Christmas Religion
Christians have been celebrating jesus birth on december 25 since at least the early fourth century.
Christmas religion. Christmas has also become a secular family holiday that is observed by christians and non christians is marked by the exchange of gifts and features the mythical figure of santa claus. Christmas christian festival celebrating the birth of jesus. Christmas or feast of the nativity 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. The holy family mary and joseph with the baby jesus.
A feast central to the christian liturgical year it is preceded by the season of advent or the nativity fast and initiates the season of christmastide which historically in the. Christmas from old english christes maesse christ s mass is the festive celebration of the birth of jesus christ observed each year on december 25. December 25 has become widely accepted as the date of jesus birth.