Christmas
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Christmas
Summary
Christmas is a Christian holy day[1]. Christmas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Christmas's instance of is recorded as Christian holy day[3].
- Christmas's instance of is recorded as public holiday[4].
- Christmas's instance of is recorded as federal holiday in the United States[5].
- Christmas is a type of celebration[6].
- Christmas is part of Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church[7].
- Christmas is part of Christmastide[8].
- Christmas's Commons category is recorded as Christmas[9].
- Christmas's color is recorded as white[10].
- Christmas comprises Christmas Eve[11].
- Christmas comprises Christmas Day[12].
- Christmas comprises Saint Stephen's Day[13].
- Christmas comprises Second Day of Christmas[14].
- Christmas comprises Boxing Day[15].
- Christmas's commemorates is recorded as Nativity of Jesus[16].
- Christmas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 25[17].
- Christmas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 25[18].
- Christmas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as January 19[19].
- Christmas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 24[20].
- Christmas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as January 6[21].
- Christmas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as Koiak 29[22].
- Christmas's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as January 7[23].
- Christmas's foods traditionally associated is recorded as Plätzchen[24].
- Christmas's foods traditionally associated is recorded as gingerbread[25].
- Christmas's foods traditionally associated is recorded as Christmas pudding[26].
- Christmas's foods traditionally associated is recorded as turrón[27].
Body
Context
Part of include Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church[7] and Christmastide[8], a liturgical season[28]. Recorded instance of include Christian holy day[3], public holiday[4], and federal holiday in the United States[5].
Outcome and Impact
Things named for Christmas include Kiritimati[29], an island[30], in Kiribati[31]; Natal[32], a municipality of Brazil[33], in Brazil[34], founded in 1599[35]; Christmas Eve[36], a public holiday[37]; Christmas and holiday season[38], an annual event[39]; Baptist War[40], a slave rebellion[41], in British Empire[42]; Nativity Cathedral, Riga[43], an Eastern Orthodox cathedral[44], in Latvia[45], founded in 1876[46]; Christmas flood of 1717[47], a storm surge[48], in Netherlands[49]; and Nativity of Christ Cathedral[50], an Eastern Orthodox cathedral[51], in Western Moldavia[52], founded in 1836[53].
Why It Matters
Christmas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Christmas is known by 152 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Christmas include Kiritimati[29], an island[30], in Kiribati[31]; Natal[32], a municipality of Brazil[33], in Brazil[34], founded in 1599[35]; Christmas Eve[36], a public holiday[37]; Christmas and holiday season[38], an annual event[39]; Baptist War[40], a slave rebellion[41], in British Empire[42]; and Nativity Cathedral, Riga[43], an Eastern Orthodox cathedral[44], in Latvia[45], founded in 1876[46].