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Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ celebrated worldwide on December 25th as both a religious and cultural holiday. The Christian tradition holds that Jesus was born in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph, as the prophets had foretold, with shepherds told of his birth by angels and later shared the news. Although the exact date is unknown, the church designated December 25th, corresponding to the Roman winter solstice.

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ celebrated worldwide on December 25th as both a religious and cultural holiday. The Christian tradition holds that Jesus was born in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph, as the prophets had foretold, with shepherds told of his birth by angels and later shared the news. Although the exact date is unknown, the church designated December 25th, corresponding to the Roman winter solstice.

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Christmas 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. 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 West lasts twelve days and culminates
on Twelfth Night; in some traditions, Christmastide includes an octave. Christmas Day is a public
holiday in many of the world's nations is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as
culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centered around
it.

The traditional Christmas narrative, the Nativity of Jesus, delineated in the New Testament says that
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in accordance with messianic prophecies. When Joseph and Mary
arrived in the city, the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was
soon born, with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then further disseminated the
information. Although the month and date of Jesus' birth are unknown, the church in the early
fourth century fixed the date as December 25. This corresponds to the date of the solstice on the
Roman calendar.

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