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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), [46] 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. [47]
There are two competing theories on why 25 December was chosen as the date of Christmas, [18] [19] although theology professor Susan Roll writes that liturgical historians generally accept that it had some relation to "the winter solstice and the popularity of solar worship in the later Roman Empire". [20]
Champions Preston North End faced Aston Villa on Christmas Day 1889 [187] and the last December 25 fixture was in 1965 in England, Blackpool beating Blackburn Rovers 4–2. [186] One of the most memorable images of the Christmas truce during World War I was the games of football played between the opposing sides on Christmas Day 1914.
Much like Thanksgiving, the actual day of the week that Christmas is celebrated on changes each year. Christmas Day falls on Wednesday, December 25 in 2024. Why is Christmas celebrated on December 25?
Christmas wasn't always on December 25. The day of Jesus's birth is actually not mentioned in the Bible, according to The Washington Post. It was initially believed to have taken place on January ...
Christmas is always celebrated in America on the 25th of December, but the day of the week rotates. Here are the days of the week Christmas falls on for the next five years: Saturday, December 25 ...
It is a public holiday in many nations, including some such as India where the majority of the population is not Christian. On this see the articles on Christmas and Christmas traditions. 26 December is "Saint Stephen's Day", a feast day in the Western Church. In the United Kingdom and its former colonies, it is also the secular holiday of ...
In the modern pagan movement of Heathenry there are a number of holidays celebrated by different groups and individuals. The most widely observed are based on ancient Germanic practices described in historical accounts or folk practices; however, some adherents also incorporate innovations from the 20th and 21st centuries.