Name: Christmas Day in International
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2027 Various Dec 25, Dec 27 AlbaniaSat, Dec 25National Holiday American SamoaSat, Dec 25National Holiday AndorraSat, Dec 25National Holiday AngolaSat, Dec 25National Holiday AnguillaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Antigua and BarbudaSat, Dec 25National Holiday ArgentinaSat, Dec 25National Holiday ArubaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Australia Dec 25, Dec 27 AustraliaMon, Dec 27National Holiday (in lieu) AustraliaSat, Dec 25National Holiday AustriaSat, Dec 25National Holiday BahamasSat, Dec 25National Holiday BangladeshSat, Dec 25National Holiday BarbadosSat, Dec 25National Holiday BelarusSat, Dec 25National Holiday BelgiumSat, Dec 25National Holiday BelizeSat, Dec 25National Holiday BeninSat, Dec 25National Holiday BermudaSat, Dec 25National Holiday BoliviaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Bosnia and HerzegovinaSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday Botswana Dec 25, Dec 27 BotswanaMon, Dec 27National Holiday (in lieu) BotswanaSat, Dec 25National Holiday BrazilSat, Dec 25National Holiday British Virgin IslandsSat, Dec 25National Holiday BruneiSat, Dec 25National Holiday BulgariaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Burkina FasoSat, Dec 25National Holiday BurundiSat, Dec 25National Holiday CameroonSat, Dec 25National Holiday CanadaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Cape VerdeSat, Dec 25National Holiday Cayman IslandsSat, Dec 25National Holiday Central African RepublicSat, Dec 25National Holiday ChadSat, Dec 25National Holiday ChileSat, Dec 25National Holiday ColombiaSat, Dec 25National Holiday CongoSat, Dec 25National Holiday Cook IslandsSat, Dec 25National Holiday Costa RicaSat, Dec 25National Holiday CroatiaSat, Dec 25National Holiday CubaSat, Dec 25National Holiday CuraçaoSat, Dec 25National Holiday CyprusSat, Dec 25National Holiday Czech RepublicSat, Dec 25National Holiday DR CongoSat, Dec 25National Holiday DenmarkSat, Dec 25National Holiday DjiboutiSat, Dec 25National Holiday DominicaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Dominican RepublicSat, Dec 25National Holiday East TimorSat, Dec 25National Holiday EcuadorSat, Dec 25National Holiday El SalvadorSat, Dec 25National Holiday Equatorial GuineaSat, Dec 25National Holiday EritreaSat, Dec 25National Holiday EstoniaSat, Dec 25National Holiday EswatiniSat, Dec 25National Holiday Falkland IslandsSat, Dec 25National Holiday Faroe IslandsSat, Dec 25National Holiday FijiSat, Dec 25National Holiday FinlandSat, Dec 25National Holiday FranceSat, Dec 25National Holiday French GuianaSat, Dec 25National Holiday French PolynesiaSat, Dec 25National Holiday GabonSat, Dec 25National Holiday GambiaSat, Dec 25National Holiday GermanySat, Dec 25National Holiday GhanaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Gibraltar Dec 25, Dec 27 GibraltarMon, Dec 27National Holiday (in lieu) GibraltarSat, Dec 25National Holiday GreeceSat, Dec 25National Holiday GreenlandSat, Dec 25National Holiday GrenadaSat, Dec 25National Holiday GuadeloupeSat, Dec 25National Holiday GuamSat, Dec 25National Holiday GuatemalaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Guernsey Dec 25, Dec 27 GuernseyMon, Dec 27National Holiday (in lieu) GuernseySat, Dec 25National Holiday GuineaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Guinea-BissauSat, Dec 25National Holiday GuyanaSat, Dec 25National Holiday HaitiSat, Dec 25National Holiday HondurasSat, Dec 25National Holiday Hong KongSat, Dec 25National Holiday HungarySat, Dec 25National Holiday IcelandSat, Dec 25National Holiday India Dec 25 Andhra PradeshSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday Arunachal PradeshSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday AssamSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday BiharSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday ChandigarhSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday ChhattisgarhSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday DelhiSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday GoaSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday GujaratSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday HaryanaSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday Himachal PradeshSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday