What Christmas Means

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What christmas means. These are the general meanings of christmas to many people. Christmas is a christian festival when the birth of jesus christ is celebrated. The form christenmas was also. Christmas devotion the real meaning of christmas by martha noebel.

How to use christmas in a sentence. Christmas definition is a christian feast on december 25 or among some eastern orthodox christians on january 7 that commemorates the birth of christ and is usually observed as a legal holiday. The phrase dates back to 1038 more than 1 000 years after jesus christ was born while the word xmas originated in the 16th century. December has come and with it all the joys of christmas.

Celebrated on december 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and for many an occasion for exchanging gifts. Is it the gifts under the tree the lights in the windows the cards in the mail turkey dinners with family and friends snow in the yard stockings. But what is the real meaning of christmas. The most covered version was written by allen story anna gordy gaye and george gordy it has been recorded by many artists including.

Christmas christian festival celebrating the birth of jesus the english term christmas mass on christ s day is of fairly recent origin. Etymology christmas is a shortened form of christ s mass the word is recorded as crīstesmæsse in 1038 and cristes messe in 1131. Christmas means to spend more time with family showing gratitude and loving sharing and making people happy and remembering the birth of the savior jesus christ. What christmas means to me is the name of several different christmas songs.

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. Meaning pronunciation translations and examples.