The Christians all over the world celebrate the event of Christmas whole heartedly.
There are a few days left for this event to be celebrated but the shopping of this event has been started and people are decorating their homes and Christmas trees.
It is very important to learn about the background of this event and you will come to know why people exchange gifts on this occasion.
Christmas marks the birth of the Jesus and this event is celebrated across the globe.
The gift exchange is a special tradition that has a unique history and goes back beyond the Jesus.
The gifts were used to celebrate the New Year in the ancient Rome and this tradition still continues.
According to the Bible, the three Magi came and distributed many gifts among the people.
Since, then the gift exchange among the loved ones has become a tradition on the Christmas.
The older Roman tradition and this one are continue today.
That's all about the historical background of gifts exchanging on the New Year and the Christmas.
The tradition of gifts giving by the Santa Claus is also very hot favorite incident for the children.
The Santa Claus gives them beautiful; gifts on the Christmas event.
This tradition started in the older times when a person called Saint Nicholas started it.
Saint Nicholas was very famous for his politeness to the children.
During the 4th century the tradition of gifts giving on the event of Christmas is attributed to him.
The today's modern concept of the Santa Claus is considered to be based on that trend introduced by the Saint Nicholas in the 4th century.
The Christmas gifts giving tradition is linked to the story of the 4th century.
The Nicholas came to know about a family where the father had three daughters and he was unable to provide them the food properly.
Nicholas helped them with the gold and did not disclose his identity.
This tale became too much popular in the tenth century and the whole Christian community adopted it to give gifts on the occasion of Christmas.