UKhisimusi ungenye yeholide ebaluleke kakhulu cishe kuwo wonke amazwe emhlabeni. Mhlangabeze kuzo zonke izingqikithi ngezikhathi ezahlukene, kodwa ngokuhloniphayo futhi okuhlelekile. UKhisimusi wamaKatolika ugubha ngobusuku obuyi-24 kuya ku-25 kuDisemba.
Amasiko okugubha uKhisimusi wamaKatolika
Ukugubha uKhisimusi ekuKatolika kunikezwa ukulungiswa okukhulu kunokuba u-Eva Unyaka Omusha. Leli liholide elibaluleke nakakhulu futhi elihle kakhulu. Umkhosi woKuzalwa kukaKristu uhambisana nezinsizakalo ezintathu zikaNkulunkulu, ezenziwa phakathi kwamabili, khona-ke ekuntambeni nasemini. Gubha uKhisimusi izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili:
- NgoDisemba 26 kubhekwa njengosuku lokugubha lukaSt. Stefano;
- UDisemba 27 unikezelwa kumphostoli ongcwele onguMvangeli uJohn uMfundisi Wezinkolo;
- NgoDisemba 28 usuku lokukhumbula izinsana ezingcwele ezingenacala zaseBhetlehema;
- iholidi lomndeni ongcwele ligujwa ngeSonto, liye laphuma ngosuku olulodwa lwesishiyagalombili;
- NgoJanuwari 1, umkhosi uphela ngosuku lukaMama oNgcwele kaNkulunkulu.
Ukugubha uKhisimusi emazweni aseKatolika? Ebusuku bonke abantu baholide bawubhekele okuthunyelwe, okubizwa ngokuthi u-Eva kaKhisimusi. Le posi ithola igama layo kusuka esitsheni se-ostrovo, esenziwe ngamabele okusanhlamvu noju. Ukuzila ukudla kuqhubeka kuze kube sekubonakala inkanyezi yokuqala, okuyiqalo leholide.
ENgilandi, isidlo sokudla esidingekayo, esidliwa nge-sauce, kubhekwa ukuthi kufanele. Lapho, ilungiswe nge-ujusi we-saucce, futhi e-US, i-sauce yenziwa kusuka ku-cranberries.
EFrance, iholide ayimelwe ngaphandle kwe-turkey e-sauce yewayini, ngesikhathi esifanayo ephuza nge-champagne. EJalimane, izitsha ezisuka kumantongomane, omisiwe kanye nama-apula zibhekwa njengesibopho.
Amasiko wokugubha uKhisimusi wama-Orthodox
Baqala nini ukugubha uKhisimusi? Lapho ubuKristu bekwamukelwa ekhulwini lama-10 eRussia, wonke amaholide ayehambisana kakhulu namasiko amaqaba. Ngenxa yendwendwe kwamakhalenda, uKhisimusi yama-Orthodox iza izinsuku ezingu-13 kamuva kunomKatolika. Kodwa ekugubheni uKhisimusi kuwo wonke amazwe kunamasiko amaningi afanayo nezintandokazi.
Kanjani uKhisimusi wama-Orthodox? Ekuqaleni kukaKhisimusi, kuqala uKhisimusi. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, ngokwesiko, abantu babegqoke izingubo futhi bahamba behamba. Ngalesi sikhathi, kuvamile ukuqagela. Kukholelwa ukuthi ungakwazi ukubikezela ngokunembile ikusasa lakho. Izitsha eziyinhloko etafuleni lokugubha izinkondlo kukhona ukwesaba no-Uzvar. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuzomele kube nezitsha ezingu-12 ezisekelwe etafuleni.