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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.[2][11][12]
A feast central to the Christian liturgical
year, it is preceded by the season of
Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates
the season of Christmastide, which
historically in the West lasts twelve days
and culminates on Twelfth Night;[13] in
some traditions, Christmastide includes an
octave.[14] Christmas Day is a public
holiday in many of the world's
nations,[15][16][17] is celebrated religiously
by a majority of Christians,[18] as well as
culturally by many non-Christians,[1][19] and
forms an integral part of the holiday
season centered around it.
 Christmas

Nativity scene depicted using Christmas

lights

Also called Noël, Nativity, Xmas

Observed by Christians, many non-

Christians[1][2]

Type Christian, cultural

Significance Commemoration of
the Nativity of Jesus
Celebrations Gift-giving, family and
other social
gatherings, symbolic
decoration, feasting
etc.

Observances Church services

Date December 25:

Western Christianity
and part of the
Eastern churches[3]
January 7 [O.S.
December 25]:
Most Oriental
Orthodox and part
of the Eastern
Orthodox
churches[4][5]
January 6: Some
Anabaptists, such
as the Amish[6] and
Armenian Apostolic
Church[7][8]
January 19 [O.S.
January 6]:
Armenian
Patriarchate of
Jerusalem[9]
 Haziran 15
[approximately
June 15]: Islam[10]
(not commemorated)

Frequency Annual

Related to Christmastide,
Christmas Eve,
Advent, Annunciation,
Epiphany, Baptism of
the Lord, Nativity Fast,
Nativity of Christ, Old
Christmas, Yule, St.
Stephen's Day, Boxing
Day