Christmas is a festival celebrated as the joy of the birth of Christ or Jesus. This festival falls on 25th of December every year and on this day almost all over the world, there is a holiday on this festival. Christmas festival is celebrated with great pomp in the whole world including India on 25 December every year on the occasion of the birthday of Lord Jesus. As soon as the 25th of December, 'Happy Christmas - Merry Christmas', a series of congratulations continue and everyone congratulates each other.

Christmas also marks the beginning of the 12-day festive Christmastide. The birth of Jesus based on the Anno Domini period system, 7 to 2 BC. Took place between 25 December There is no known actual birth date of the birth of Jesus Christ and this date seems to have been chosen on the basis of a connection with a Roman feast or Makar Sankranti (winter solstice). Giving each other gifts, celebrations and various decorations are present in the modern Christmas holidays. Display of this decoration includes Christmas tree, colorful lights, mistletoe, birth tableau etc.

Some people who claimed to be Christians chose this day later because non-Christians in Rome celebrated the birthday of the invincible Sun, and Christians wanted Jesus' birthday to be celebrated on this day. (The New Encyclopdia Britannica) When the sun's heat subsides during the winter season, non-Christians used to offer worship and rituals with the intention that the sun should return from its long journey and give them warmth and light again. He believed that on December 25, the sun begins to return. This festival and its rituals were merged by the Christian gurus and named it the festival of Christians (Christmas-day). Which can draw non-Christians towards their religion.

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