For lots of people giving and getting gifts is their favourite part of Christmas.The idea of giving presents on christmas comes from Bethlehem and the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh that the Three Wise Men gave to Jesus at his birth but it only became a part of Christmas until late in the 18th century and it took until the 1840s for it to become the usual thing to do( because of ads going up in shop windows).
Giving gifts around this time of year was not a new thing. In France, nuns used to give gifts to the poor on St. Nicholas Eve, in Northern Europe duringYule gifts of food which contained wheat were often given and in ancient Rome people used to give gifts on Saturnalia( December 17th) which was the day dedicated to their god Saturn.
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