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The document discusses the importance and celebration of Christmas. It notes that Christmas is celebrated worldwide as the birth of Jesus Christ, who brought purity and morality back to earth during a time when ignorance, greed, hypocrisy and hatred prevailed. His birth transformed people's lives and ushered in a new spiritual era. Though Jesus was born humbly in a stable to poor parents, Christmas is now celebrated globally as a major festival, even in non-Christian countries.
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- 1. Christmas Celebration Importance and Significance of Christmas The Significance of Christmas is known to all the people, all over the world. In fact, Christmas is celebrated all over world as the day when Jesus Christ was born, but at the same time Christmas also symbolizes a very deep significant truth of spiritual life. Jesus Christ is in reality the personification of Divinity. The birth of Lord Jesus happened at a time when ignorance, greed, superstition, hatred and hypocrisy prevailed on earth. Purity and morality was forgotten and neglected.
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