Christmas [Christ‘s Mass], in the Christian calendar, feast of the nativity of Jesus, celebrated in Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches on Dec. 25. In liturgical importance it ranks afterEaster,Pentecost, andEpiphany(Jan. 6). The observance probably does not date earlier thanA.D.200 and ...
Christmas(literally, theMassofChrist) is aholidayin theChristian calendar, usually observed onDecember 25, which celebrates the birth ofJesus. According to the Christiangospels, Jesus was born toMaryinBethlehem, where she and her husbandJosephhad travelled to register in theRomancensus. Christ‘s bi...