{"id":20931,"date":"2024-11-26T13:03:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T13:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20931"},"modified":"2026-11-09T12:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T12:44:09","slug":"christian-christmas-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/christian-christmas-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoe vieren christenen Kerstmis? Aanbidding, wachten en geven"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>We celebrate Christmas by worshipping the child born in Bethlehem, God himself come to live among us. We go to church on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, hear the Gospel of his birth and sing carols, and at home we set up the nativity scene, pray, share a meal and give gifts. Luke tells us how the first people kept Christmas. The shepherds heard the angels, hurried to Bethlehem and found the child. &quot;And when they had seen it, they\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christians mark Christ&#039;s birth with worship on Christmas Eve and Day, Advent, the nativity scene, carols and gifts, each church in its own way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20920,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/biblical-origin-significance-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":20931,"position":0},"title":"What Is the True Meaning of Christmas? 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