Amaholide kaKhisimusi yezingane awacaci ngokuphelele, kodwa kunomzuzwana oletha injabulo enkulu. Kuma-carols, lapho izinkampani zobulili ziya emakhaya abo, siza sicela abanikazi bezingoma eziqotho bese uthole amaswidi noma imali esikhundleni. Kodwa uma abantu beya ekugumbeni futhi kungenzeka yini ukukwenza kusihlwa ngoJanuwari 7, akubona wonke umuntu owaziyo. Ukubhekana nalolu daba, kubalulekile ukukhumbula kancane ngomlando walesi siko esimangalisayo.
Kungenzeka yini ukuba uhambe ngokuhlwa ngoJanuwari 7?
Amaholidi okhokho bethu ahlobene nezinto zemvelo, ebusika (ngoDisemba 21-23), kwakukhona usuku lwe-solstice. Lona usuku olufushane kakhulu lonyaka, ngemva kwalokho ngalolo suku luqala ukwanda. Ngobusuku obude kakhulu kwakungokwemvelo ukuzungeza izindlu (bonke emzaneni, ukweqa indlu eyodwa kubhekwa njengokuhlambalaza), befisa abanikazi ukuba bavune isivuno esihle nayo yonke inhlanhla ngonyaka ozayo. Ngenxa yalokhu, izingoma zomculo zahlabelelwa, futhi ezandleni zomunye we-carolingians kwakukhona uphawu lwelanga, oluye lwaba yinkanyezi yeKhisimusi. Futhi ukuze bazivikele ekuhluphekeni phakathi nobusuku obude kakhulu, abantu ababolayo bagqoke izingubo futhi bazama ukwenza umsindo ozwakalayo. Ngemuva kokubhapathizwa kweRussia babefuna ukuvimbela isiko, kodwa umkhuba wabantu awuzange uvumele, ngakho-ke ukugcoba kwaphenduka umyalezo wezindaba ezinhle ngomntwana uJesu owazalwa. Ngakho-ke, umbuzo wokuthi bangakanani abazokwenza ngoJanuwari 7, nokuthi ngabe kungenzeka yini ukuba baqhube lolu suku kusihlwa, kunzima kakhulu.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukugubha uKhisimusi kuqala kusihlwa ngoJanuwari 6, ngesikhathi esifanayo umuntu kufanele ahambe azungeze, isiko sasendulo sisekela nanamuhla. Kodwa amaKristu avame ukuya esontweni ngobusuku bukaJanuwari 6-7, futhi akusikho isikhathi sezimoto zokuhlwa, nakuba abanye bekwazi ukubamba konke. Ngakho-ke, kumaKristu, kukhona ekuseni ngoJanuwari 7, kodwa lokhu kuhambela kakade kubizwa ngokuthi uKhisimusi, bese kubingelela izibingelelo zikaKhisimusi, izingoma zikaKhisimusi zenziwa. Kodwa lokhu ngokuvamile kwenziwa ekuseni, kusihlwa
Uma amaholidi angamaKristu angakhathazeki kakhulu, ungaya ku-caroling kusukela ngo-6 kuya ku-8 Januwari, njengoba ekuqaleni ukugubha umcimbi obalulekile wanikezwa izinsuku ezintathu. Yiqiniso, okuningi kuzoxhomeka emasikweni endzawo ethile, kepha ukuvuthwa ngokomlando kusihlwa ngoJanuwari 7 kwakungavunyelwe. Bahamba nini ngoJanuwari 7 kusihlwa - azikho imingcele, ngakho-ke hambani ngokuqonda - ebusika kuvuka ekuseni, ngakho-ke ungaqala ukugubha ngo-6 noma ngo-7 ntambama.