Merry Christmas & Happy YALDA Night!

Six nights ago, Iranians celebrated the longest night of the year. In Iran, all members of a family come together on the winter solstice (on the twenty-first of December) and stay together until midnight. They prepare all kinds of available fruits and nuts for this night, especially watermelon and pomegranate. This night is called YALDA Night. Yalda originated at least 4000 years ago in Iranian culture. Orientalists believe that the Christmas ceremony was taken from this Iranian tradition and there is strong evidence to prove that. Iranian new year starts at the beginning of spring (on the spring equinox), when night and day are of equal length.


Iranian new year:
http://www.italki.com/entry/534198

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Well done and very interesting! I attended the Yalda Night celebration at my local university. It was a very enriching experience. I truly enjoyed myself.

A few observations about your essay:

1. Iranian, as a proper adjective, does not have a plural form. 

2. Evidence is not countable (usually); therefore, we don't use the plural form. 

3. I changed the order of the words and phrases in a few cases; they are optional changes pertaining to style.

I congratulate you on your excellent English!

Merry Christmas & Happy YALDA Night!

Iranians celebrated six nights ago because of the longest night of the year.
In Iran, all members of a family come together and stay up together until midnight. They prepare all kinds of fruits and nuts for this night, especially watermelon and pomegranate.
This night is called YALDA Night.
Yalda rooted in at least 4000 years ago in Iranians culture.
Orientalists belive that the Christmas ceremony was taken from this Iranian tradition and there is much strong evidence to prove that.
Iranian new year starts at the beginning of spring.
The day that night length and day length is equal.


Iranians' new year:
http://www.italki.com/entry/534198

Merry Christmas & Happy YALDA Night!

Iranians celebrated YALDA Night six nights ago; it is the longest night of the year.

In Iran, during YALDA Night, all members of a family come together and stay together until midnight. They prepare different kinds of dishes using the fruits and nuts that are available during this season. Commonly used fruits are watermelon and pomegranate.  

Yalda has been a tradition for at least 4000 years in Iranian culture.

Orientalists belive that the Christmas tradition was taken from the Iranian tradition of Yalda and there is a lot of evidence to prove this belief.
The Iranian new year starts from the beginning of spring, when the length of the day and night are the same.

Iranian new year:
http://www.italki.com/entry/534198

<em>Thank you for sharing! Happy Yalda!</em>