- Christmas | Origin, Definition, Traditions, History, Facts | Britannica
Christmas, Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl, which referred to the feast of the winter solstice
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Christmas was traditionally a Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, but in the early 20th century, it also became a secular family holiday, observed by Christians and non-Christians alike
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Christmas, Christian festival celebrated on December 25, commemorating the birth of Jesus December 25 was identified by Sextus Julius Africanus in 221 ce as the day on which Christmas would be celebrated, and it was celebrated in Rome by 336 ce
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Christmas was celebrated on December 25 in Rome as early as ad 336 according to an ancient Roman almanac In the latter half of the 4th century, the Eastern and Western churches adopted each other’s festivals, thus establishing the modern Christian 12-day celebration from Christmas to Epiphany
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History The word Christmas comes from the Old English term Cristes maesse, meaning “Christ’s mass ” That was the name of the Christian worship service held on December 25 to honor the birth of Jesus
- Christmas | Origin, Definition, Traditions, History, Facts
Christmas, Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic jōl or the Anglo-Saxon geōl, which referred to the feast of the winter solstice
- History of Christmas ‑ Origins, Traditions Facts | HISTORY
Christmas is celebrated on December 25 and is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon For two millennia, people around the world have been observing it
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The idea of a mailed winter holiday greeting gradually caught on in both Britain and the U S , with the Kansas City-based Hall Brothers (now Hallmark) creating a folded card sold with an envelope
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