"Towards the end of each year, the Lord God wants to remind people where the path of evil leads, and therefore in autumn the days start to get shorter, the darkness descends earlier every night and leaves later every morning, cold sets in and the waters freeze, and the reign of darkness slowly begins to suffocate the world. And we humans get scared and remember all the bad things we have done during the year, and when the shortest day comes and the Angel of Light descends among us to look for goodness, we all light the candles of the Christmas trees at the same time, so that the Lord God, when he looks down, see light on earth and forgive the evil in them because of the good in us.
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Towards the end of each year, the Lord God wants to remind people where the path of evil leads, and therefore in autumn the days start to get shorter, the darkness descends earlier every night and leaves later every morning, cold sets in and the waters freeze, and the reign of darkness slowly begins to suffocate the world. And we humans get scared and remember all the bad things we have done during the year, and when the shortest day comes and the Angel of Light descends among us to look for goodness, we all light the candles of the Christmas trees at the same time, so that the Lord God, when he looks down, see light on earth and forgive the evil in them because of the good in us.
""Minden esztendőnek a vége felé az Úristen emlékeztetni akarja az embereket arra, hogy a gonoszság útja hova vezet, s ezért ősszel a napok rövidülni kezdenek, a sötétség minden este korábban szakad alá, és minden reggel későbben távozik, hideg támad, és befagynak a vizek, s a sötétség uralma lassan elkezdi megfojtani a világot. Mi, emberek pedig megijedünk, s eszünkbe jut mindaz a sok rossz, amit elkövettünk az esztendő alatt, és amikor eljön a legrövidebb nap, és a Világosság angyala alászáll közénk jóságot keresni, egyszerre mind meggyújtjuk a karácsonyfák gyertyáit, hogy az Úristen, ha alátekint, fényt lásson a földön, s megbocsássa a bennünk lévő jó miatt a bennük lévő rosszat."