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A | {{Infobox holiday | ||
| holiday_name = Christmas<br /><small>Christmas Day</small> | |||
| image = Nativity_tree2011.jpg | |||
| imagesize = 300px | |||
| caption = A [[nativity scene|depiction]] of the [[Nativity of Jesus]] with a [[Christmas tree]] backdrop | |||
| nickname = Noël, [[Nativity of Jesus|Nativity]], [[Xmas]], [[Yule]] | |||
| observedby = [[Christian]]s, many non-Christians<ref name="nonXians">[http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/entertainment/scripts/multifaith_christmas.pdf Christmas as a Multi-faith Festival]—BBC News. Retrieved September 30, 2008.</ref><ref name="NonXiansUSA">{{cite web|url = http://www.gallup.com/poll/113566/us-christmas-not-just-christians.aspx|title = In the U.S., Christmas Not Just for Christians|publisher = Gallup, Inc.|date = December 24, 2008|accessdate=December 16, 2012}}</ref> | |||
| date = * December 25<br />''[[Western Christianity]] and some [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern]] churches; secular world'' | |||
* {{OldStyleDate|January 7||December 25}}<br />''Some Eastern churches''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=tdsRKc_knZoC&pg=RA5-PT130&dq=Christmas+date#v=onepage&q=Christmas%20date&f=false|title=Paul Gwynne, ''World Religions in Practice'' (John Wiley & Sons 2011 ISBN 978-1-44436005-9)|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781444360059|date=September 7, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Jan7">{{cite web |url=http://www.copticchurch.net/topics/coptic_calendar/nativitydate.html |title=The Glorious Feast of Nativity: 7 January? 29 Kiahk? 25 December? |publisher=Coptic Orthodox Church Network |first=John |last=Ramzy |accessdate=January 17, 2011}}</ref>'' | |||
* January 6<br />''[[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Apostolic]] and [[Armenian Evangelical Church|Armenian Evangelical]] Churches<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=EDO5bcaMvUIC&pg=PT27&dq=%22Armenian+Christians%22+Kelly#v=onepage&q=%22Armenian%20Christians%22%20Kelly&f=false|title=Joseph F. Kelly, ''The Feast of Christmas'' (Liturgical Press 2010 ISBN 978-0-81463932-0)|publisher=|isbn=9780814639320|author1=Kelly|first1=Joseph F|year=2010}}</ref>'' | |||
* {{OldStyleDate|January 19||January 6}}<br />''[[Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Jansezian|first=Nicole|title=10 things to do over Christmas in the Holy Land|url=http://www.jpost.com/Travel/Around-Israel/10-things-to-do-over-Christmas-in-the-Holy-Land|work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|quote=...the Armenians in Jerusalem – and only in Jerusalem – celebrate Christmas on January 19...}}</ref>'' | |||
| observances = [[Church service]]s | |||
| celebrations = Gift-giving, family and other social gatherings, symbolic decoration, feasting etc. | |||
| type = [[Christianity|Christian]], cultural | |||
| significance = Commemoration of the birth of [[Jesus in Christianity|Jesus]] | |||
| relatedto = [[Christmastide]], [[Christmas Eve]], [[Advent]], [[Annunciation]], [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]], [[Baptism of the Lord]], [[Nativity Fast]], [[Nativity of Christ]], [[Yule]], [[St. Stephen's Day]], [[Boxing Day]] | |||
| frequency = Annual | |||
| duration = 1 day | |||
}} | |||
==Notes== | |||
{{notelist}} | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|30em}} | |||
