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Christmas is an annual holiay that celebrates the birth of Jesus. It refers both to the day celebrating the birth, as well as to the season which that day inaugurates, which concludes with the Feast of the Epiphany. The date of the celebration is traditional, and is not considered to be his actual date of birth. Christmas festivities often combine the commemoration of Jesus' birth with various cultural customs, many of which have been influenced by earlier winter festivals. Although nominally a Christian holiday, it is also observed as a cultural holiday by many non-Christians.

Trivia about christmas

  • The Copts celebrate this holiday on January 7, 13 days after we've roasted all our chestnuts
  • It's traditional to serve plum pudding on this holiday, but don't put any plums in it
  • A carol is a simple occasional song most often associated with this holiday
  • Eggnog latte is most associated with this holiday season (& don't say eggnog season!)
  • On this observance, a Dutchman will wish you "Vrolijke Kerstmis"
  • It's the last federal holiday of the year
  • Holiday on which Washington "crossed the Delaware"
  • Mary Higgins Clark's recent book "Silent Night" takes place on the eve of this holiday
  • Panettone, a traditional Italian treat for this holiday, can be baked in a coffee can
  • Max the dog narrates the hit musical about "How the Grinch Stole" this holiday
  • The English eat a mince pie named for this December holiday
  • In Tudor England the Abbot of Misrule was in charge of all the court festivities for this December holiday
  • This holiday "comes but once a year and when it comes it brings good cheer"
  • This holiday is also called the Feast of the Nativity
  • Buche de Noel, a cake decorated to resemble a Yule log, is a tradition for this holiday
  • The collection "Breakfast at Tiffany's" included the touching tale "Memory" of this holiday
  • In Mexico the 9 days before this holiday are called posadas, meaning "inns"
  • Every year on this holiday, Washington's crossing of the Delaware is reenacted near Trenton, New Jersey
  • In Sweden the Julbord is the smorgasbord for this holiday
  • Parang, a style of music with songs called anunciacions & nacimientos, is popular at this time of the year
  • Natal, South Africa was named for the Portuguese word for this holiday
  • John Grisham switched gears with "Skipping" this holiday, about a couple who want to skip the consumerism
  • With black roots, but pink & white flowers, Helleborus niger is the "rose" named for this holiday
  • "Unto Us A Child Is Born" is for this day
  • In colonial Massachusetts, Puritans made this Christian holiday illegal
  • A 6th-century monk originally established the first day of the Christian era not as January the 1st, but this holiday
  • "The Haunted Man" was the last of 5 books Dickens wrote about this holiday
  • With the help pf Christina Applegate & James Gandolfini, Ben Affleck seeks to survive this holiday
  • I've never belted out "Here We Come A-Wassailing", traditionally sung to celebrate this, but I'm still takin' this day off!
  • Charlemagne is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III: this day, 800 A.D.
  • For this holiday, schoolchildren in Australia receive a 6-week summer vacation

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