Christmas Vietnam

The family would gather together pray for blessings and practice the yuletide spirit of giving and sharing.

Christmas vietnam. Christmas is also called nativity noel xmas or yule. Vietnamese christmas celebration starts in the evening of 24th december and often last to the next day. In december ho chi minh city and the surrounding provinces such as can tho are in their best climate condition with little rain and blue sky. Christmas celebration lasts 2 days.

Christmas in vietnam is mainly celebrated in the nights of december 24th and the 25th. Not all of the traditions are strictly followed. Although the christians observed the religious rituals of christmas. The christmas dinner consists of chicken soup while wealthier people eat christmas pudding and turkey.

In contrast to the far north part the southern part of vietnam on christmas enjoy the warm weather. Christmas is one of the four most important festivals of the vietnamese year including the birthday of buddha the new year and the mid autumn festival. The christians attend a midnight mass on christmas eve and return home to a sumptuous christmas dinner. Happy christmas in vietnamese is chúc mừng giáng sinh.

In recent days christmas is getting more and more popular and is considered one of the four most important festivals in vietnam including the birthday of buddhism mid term autumn festival and lunar new year. Even though the holiday still has the cheerful and family vibe the main purpose and meaning of christmas are not really popular to all vietnamese. Christmas is celebrated by christians to commemorate the birth of jesus christ who was born in bethlehem cave in judea roman. Christmas is a huge event in vietnam particularly in ho chi minh city.

Today christmas in vietnam is greeted by both christian community and the locals especially in big cities like hanoi and ho chi minh city. Vietnam is officially an atheistic country so nobody gets the day off but you ll hear christmas carols everywhere you go and many businesses put up elaborate decorations. In vietnam christmas was celebrated joyously with people thronging city roads right from christmas eve which is often more important than christmas day. All the beaches are basking and immersed in the sunlight.

Luckily christmas falls in the middle of the peak tourism season so there s plenty to do. For most vietnamese christmas is more of a curiosity than a religious holiday. Christmas was probably promulgated in vietnam since the 19th century when the french set its domination in vietnam especially in southern vietnam. The christmas eve on 24 th december and the following day.