2023Christmas (C) - First Day Cover

Christmas is a holiday that surpasses the boundaries of religious worship thanks to its magical atmosphere and is almost universally acknowledged on a consumer, albeit more superficial, level. The rich, symbolic iconography of the celebration of the Nativity in the syncretism of cultures and civilizations boils down mainly to a flashy decoration competition. The quiet twinkling of the eternal stars of Bethlehem has been extinguished in the contemporary city skies anyway. Nevertheless, the contagious generalization of rituals and images is resisted by some signs of long duration, some customs that delineate certain zones; certainly, Christmas is still one of the elements of identifying each hometown. One might say that every house has its own Christmas: Christmas as a heritage.