What Is Christmas All About

Learn all about the history and meaning of christmas it s origins both christian and pagan celebrations.

What is christmas all about. Learn all about the christian festival of christmas with fun interactive videos activities downloads quizzes and revision guides for ks2 school children. Xristos therefore x mass today we know that christ was not born on the 25th of december. Christmas christian festival celebrating the birth of jesus the english term christmas mass on christ s day is of fairly recent origin. 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 is a religious holiday celebrating the birth of jesus as well as a cultural and commercial event. 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. 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. Christmas is the annual christian festival celebrating christ s birth held on december 25.