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❄️Christmas is observed annually by Christians on December 25 to commemorate the birthday of Jesus Christ. Christmas is celebrated in the evening service on December 24, and the morning service on January 31. Some Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas on January 6.❄️

🎅Some of the Christmas traditions originating from the West include Christmas trees, Christmas cards, exchanging gifts between friends and family members, and stories about Santa Claus or Santa Claus.🎅

🌍Talking about Christmas traditions, in various countries, Christmas is celebrated in their way according to customs, culture, and so on.🌍

Gift Exchange, America

🎁Christmas tradition in America is usually thick with the exchange of gifts, giving each other Merry Christmas cards, houses filled with ornaments, and also Christmas trees decorated with lights and circle of leaves. In addition to decorating the Christmas tree, usually, Christians in America celebrate Christmas by holding a dinner party with family or closest friends. The main menu is turkey and this tradition is still developing today since the 18th century.🎁

Mango or Banana Tree as a Christmas Tree, India

🎄There is something unique about celebrating Christmas in India. The uniqueness is an unusual Christmas tree because it is made from a mango tree or a banana tree, unlike the usual use of fir trees. Residents' homes in India will also be decorated with mango leaves plus oil lamps placed on each roof or the walls of their respective homes.🎄

The house is decorated with lanterns and paper, China

🕯If the houses in India are decorated with mango leaves, it is different from China. In China, Christian homes are decorated with lanterns and paper. In this Christmas celebration in the Bamboo Curtain Country, the peak will occur in the new year, and at that time all children will get gifts in the form of new clothes, luxurious food, new toys, and can play with fireworks. Usually, family photos or paintings of their ancestors will always be installed in the main room of the house.🕯

Laying Nacimiento, Spain

🍬The Spanish people in celebrating Christmas will usually put a Nacimiento or diorama about the birth of Jesus Christ in the living room of their house. Then all his family members must surround the diorama. While walking around, they have to read prayers and sing Christmas-themed songs. The unique tradition of this event is that they will usually hang their shoes above the window. The shoes will be filled with candy and Christmas gifts.🍬

Hiding Their Brooms, Norway

🧹According to Norwegian folklore, when Christmas Eve arrives, all evil spirits and black magic powers will come out and roam in residential areas. Until now, Norwegians believe that when Christmas Eve comes they will hide the broom before going to bed. It is believed that the witch who came out could not find a broom to use her evil magic power. While the Norwegian men on Christmas Eve would stay up late and go out of the house to shoot rifles into the sky. This was done to scare away the evil spirits that were roaming around and drive them away so they could not enter the residents' homes.🧹

CHRISTMAS SOCKS FUNFACT

🕊Christmas socks are large socks or sock-shaped cloth bags that children hang on Christmas Eve. Children hope Santa Claus will come visit and fill them with toys, sweets, fruits, coins, or other small gifts. Family members' names are often included on Christmas socks, so that Santa Claus does not misplace gifts.🕊

🌤️Exercise during the Covid-19 pandemic is not impossible. Exercise should be intensified to better maintain body fitness. A fit and healthy body will be harder for viruses to enter because of a stronger immune system. Coupled with the discipline of implementing health protocols, exercise can provide great benefits for everyone. Sports in the midst of a pandemic still have to look at health protocols to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus. That's why not all types of sports can be done because they are vulnerable to being a means of transmitting Covid-19.🌤️

 

🏀Looking at the facts above, for the general public, the type of exercise that is recommended in the midst of a pandemic is that which is individual and can be done at home without involving many people. Thus, the risk of transmission of the coronavirus can be reduced. Below are some of them:🏀

1. Jump Rope

🔥Similar to jumping jacks, this type of exercise which is also known as skipping is done by jumping using a rope. 🔥

2. Sit Up

🌻Sit-ups are a simple exercise that can train a variety of muscles in our body. Not only that, but the movement is also useful for building abdominal muscles, developing chest muscles, balancing the body, and so on.🌻

3. Yoga

🧘🏻‍♂️Yoga is a mind and body exercise that focuses on strength, flexibility, and breathing to improve mental and physical health.🧘🏻‍♂️

