The History Of Christmas

 

You know that what is Christmas or Christmas Day? Christmas, as we know it today, is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, which happened over 2000 years ago. The word “Christmas” translates to “Mass of Christ”. The festival of Christmas takes place on 25th December, every year to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, but this date is not known to be Jesus’ actual birthday, and may have initially been chosen to correspond with either the day exactly nine months after some early Christians believed Jesus had been conceived, a historical Roman festival, or the date of the northern hemisphere’s winter solstice. So Christianity marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days.

Christmas is also known as Christian holiday. Christian celebrated by and Christian and non-Christians. Christmas is also celebrated as a secular holiday throughout the world, including countries with small Christian populations like India. Various theories of the origin of Christmas exist that give a clear insight into the celebration of Christmas. In addition, Father Christmas (known as Santa Claus in some areas, including North America, Australia and Ireland) is a popular mythological figure in many countries, associated with the bringing of gifts for children.

On Christmas day every person giving of the gifts to his/her lover, family and relatives to celebrate Christmas and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas is a factor that has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world. Today, Christmas has turned out to be one of the most popular festival that fills joy, happiness and love in people’s life. The festival of Christmas has absorbed various customs and traditions of world and 25th December has emerged as the most important day for Christians, irrespective of its roots.

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Hollywood Actress Brittany Murphy Has Died

  
 

 
 

 

 

Unfortunately Brittany Murphy has died at 32 after suffering a heart attack. She was pronounced dead two hours after her mother reportedly found her unconscious in the shower of her Hollywood Hills home. She starred in films opposite Michael Douglas, Ashton Kutcher, Eminem and Angelina Jolie

A pharmacy-load of prescription drugs were found in Murphy’s bedroom including Klonopin (an anxiety medication), Carbamazepine (treats diabetic symptoms and is also a bipolar med), Ativan (anxiety med), Vicoprofen (pain reliever), Hydrocodone (pain med), Topamax (anti-seizure med also to prevent migraines), Propranolol (hypertension, used to prevent heart attacks), Biaxin (an antibiotic), Methylprednisolone (an anti-inflammatory), Fluoxetine (a depression med) and miscellaneous vitamins. Some of the bottles were full while some were empty, according to a coroner investigator’s notes leaked to TMZ.com . No alcohol containers, paraphernalia or illegal drugs were discovered, the notes said.

“Absolutely, mixing a number of these drugs could have resulted in her death,” Dr. Bruce Goldberger, a professor and director of toxicology at the University Of Florida College of Medicine told RadarOnline . “At the moment, it is pointing toward an overdose - or at least that will have to be ruled out by the autopsy or toxicology results.” May God forgive her and gave place in Paradise.

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Ufone Launched Blackberry Bold White

All telecoms operators offered portfolio of Blackberry phones. Ufone launched previously Blackberry Bold in black color. After the Blackberry Bold in Pakistan Ufone has now launched Blackberry Bold (9000) in pure White color. Its has a great move. Now Ufone become the first operator to offer this mobile in Pakistan. According to Ufone website:

"After introducing the revolutionary BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 smartphone to Pakistan, Ufone is proud to bring you the same BlackBerry Bold smartphone in pure white.
Make a bold style statement with your new white BlackBerry device that has all the dynamic features you’ve come to expect from a BlackBerry phone. So set yourself apart from the crowd, because this smartphone is as unique as U!"

All details, specifications and featutres Blackberry Bold White can be found on the official website of Ufone.com. The phone is priced in the same range as the original Blackberry Bold i.e Rs45000

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Relationship Between Deepika And Ranbir

  

Relationships in Bollywood at times are not permanent. The proof to this is the recent break-up of Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor. The lovebirds parted their ways two months back, after their two-year long relationship. Deepika Padukone was unavailable for comment when asked about the break-up.

Deepika looked flushed at a recent event for skin product launch. She was flooded with questions from the reporters, about her RK tattoo on the back of her neck. However, Deepika did not reply to that question. Her silence met with another question, when she was asked that whether the company is launching a lotion to erase the tattoo. Deepika seemed reluctant to answer anything about her tattoo.

The next question that got the actress to talk finally, when asked her about is she happy with her break-up. Deepika gave an instant reply saying that she is happy. Without answering, any further questions Deepika made a secret exit from the backstage.

