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Christmas Dawn Caroling (Saebyeoksong)
Christmas dawn caroling (saebyeoksong) is a custom of Korean churches in which members go in groups, in the early hours of Christmas Day, to the homes of fellow members and sing Christmas hymns to announce the birth of Jesus.
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- ChristmasFeasts & Seasons
Christmas is a Christian feast commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed by most churches on December 25. In South Korea it is a statutory public holiday officially called Gidok Tansinil ("the Day of Christ's Birth").
- Christmas TreeFeasts & Seasons
A Christmas tree is a decoration set up in the days before Christmas, consisting of an evergreen or a tree of similar shape adorned with a star, lights, and ornaments. Although it is not a rite grounded in Scripture, most churches in Korea set one up inside and outside their sanctuaries during Advent and the Christmas season.
- Christmas SealsHistory
Christmas seals are stamp-like labels issued and sold around Christmastime to raise funds for the fight against tuberculosis. The first was issued in Denmark in 1904. In Korea, they were first issued in 1932 by the medical missionary Sherwood Hall.
- Star of BethlehemBible
The Star of Bethlehem is the star in Matthew 2 that the wise men from the east saw and that led them to seek the child born King of the Jews. Scripture calls it "his star."
- AdventFeasts & Seasons
Advent is the season that includes the four Sundays before Christmas. During Advent the church remembers the coming of Jesus Christ and awaits his return, and the church year begins with this season.
- MangerBible
A manger is a trough that holds feed for livestock. In the Gospel of Luke, it is where the newborn Jesus was laid, and in the Christmas story it serves as a symbol of Jesus' coming in lowliness.
- Francis of AssisiPeople
Francis of Assisi (1181/1182–1226) was a medieval Italian friar who founded the Order of Friars Minor (the Franciscans), a community devoted to a life of poverty. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and is known for originating the tradition of the Christmas crèche.
- Lottie MoonPeople
Lottie Moon (1840–1912) was a Southern Baptist missionary to China. She evangelized in Shandong Province for about forty years, and her appeals led to the start of the Southern Baptist Christmas offering for missions.
- CharlemagnePeople
Charlemagne (born 742 or c. 747–748; died 814) was king of the Franks. On Christmas Day 800 he was crowned emperor by Pope Leo III, and he is regarded as the figure who established the framework of politics, the church, and learning in medieval Western Europe.
- Sherwood HallPeople
Sherwood Hall (1893–1991) was a Canadian Methodist medical missionary born in Seoul. He founded a tuberculosis sanatorium in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, and in 1932 issued Korea's first Christmas seals.
- EpiphanyFeasts & Seasons
Epiphany is a Christian feast, observed on January 6, that commemorates the manifestation of Jesus Christ to the world as the Son of God.
- Luke 2:14Bible Verses
Luke 2:14 is the hymn of praise sung by the heavenly host before the shepherds on the night of Jesus' birth. It is a central verse in Christmas worship and hymnody, and manuscripts and translations differ over to whom peace on earth is given.
- Matthew 1:23Bible Verses
Matthew 1:23 is Matthew's testimony that the prophecy that a virgin would bear a son, whose name would be called Emmanuel, "God with us," was fulfilled in the birth of Jesus. It is one of the best-known Christmas verses and the central text in the debate over the virgin birth.
- Luke 2:10-11Bible Verses
A passage in which an angel announces the birth of Jesus to the shepherds in the fields near Bethlehem, calling him "Savior," "Christ," and "Lord." Because it contains the heart of the Christmas message, it is one of the texts most frequently read in Christmas services and sermons.
- Matthew 1:22–23Bible Verses
Matthew 1:22–23 is the Gospel writer's comment interpreting Jesus' conception by the Holy Spirit as the fulfillment of Isaiah 7:14. Cited every Christmas as the basis for the name "Emmanuel" ("God with us") and for the doctrine of the virgin birth, the passage is also debated over its rendering "virgin."
- Galatians 4:4Bible Verses
Paul's declaration that, at the time God appointed, he sent his Son to be born as a human being and under the law. The verse distills the doctrine of the Incarnation and the true humanity of Christ and is frequently cited in Christmas sermons.
- Isaiah 9:6Bible Verses
Isaiah 9:6 is the prophecy that "unto us a child is born," whose name "shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." It is one of the best-known Christmas texts. Interpretations differ, both between Christianity and Judaism and between mainstream denominations and certain other groups, over whom these titles refer to and what they mean.
- Isaiah 9:1–7Bible Verses
Isaiah 9:1–7 is a prophecy proclaiming that light will shine on the land of Galilee, darkened by the Assyrian invasion, and that a child will be born who will reign on the throne of David with judgment and with justice. Christians read it as a prophecy of the birth of Jesus Christ and of his ministry in Galilee, and it is widely read at Christmas.
- Luke 1:26-35Bible Verses
In this passage the angel Gabriel appears to Mary, a virgin of Nazareth, and announces that she will conceive a son by the Holy Spirit and is to name him Jesus. It is a principal text for the confession of the virgin birth and the Incarnation and is frequently read during Advent and Christmas.