History of Christmas

MACAU

Macau’s full name is People’s Republic of China Macao Special Administrative Region. Macau is an international free port and one of the four major gambling destinations in the world with the capitalist economic system. After mid-sixteenth century, Macau became a bridge between Chinese and Western world due to the effect of Portugal. On October 12, 1910, the Portugal-Macau government set Christmas as the public holidays by law. By the year 2001, most of the holidays set by Portuguese government were removed as public holidays except for Christmas. Instead, Buddha’s Birthday, Macao S.A.R. Establishment Day and other new holidays were set as public holiday.

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More info on the history of Macau:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Macau

HONKONG

Hong Kong, located in southern China, is a highly prosperous international metropolis. On July 1, 1997, the People’s Republic of China officially resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and established the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and its full name is the People’s Republic of China Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

Back to its Christmas history, on January 26, 1841, when the British opened its door to Hong Kong, for the first time in Hong Kong, Christmas was celebrated. At that time, Christmas was still a strange festival for Hongkongese, and was only popular among foreign residents. With the growing popularity of Protestantism, Christmas became popular. Nowadays, Christmas Shopping Carnival became a shopping festival for the youth in Hong Kong. Moreover, Christmas Day on December 25 and Boxing Day on December 26 are both public holidays.

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