The actress had faced a similar situation when she was shooting for Ashutosh Gowariker’s, Khelenge Hum Jee Jaan Se in Goa. While shooting for a scene the RK tattoo was visible, Ashutosh had to ask her to change her hairdo. Deepika had to tie her hair as bun for a fight sequence, but then she changed her hairstyle so it will not show.
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Angelina Jolie - Fidelity Is Not Essential For Relationships To Work

 

 

 

The Hollywood actress – who raises six children with her long-term partner Brad Pitt – believes open romances can work just as well as monogamous relationships, if both partners agree to it.

The 34-year-old met Pitt on the set of 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' in 2005 while he was still married to the actress Jennifer Aniston. She told Das Neue magazine: "I doubt that fidelity is absolutely essential for a relationship. It's worse to leave your partner and talk badly about him afterwards.

"Neither Brad nor I have ever claimed that living together means to be chained together. We make sure that we never restrict each other." However, she added that the couple have a fiery relationship at times. She said: "The sparks fly at home if the nice Brad fails to see that he's wrong and reacts in a defiant way. Then I can get so angry that I tear his shirt."

It was disclosed last month that Jolie and her father Jon Voight are attempting to reconcile after a public feud of nearly eight years. Voight, 70, the actor, said that he and his movie star daughter have got back in touch and are tentatively trying to rebuild their relationship. The pair have been involved in one of the most famous family feuds in showbusiness since 2001, when Voight told Access Hollywood that Jolie had "serious mental problems" and pleaded with her to seek help.

Relations had already become strained after Jolie learned Voight had an affair behind her mother's back.
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Imran Hashmi Change His serial kisser Photo

Emraan Hashmi is all set to change his serial kisser image with his upcoming film "Once Upon A Time In Mumbai" - he will flaunt six-pack abs and will be seen challenging an underworld don.

Director Milan Luthria says that he purposely wanted to give Emraan this look. "Emraan has always been the underdog and his character is that of a rebel, a dark horse. I wanted to break his serial kisser image and add shock value to the film, " Luthria told.

"I chose Emraan and then styled him this way as it was extremely difficult to find a youngster who in levels of intensity could be equal and at same time opposite to that of Ajay Devgn ."

The film is based on the Mumbai underworld of the seventies and Emraan’s character challenges the underworld don, played by Ajay.

"The role in the film demanded a look like this. It’s not just about the six packs, my character had to look physically tough. It was one of the key requirements of the script, " Emraan told.

The actor, who has done hit films like "Murder", "Kalyug", "Jannat" and "Raaz - The Mystery Continues", underwent rigorous training and followed a strict diet regime to obtain the sculpted body.

Emraan was given Angular training method and the training period was divided into blocks of 10 days.

The actor was advised to have five-six meals a day and followed guidelines like consuming fats, which were four and five grams of fish oil for fat loss, walnuts and almonds, carb manipulation for losing fat and maintaining muscle mass and protein intake.

Earlier, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan went for six-pack for "Om Shanti Om" and "Ghajini" respectively. Shahid Kapoor is doing two better -- he will show off eight-pack abs in his forthcoming film "Chance Pe Dance".

"Once Upon A Time..." also stars Kangna Ranaut and Prachi Desai and is expected to hit screens in June next year.
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Ranbir Kapoor Being Compared With King of Bollywood

The chocolate hero Ranbir Kapoor , is merely four films old, but he is already being compared to the Badshah of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan.

Well this comparison comes easy, as Ranbir does romantic scene with as much ease as the suave Shahrukh Khan, who is a veteran in enacting romantic scenes.

When we asked Ranbir about this, he said, “I think comparing me with Shahrukh Khan would be like insulting him. Till now, I have done only 3 films, which are by no ways a parameter to compare me with him. In my last film ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’ I have played a romantic character, where in ‘Rocket Singh -Salesman of the year’ there is romance, but on a different level.”

Well however hard Ranbir might try to deny, the fact remains that people like him in romantic roles, as he sure is a charmer! No doubt Ranbir must be happy to be compared with Shahrukh , after all it is SRK who is the benchmark of success in Bollywood these days.
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