First Christmas Day

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First christmas day. 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. For the first three hundred years of the church s existence birthdays were not given much emphasis not even the birth of christ. Most christians today probably can t imagine christmas on any other day than december 25 but it wasn t always that way. Christmas day is a public holiday in many countries worldwide including australia canada the united kingdom and the united states.

In fact for the first three centuries of christianity s existence. 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 day on which a saint died was considered more significant than his or her birth as it ushered him or her into the kingdom of heaven. This day december 25 336 is the first recorded celebration of christmas.

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.