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Christmas. Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 [ a] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the liturgical year in Christianity, it follows the season of Advent (which begins four Sundays before) or the Nativity ...
December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; six days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 36 ...
The earliest source stating 25 December as the date of birth of Jesus is likely a book by Hippolytus of Rome, written in the early 3rd century. [128] He based his view on the assumption that the conception of Jesus took place at the Spring equinox which Hippolytus placed on 25 March, and then added nine months to calculate the date of birth.
Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. [ 4] Christmas Day is observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day. Together, both days are considered one of the most culturally ...
Twelve Days of Christmas. The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as the Twelve Days of Christmastide, are the festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity . Christmas Day is the First Day. The Twelve Days are 25 December to 5 January, counting first and last. The Octave, or Eighth Day, is New Year's Day and the Feast of the Circumcision ...
The "12 Days of Christmas" referenced in the carol reference the 12 days following Christmas, also known as Twelvetide in Christianity. The period begins with the birth of Christ on December 25th ...
Status of observance. Map of countries where Christmas is a formal public holiday either on December 24/25 or January 6/7. Colour shading indicates "Days of rest". Note: Slovenia does have two days of rest, but the 26th is not a Christmas-related public holiday ( Independence and Unity Day ). Many national governments recognize Christmas as an ...
In a sermon delivered on December 25, 380, St. Gregory of Nazianzus referred to the day as "the Theophany" (ta theophania, formerly the name of a pagan festival at Delphi), [43] saying expressly that it is a day commemorating "the holy nativity of Christ" and told his listeners that they would soon be celebrating the baptism of Christ. [44]