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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 ...
2015 (Friday) 2014 (Thursday) 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.
December 25: Christmas (Western Christianity; Gregorian calendar); Quaid-e-Azam Day in Pakistan. Halley's Comet. AD 36 – After the death of Emperor Gongsun Shu of Chengjia, the empire was conquered by the Eastern Han dynasty. 1758 – Based on predictions by Edmond Halley in 1705, Johann Georg Palitzsch observed a comet that was later named ...
Date. 17–23 December. Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through 19 December. By the 1st century B.C., the celebration had been extended through 23 December, for a total of seven days of festivities. [ 1]
Our guide features the best gifts to make people with December birthdays feel special and celebrated, separate from the month's holidays. 14 gifts to make December birthdays feel special Skip to ...
25 December: Christmas: Nadal: Celebrates the birth of Jesus. The Tio de Nadal is a part of the celebrations. 26 December: St. Stephen's Day: Sant Esteve: It is celebrated right after Christmas, with a big meal including canelons. These are stuffed with the ground remaining meat from the escudella i carn d'olla, turkey or capó of the previous ...
March 10, 1911. 113 years, 164 days. Costa Rican. First Lady of Costa Rica; widow of President of Costa Rica Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich [ 1] Anita Mackey. F. January 1, 1914. 110 years, 233 days. American.
In the 17th century, Isaac Newton, who was coincidentally born on 25 December, suggested the date of Christmas was chosen to correspond with the winter solstice. [110] In 1743, German scholar Paul Ernst Jablonski argued the date was chosen to correspond with the Natalis Solis Invicti. [111]