Christmas Day

These include baby jesus the nativity and the three kings but also santa claus reindeer and elves.

Christmas day. Christmas day inclusive of its vigil christmas eve is a festival in the lutheran churches a holy day of obligation in the roman catholic church and a principal feast of the anglican communion. Learn about the history of christmas santa claus and holiday traditions worldwide. The bible didn t give any specific details on the exact date or year that christ was born and many have speculated when the actual date was. Common objects at this time of year are pine trees holly decorations fairy lights candles and presents.

Christmas is celebrated to remember the birth of jesus christ who christians believe is the son of god. A mass service which is sometimes called communion or eucharist is where christians remember that jesus died for us and then came. On december 25th each year over 2 billion people over a third of the world s population will celebrate the birth of christ. If you plan to travel with public transport check with the local transport authority on schedule changes.

Since then christmas day has become a steadily more important holiday. December 25th christmas day. Christmas christian festival celebrating the birth of jesus the english term christmas mass on christ s day is of fairly recent origin. Why is christmas day on the 25th december.

Other christian denominations do not rank their feast days but nevertheless place importance on christmas eve christmas day as with other. A wide range of people and objects represent christmas. The name christmas comes from the mass of christ or jesus. Most countries around the world celeb.

Christmas day is a public holiday in many countries worldwide including australia canada the united kingdom and the united states. 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 the corresponding terms in other languages navidad in spanish natale in italian noël in french all. Read about christmas day around the world in 2020.