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Tûnhma deuh kha chuan Christmas rim a nam a, a zûna mi tin an uai tantirh lai vêl leh a saseh tak tak a lo thlena duhsakna leh chibai inbûkna atân ‘Merry Christmas’ an ti thin. He tawngkam tawi te hian Pathian hmangaihna nasatzia leh a fapa Isua Krista inpêkna ropuizia a târlang chiang hle. Christmas lai chuan tu man buaina siam an duh lo va, chhungkaw inngeih lo deuh pawh inhauh loh hrâm a, hlim taka hun hman an tum thin.
'Merry’ tih thumal hi Sapho tawng hlui ‘myrige’ tih atanga lâk a ni a, a awmzia chu ‘nêlawm’ ‘pawmawm’ tihna a ni. ‘Merry month of May’ tiha ‘Merry’ hi chu thil hlimawm lam sawina a ni thung. 336 AD-na vêl atang khân Christmas an hmang tan a, Christmas chibai inbûkna hi kum 1565 vêl atang khân an chîng tan bawk. Chuta tang chuan tûn thlengin Christmas chibai inbûkna hi kan uar deuh deuh a, tûnah chuan mi tam takin a bulpui ngaihtuah lêm lovin ‘Merry month of May’ tih ang maiin Merry Christmas tiin chibai kan inbûk a, a then phei chuan Happy Holiday tiin Christmas chu kan paih bo titih ta!
19th century tâwp lam vêl khân Great Britain chuan ‘Merry Christmas’ tih aiin ‘Happy Christmas’ tih an hmang uar tan a. A lo chhuahna tak chu Methodist hoin ‘Merry’ tih chu ‘rui hai’, ‘zu rui’ sawina nia an ngaih vang a ni. Queen Elizabeth II pawhin Christmas thuchah a sawinaah ‘Happy Christmas’ tiin mipuite chibai a bûk nghe nghe.
Sap hoin ‘Christmas season’ an tih hi ‘Chrismastide’ tih nên thuhmuna hman thin a ni a, ‘Yuletide’ tih atanga lâk chhâwn a ni. December ni 25 atanga January ni 6 thleng (ni 12) a awh a, chu chu ‘the Twelve Days of Christmas’ an ti thin. Kum zabi 20-na tâwp lamah khân Juda-ho kût ‘Hanukah’ (Festival of lights, Feast of Dedication) an tih ni riat lai awh leh African American kût ‘Kwanzaa’ te nên Christmas hi a inrual thin avangin ‘Christmas season’ an tih thin chu ‘Holiday season’ tiin an hmang tan. Christmas hun lai vêk hian Muslim hun pawimawh ‘Eid al-Fitr’ (Feast of Breaking the Fast, the Sugar Feast, Sweet Festival) an tih inher chhuah hun nên a inrual châng a awm bawk thin. Hei vang hian Merry Christmas tih chuan hmun a chang tlêm ta tial tial a ni.
Hun a lo kal a, sumdawng mite leh khawvêl sawrkar ngei pawhin ‘Merry Christmas’ tih chu a aia tawngkam mawi leh huam zau zâwk nia ngaiin ‘Happy Holiday’ tia thlâk an duh ta a. Chû’ng zînga langsar leh hmang hmasa ber chu Wal-Mart company a ni. Wal-Mart chuan kum 2004 khân Merry Christmas tia mite chibai an bûkna thin chu Happy Holiday tiin an thlâk a. Sakhua tih bîk hawi lutuk lo a ni bawk a, an company infakna tawngkam berah an neih ta a ni.
Kum 2009 khân White House (US) chuan a kawta thingkûng an chei, a hminga ‘Christmas tree’ an tih chu ‘Holiday tree’ tiin a hming an thlâk a. Inhnialna pawh a chawh chhuah phah nasa hle. Heta tang hian khawvêl hmun tinah Merry Christmas tia chibai inbûkna leh induhsakna lantirna chu Happy Holiday tia thlâk a lo ni ta hlawm a ni. A bikin US leh Canada ramah an uar fâl hle a, tunah chuan khawvêl hmun tinah an uar ta viau mai.
Sumdawng mite tân hun tha a ni a, Kristian leh Kristian lote pawhin bazar nân hun an hmang nasa hle. He hun remchang hi chuhin mi tin mahni kawng kawngah kan phe suau suau a, hun tha tawi tê hi a hlâwk thei ang ber leh âm thei ang bera hman kan tum thin. Sumdawng mite chuan an thil zawrh an hralh theih nân mite hîp thei tur ang berin an infak mawi a. Kristiante hunpui a nihna lam ai mahin chawlh (holiday) ang maiin Kristiante hlei hlei hian kan hmang a ni mai âwm e.
Kristian kher lo pawhin ‘Merry Christmas’ tih chu chibai inbûk nân an hmang fo va. Hei hian khawvêl leh a chhûnga awm zawng zawng hi Pathian ta a nihzia a tilang chiang hle. Amaherawhchu, Kristian ni lo sakhua tam tak an awm a, chû’ng mite thinlung hneha Kristianna thai bo duhna rilru avanga ‘Happy Holiday’ tih tawngkam rawn hmang pawh an ni maithei.
Mizorama Kristianna a rawn luh atanga tûn thleng hian Christmas kan hman dân hi chhui kîr ta ila, kan thinlung bawng ina Lal thar pian nawntîr ai mahin ropuina, mawina leh nawmsakna lam kan hawi ta telh telh niin a lang. Biak ina inkhawm aiin tuallai chei mawi bula thla lâk kan châk zâwk a. Zaikhawm aiin thiante nêna inkawm khâwm kan hrât ta. Hrawk bâwk chin chunglamin ‘Merry Christmas’ ti thin mah ila, kan thinlungah chuan ‘Happy Holiday’ a lang lian zâwk a ni mai âwm mang e.
Mizote zîngah ngei pawh Happy Holiday tih tawngkam hmang kan awm ta nual mai. Holiday awmzia kan hria; mi tinin a nuam thei ang bera hman kan tum thin. Holiday kan thlâkhlelh viauna chhan chu intihhlimna leh huau huau boruak siam kan châk vang a ni. Christmas hi lei leh vân boral mai tur chhanchhuak tûra Isua Krista rawn pian hun a ni a, holiday satliah ang maia hman chu a uiawm asin!
Tûnah chuan tam takin Isua pian champhaphâk hi ‘Merry Christmas’ tih aiin ‘Happy Holiday’ tih kan duh zâwk a, kohhran bêl lêm lovin nawm chen nân kan hmang ta fo mai. Nang leh kei chuan kan hma lawka hunpui lo thleng tur hi ‘Happy Holiday’ ti mai lovin ‘Merry Christmas’ tiin thinlungah Isua i pian nawntîr zâwk ang u.
