Christmas

Christmas   is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people  around the world  A  feast  central to the  Christian   liturgical year , it is preceded by the season of  Advent  or the  Nativity Fast  and initiates the season of  Christmastide , which historically in the West lasts  twelve days  and culminates on  Twelfth Night  in some traditions, Christmastide includes an  octave .  Christmas Day is a public  holiday  in  many of the world's nations  is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians,  as well as  culturally  by many non-Christians  and forms an integral part of the  holiday season  centered around it. HAPPY CHRISTMAS The traditional Christmas narrative, the Nativity of Jesus, delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in accordance with messianic prophecies When Joseph and Mary arrived in the city, the inn h