4. Plank

✨The definition of a plank is a form of exercise that can be done to strengthen the core muscles of the body by placing both sides of the hands, including the elbows, on the floor or ground, then placing other body parts like push-ups.✨

 

🛼In exercising regularly, we usually need "guidance" so that the exercise we do is not in vain and will have a positive and good impact on our bodies. For that, we need something called a “Workout Application” or a sports application. The following are recommendations for "Workout Application" that can be used even if we are at home.🛼

🚴🏻‍♀️1. 7 Minutes Workout

If you only have seven minutes to practice every day, there is an app called 7 Minutes Workout that you must try. For those of you who don't understand the movements, this best workout application is also equipped with a video guide so that your movements don't go wrong.🚴🏻‍♀️

🏐2. Workout For Women

This workout application for women also has some special guidelines for workout movements specifically for women so that they don't easily cause injuries.

With a duration of approximately seven minutes, you can set various types of sports that you want to do.🏐

 

🍉In addition to exercising in the midst of a pandemic, there are several types of food and drink that are very healthy and beneficial when consumed together. The content of different foods and drinks has many benefits for the health of the body. There are some of these foods and drinks that have high nutrition and protein that are worth a try. Like the following types of healthy foods if consumed together.🍉

 

🥦Examples of healthy foods are salad and avocado, broccoli and eggs, fruit and chocolate, oatmeal and fruit, tomatoes and olive oil, and many more. As for healthy drinks, they can be made from green tea and ginger, green tea and butter, ginger tea, vegetable juices, tomato juice, and many more. Healthy foods and drinks above are highly recommended to be consumed every day.🥦

 

🌹Indonesia, also known as the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), is a country in Southeast Asia. Crossed by the equator, it's located between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean and between the continents of Asia and Oceania. Indonesia has 17,504 islands with a population of 270,203,917 in 2020. From Sabang at the end of Aceh to Merauke in Papua, Indonesia has various ethnic groups, languages, and religions.🌹

⛰️Indonesia also has a lot of folklore, this folklore includes legends. Do you know what a legend is? So, legends are folk tales that are often associated with historical events, such as the origin of naming places. In Indonesia, there are so many islands where there are also many lakes, from small to large. One of them is Lake Toba. In the middle of this largest lake, there is also an island that is quite large, namely Samosir Island. Besides the legend of Lake Toba, there are other legends such as The Legend of Cendrawasih, Jaka Tarub, Timun Masand and many more.⛰️

🌴There are so many facts about the beauty of Indonesia that we don't know, here we will explain some facts about the beauty of nature in Indonesia:🌴

🌋1. World's Ring of Fire🌋

🔥Indonesia is a country that has many World Rings of Fire. Indonesia is named the World's Pacific Ring of Fire. This is because in Indonesia there are a series of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean, and this area is at risk of an earthquake. There are at least 450 series of active and inactive volcanoes that are semicircular horseshoe-shaped around the Philippine Sea Plate, Pacific Plate, Juan de Fuca, and Cocos Plates, and the Nazca Plate. There is a lot of seismic activity in the area.🔥

🌏2. Largest Archipelago Country🌏

💦When calculated from the area and the number of islands contained in a country, Indonesia is the largest archipelago country in the world. An archipelago state is a country in which the entire territory consists of one or more island groups, and may include other islands. Of the approximately 195 sovereign countries in the world recognized by the United Nations, 45 of them are countries classified as archipelago countries. Archipelago countries have many advantages over other countries, this is due to the large number of natural resources that come from the sea.💦

🐾3. Has Komodo’s Island🐾

🪵Komodo is the largest lizard species in the world which can reach 3 meters in length that is only found in Nusa Tenggara. According to a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, it's not that Komodo dragons can't colonize other areas or rule the world, but they don't want to do it. A group of experts who observed Komodo dragons on four islands for a decade revealed that Komodo dragons never leave their homeland in their entire life. The research team, called them a homebody group or real home children. If the Komodo dragons want, they can cover tens of miles and pass through rough terrain to get to other areas. However, they don't seem to feel the need to do that.🪵