena Santa Claus, yemwe, malinga ndi mwambo, amabweretsa mphatso kwa ana pakati pa usiku wa December 24 ndi 25 ndipo amayenda padziko lonse lapansi pagaleta lake lokokedwa ndi mphalapala. .
M’maiko ena a ku Latin America, mabanja amakondwerera Chachisanu ndi chinayi cha mphatso za Khirisimasi (December 16-24) monga mwambo wachikatolika ndipo amayembekezera kubadwa kwa Yesu pakati pa chakudya chamadzulo, mphatso, ndi mapwando.