Te Pō Kirihimete

Ko te Pō Kirihimete te ahiahi, te rā katoa rānei i muaTe Rā Kirihimete, te hakari hei whakanuite whānautangaoIhuKo te Rā Kirihimetei kitea puta noa i te ao, ā, e whakanuia whānuitia ana te Pō Kirihimete hei hararei katoa, hei hararei wāhanga rānei, hei whakarite mō te Rā Kirihimete. I te whakakotahitanga, e kiia ana ēnei rā e rua ko tētahi o ngā whakanuinga ahurea tino nui i roto i te Karaitianatanga me te hapori o te Hauāuru.

Ngā whakanui Kirihimete i roto i tengā hāhi whakaponooKaraitianatanga o te Hauāurukua tīmata kē i te Pō Kirihimete, nā te mea i tīmata te rā karakia Karaitiana i te torengitanga o te rā, he mahi i ahu mai i ngā tikanga Hūrai, ā, i runga i tete kōrero o te Hangangai roto i tePukapuka o Kenehi"A ko te ahiahi, ko te ata - ko te ra tuatahi." He maha tonu ngā hāhi e karanga ana i tā rātoungā pere o te whare karakiaā, pupuringā inoii te ahiahi; hei tauira, te NordicRūteranangā hāhi. Nā te mea e kī ana te tikanga tuku ihoIhui whānau i te pō (i roto i a Ruka 2:6-8),Misa o te Waenganui Pōe whakanuia ana i te Pō Kirihimete, i te tikanga i waenganui pō, hei whakamaumaharatanga mō tōna whānautanga. Ko te whakaaro mō te whānautanga o Ihu i te pō e whakaatahia ana i roto i te meka e kiia ana te Pō Kirihimete ko Heilige Nacht (Pō Tapu) i te reo Tiamana, ko Nochebuena (te Pō Pai) i te reo Pāniora, me ētahi atu whakaaturanga o te wairuatanga Kirihimete, pērā i te waiata."Pō Mārie, Pō Tapu".

He maha atu anō ngā tikanga me ngā wheako ahurea rerekē e pā ana ki te Pō Kirihimete huri noa i te ao, tae atu ki te huihuinga o te whānau me ngā hoa, te waiata oNgā waiata Kirihimete, te māramatanga me te ahuareka oNgā rama Kirihimete, ngā rākau, me ētahi atu whakapaipai, te takai, te whakawhiti me te whakatuwheratanga o ngā koha, me te whakarite whānui mō te Rā Kirihimete. Ko ngā tino tangata rongonui e mau ana i ngā koha Kirihimete tae atu kiHāta Karau,Matua Kirihimete,te Karaiti, meHato Nikorae kiia ana hoki ka wehe atu rātou mō tā rātou haerenga ā-tau ki te tuku koha ki ngā tamariki huri noa i te ao i te Pō Kirihimete, ahakoa tae noa ki tePorotetanii te whakaurunga mai o te Karaiti ki Ūropi i te rautau 16, i kiia ko aua tāngata hei tuku koha i te ahiahi oTe rā whakanui o Hato Nikora(6 o Hakihea).