Where was Christmas originally celebrated?

Answer 1

Among Christian nations- it has always been a Cosmopolitan, that is, world-wide holiday. I would imagine the Holy Land ( now called the Middle East), pilgrimages to Manger Square in Bethelem and of course Rome- the seat of the Roman Catholic Church. Practically all European nations have national-specific Christmas customs- an old and maybe objectionable Italian one involves firing a huge Cannon- with an illuminating star-shell at precisely 2359 Hours on Christmas Eve , in Rome- this is supposed to simulate the Star of Bethlehem. There are less formal varieties of fireworks as a Yule Custom in Italy~! French customs do NOT involve the use of bells or wreaths on Christmas cards- they think that is morbid- and so on. all sorts of constructive- Model RR, miniature villages- and of course the Tannenbaum out of Germany, and so on.