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Christmas or Christmas Day ( Old
English : Crīstesmæsse , literally "Christ's
mass") is an annual commemoration of
the birth of Jesus Christ ,[5][6] celebrated
generally on December 25 [2][3][4] as a
religious and cultural holiday by billions
of people around the world. A feast
central to the Christian liturgical year, it
closes the Advent season and initiates the
twelve days ofChristmastide. [7]
Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the
world's nations ,[8][9][10] is celebrated
by an increasing number of non-
Christians, [1][11][12] and is an integral
part of the Christmas and holiday season .
The precise year of Jesus' birth , which
some historians place between 7 and 2
BC, is unknown. [13][14] By the early-to-
mid 4th century, Western Christianity had
placedChristmas on December 25, a date
later adopted in the East. [15][16] The
date of Christmas may have initially been
chosen to correspond with the day exactly
nine months after the Annunciation , the
date Christians believe Jesus to have been
conceived, [17] (as well as the date of the
southern solstice , i.e., the Roman winter
solstice ), with a sun connection being
possible because Christiansconsider
Jesus to be the "Sun of righteousness"
prophesied in Malachi 4:2 .[17][18][19]
[20][21]
The original date of the celebration in
Eastern Christianity was January 6, in
connection with Epiphany , and that is still
the date of the celebration for the
Armenian Apostolic Church and in
Armenia , where it is a public holiday. As
of 2012, there is a difference of 13 days
between themodern Gregorian calendar
and the older Julian calendar . Those who
continue to use the Julian calendar or its
equivalents thus celebrate December 25
and January 6 on what for the majority of
the world is January 7 and January 19. For
this reason, Ethiopia , Russia, Ukraine ,
Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia, and
the Republic of Moldova celebrate
Christmas on what in the Gregoriancalendar is January 7; all the Greek
Orthodox Churches celebrate Christmas
on December 25.

New Year's Day is observed on January
1, the first day of the year on the modern
Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian
calendar used in ancient Rome. With
most countries using the Gregorian
calendar as their main calendar, New
Year's Day is the closest thing to being the
world's only truly globalpublic holiday,
often celebrated with fireworks at the
stroke of midnight as the new year starts.
January 1 on the Julian calendar currently
corresponds to January 14 on the
Gregorian calendar, and it is on that date
that followers of some of the Eastern
Orthodox churches celebrate the New
Year . New Year's Day is a postal holiday
in the United States. [1]
History
The Romans dedicated thisday to Janus,
the god of gates, doors, and beginnings.
After Julius Caesar reformed the calendar
in 46 BC and was subsequently murdered,
the Roman Senate voted to deify him on
the 1st January 42 BC [2] in honor of his
life and his institution of the new
rationalized calendar. [3] The month
originally owes its name to the deity
Janus, who had two faces, one looking
forward and the otherlooking backward.
This suggests that New Year's
celebrations are founded on pagan
traditions. Some have suggested this
occurred in 153 BC , when it was
stipulated that the two annual consuls
(after whose names the years were
identified) entered into office on that day,
though no consensus exists on the
matter. [4] Dates in March, coinciding with
the spring equinox, or commemorating
theAnnunciation of Jesus , along with a
variety of Christian feast dates were used
throughout the Middle Ages, though
calendars often continued to display the
months in columns running from January
to December. [citation needed]

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated
primarily in the United States and Canada.
Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on
the second Monday of October in...