Christmas

Summary

Christmas is a Christian holy day^[1]. Christmas ranks in the top 9% of christian_holy_day entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,108 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Christmas's image is recorded as Adoration of the Shepherds, Murillo (Prado Museum).jpg^[3].
• Christmas's instance of is recorded as Christian holy day^[4].
• Christmas's instance of is recorded as public holiday^[5].
• Christmas's instance of is recorded as federal holiday in the United States^[6].
• Christmas's GND ID is recorded as 4065075-3^[7].
• Christmas's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85025303^[8].
• Christmas's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11938756z^[9].
• Christmas's IdRef ID is recorded as 027319466^[10].
• Christmas's subclass of is recorded as celebration^[11].
• Christmas's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00567029^[12].
• Christmas's part of is recorded as Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church^[13].
• Christmas's part of is recorded as Christmastide^[14].
• Christmas's Commons category is recorded as Christmas^[15].
• Christmas's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q34239 (kok)-Fredericknoronha-Natal.wav^[16].
• Christmas's color is recorded as white^[17].
• Christmas's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 6510^[18].
• Christmas's has part is recorded as Christmas Eve^[19].
• Christmas's has part is recorded as Christmas Day^[20].
• Christmas's has part is recorded as Saint Stephen's Day^[21].
• Christmas's has part is recorded as Second Day of Christmas^[22].
• Christmas's has part is recorded as Boxing Day^[23].
• Christmas's commemorates is recorded as Nativity of Jesus^[24].
• Christmas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vq3^[25].
• Christmas's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph117162^[26].
• Christmas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 25^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Christmas include Christmas Island^[28], an administrative territorial entity^[29], in Australia^[30], founded in 1958^[31]; Kiritimati^[32], an island^[33], in Kiribati^[34]; December^[35], a calendar month^[36]; Church of the Nativity^[37], a minor basilica^[38], in Palestine^[39], founded in 0327^[40]; Christmas Eve^[41], a public holiday^[42]; Natal^[43], a municipality of Brazil^[44], in Brazil^[45], founded in 1599^[46]; Christmas and holiday season^[47], an annual event^[48]; and Baptist War^[49], a slave rebellion^[50], in British Empire^[51].

Why It Matters

Christmas ranks in the top 9% of christian_holy_day entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,108 views/month).^[2] Christmas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[52] Christmas is known by 152 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[53]

Entities named for Christmas include Christmas Island^[28], an administrative territorial entity^[29], in Australia^[30], founded in 1958^[31]; Kiritimati^[32], an island^[33], in Kiribati^[34]; December^[35], a calendar month^[36]; Church of the Nativity^[37], a minor basilica^[38], in Palestine^[39], founded in 0327^[40]; Christmas Eve^[41], a public holiday^[42]; and Natal^[43], a municipality of Brazil^[44], in Brazil^[45], founded in 1599^[46].