Dynamics of Christmas customs in Banat. Case study conducted in an urban center - Timisoara
Dynamics of Christmas customs in Banat. Case study conducted in an urban center - Timisoara

Summary/Abstract: The feast is both a commemorative opportunity through the church’s rituals and an opportunity to celebrate, due to the folk custom. The two ones, sacrality and secularity namely, make together a feast full of rituals, believes, and traditions that change it into a joint ceremony. The feast of Christmas registers significant changes in the consumerist society. Christmas has got the last years also the status of an object of consumption, and developed as a true industry even in our country. There are merchants nowadays who promote their products under Christmas’ shape to improve their financial situation. Many children associate Christmas with Santa Claus, not with the Birth of Jesus Christ. It is possible so that the young people of today, especially in urban centers, ignore both the customs of this feast that the former children performed, and the significance of it.

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