Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.... Wikipedia

• Also called:  Noël, Nativity, Xmas
• Observed by:  Christians, many non-Christians
• 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, January 7 [O.S. ]December 25: Most Oriental Orthodox and part of the Eastern Orthodox churches, January 6: Some Anabaptists, such as the Amish and Armenian Apostolic Church, January 19 [O.S. ]January 6: Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
• date:  December 25: Western Christianity and part of the Eastern churches, January 7 [O.S. ]December 25: Most Oriental Orthodox and part of the Eastern Orthodox churches, January 6: Some Anabaptists, such as the Amish and Armenian Apostolic Church, January 19 [O.S. ]January 6: Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
• 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
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo