Christmas
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Christmas
Summary
Christmas is a Christian holy day[1]. Christmas ranks in the top 9% of christian_holy_day entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62,517 views/month).[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 Christmas Island[29], an administrative territorial entity[30], in Australia[31], founded in 1958[32]; December[33], a calendar month[34]; Kiritimati[35], an island[36], in Kiribati[37]; Church of the Nativity[38], a minor basilica[39], in Palestine[40], founded in 0327[41]; Natal[42], a municipality of Brazil[43], in Brazil[44], founded in 1599[45]; Christmas Eve[46], a public holiday[47]; Christmas and holiday season[48], an annual event[49]; and La Navidad[50], a human settlement[51], in Haiti[52], founded in 1492[53].
Why It Matters
Christmas ranks in the top 9% of christian_holy_day entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62,517 views/month).[2] Christmas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Christmas is known by 178 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for Christmas include Christmas Island[29], an administrative territorial entity[30], in Australia[31], founded in 1958[32]; December[33], a calendar month[34]; Kiritimati[35], an island[36], in Kiribati[37]; Church of the Nativity[38], a minor basilica[39], in Palestine[40], founded in 0327[41]; Natal[42], a municipality of Brazil[43], in Brazil[44], founded in 1599[45]; and Christmas Eve[46], a public holiday[47].