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Wikipedia: Christmas or Christmas Day is a holiday generally observed on December 25 (with alternative days of January 7 for many Orthodox churches, January 6 for the Armenian Apostolic Church and January 19 for the Armenians of Jerusalem and the Holy Land) to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. The date is not known to be the actual birthday of Jesus, and may have initially been chosen to correspond with either the day exactly nine months after Christians believe Jesus to have been conceived, the date of the Roman winter solstice, or one of various ancient winter festivals. Christmas is central to the Christmas and holiday season, and in Christianity marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days.
![[Christmas market in Metz, France.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ChristmasMarket_Metz_s.jpg "Christmas market in Metz, France.")
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![[A house decorated for Christmas]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jeffreys_Bay_Christmas_House_001_s.jpg "A house decorated for Christmas")
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![[Anbetung der Hirten'' '' , by Italian painter Giorgio da Castelfranco]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Giorgione_014_crop_s.jpg "Anbetung der Hirten'' '' , by Italian painter Giorgio da Castelfranco")
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![[Christmas carolers in Jersey]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chant_27tie_d_27Cantiques_d_C3_A9_Nou_C3_A9_D_C3_A9zembre_2009_J_C3_A8rri_a_s.jpg "Christmas carolers in Jersey")
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![[Child singers in Bucharest, 1841.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Steaua_2C_Bucharest_2C_1842_crop_s.jpg "Child singers in Bucharest, 1841.")
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![[Christmas decorations on display.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nativity_tree_s.jpg "Christmas decorations on display.")
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![[Victorian, circa 1870]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Greeting_Card_Christmas_Victorian_1870_s.jpg "Victorian, circa 1870")
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![[A Christmas Tree at the Rockefeller Center]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rockefeller_Center_christmas_tree_cropped_s.jpg "A Christmas Tree at the Rockefeller Center")
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