Christmas

Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus. In Western churches it is observed on 25 December. The name comes from Christ's Mass.

A civil record of the feast on 25 December is in the Roman Chronograph of 354. Churches that keep the Julian calendar mark the Nativity on a later civil date, currently 7 January.

The decorated tree, Christmas cards, and gift-giving became widespread in Europe and then beyond. The tile below counts down to the next 25 December in the CountMoments catalog.

In Western churches the Christmas season closes on 6 January, Epiphany. Boxing Day, 26 December, is kept in the United Kingdom and several other countries.