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Therefore, these Orthodox Christians mark December 25 (and thus Christmas) on the same day that is internationally considered to be December 25. ... December 24, 1968 ...
Map of countries where Christmas is a formal public holiday either on December 24/25 or January 6/7. Color 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 (Slovenia)).
The Adoration of the Magi, Fresco at the Lower Church of the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi in Assisi, Italy. Christmastide, commonly called the Twelve Days of Christmas, lasts 12 days, from 25 December to 5 January, the latter date being named as Twelfth Night. [12]
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 ...
During this time one feast leads into another: 25–31 December is the afterfeast of the Nativity; ... On 24 December, Christmas Eve, the Christmas night mass, ...
The greetings and farewells "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Christmas" are traditionally used in English-speaking countries, starting a few weeks before December 25 every year. Variations are: "Merry Christmas", the traditional English greeting, composed of merry ( jolly, happy ) and Christmas ( Old English : Cristes mæsse, for Christ's Mass ).
Christmas Eve: 24 December – In many countries e.g. the German speaking countries, but also in Poland, Hungary and the Nordic countries, gift giving is on 24 December. Christmas Day: 25 December and 7 January – celebrated by Christians and non-Christians alike. [6] [7] [8] Anastasia of Sirmium feast day: 25 December
[24] [20] [26] According to C. Philipp E. Nothaft, a professor at Trinity College Dublin, a historically Protestant University, though this "is nowadays used as the default explanation for the choice of 25 December as Christ's birthday, few advocates of this theory seem to be aware of how paltry the available evidence actually is". [27]