Jammu and KashmirSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday JharkhandSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday KarnatakaSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday KeralaSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday Madhya PradeshSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday MaharashtraSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday ManipurSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday MeghalayaSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday MizoramSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday NagalandSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday OdishaSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday PuducherrySat, Dec 25Regional Holiday PunjabSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday RajasthanSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday SikkimSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday Tamil NaduSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday TelanganaSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday TripuraSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday Uttar PradeshSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday UttarakhandSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday West BengalSat, Dec 25Regional Holiday IndonesiaSat, Dec 25National Holiday IraqSat, Dec 25National Holiday IrelandSat, Dec 25National Holiday Isle of Man Dec 25, Dec 27 Isle of ManMon, Dec 27National Holiday (in lieu) Isle of ManSat, Dec 25National Holiday ItalySat, Dec 25National Holiday Ivory CoastSat, Dec 25National Holiday Jamaica Dec 25, Dec 27 JamaicaMon, Dec 27National Holiday (in lieu) JamaicaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Jersey Dec 25, Dec 27 JerseyMon, Dec 27National Holiday (in lieu) JerseySat, Dec 25National Holiday JordanSat, Dec 25National Holiday KenyaSat, Dec 25National Holiday KiribatiSat, Dec 25National Holiday KosovoSat, Dec 25National Holiday LatviaSat, Dec 25National Holiday LebanonSat, Dec 25National Holiday LesothoSat, Dec 25National Holiday LiberiaSat, Dec 25National Holiday LiechtensteinSat, Dec 25National Holiday LithuaniaSat, Dec 25National Holiday LuxembourgSat, Dec 25National Holiday MacauSat, Dec 25National Holiday MadagascarSat, Dec 25National Holiday MalawiSat, Dec 25National Holiday MalaysiaSat, Dec 25National Holiday MaliSat, Dec 25National Holiday MaltaSat, Dec 25National Holiday MartiniqueSat, Dec 25National Holiday MauritiusSat, Dec 25National Holiday MexicoSat, Dec 25National Holiday MoldovaSat, Dec 25National Holiday MonacoSat, Dec 25National Holiday MontserratSat, Dec 25National Holiday MozambiqueSat, Dec 25National Holiday MyanmarSat, Dec 25National Holiday NamibiaSat, Dec 25National Holiday NepalSat, Dec 25National Holiday NetherlandsSat, Dec 25National Holiday New CaledoniaSat, Dec 25National Holiday New ZealandSat, Dec 25National Holiday NicaraguaSat, Dec 25National Holiday NigerSat, Dec 25National Holiday NigeriaSat, Dec 25National Holiday PalestineSat, Dec 25National Holiday PanamaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Papua New GuineaSat, Dec 25National Holiday ParaguaySat, Dec 25National Holiday PeruSat, Dec 25National Holiday PhilippinesSat, Dec 25National Holiday PolandSat, Dec 25National Holiday PortugalSat, Dec 25National Holiday Puerto RicoSat, Dec 25National Holiday RomaniaSat, Dec 25National Holiday RwandaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Saint Kitts and Nevis Dec 25, Dec 27 Saint Kitts and NevisMon, Dec 27National Holiday (in lieu) Saint Kitts and NevisSat, Dec 25National Holiday Saint Lucia Dec 25, Dec 27 Saint LuciaMon, Dec 27National Holiday (in lieu) Saint LuciaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Saint MartinSat, Dec 25National Holiday Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSat, Dec 25National Holiday SamoaSat, Dec 25National Holiday San MarinoSat, Dec 25National Holiday SenegalSat, Dec 25National Holiday SeychellesSat, Dec 25National Holiday Sierra LeoneSat, Dec 25National Holiday SingaporeSat, Dec 25National Holiday Sint MaartenSat, Dec 25National Holiday SlovakiaSat, Dec 25National Holiday SloveniaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Solomon IslandsSat, Dec 25National Holiday SomaliaSat, Dec 25National Holiday South AfricaSat, Dec 25National Holiday South KoreaSat, Dec 25National Holiday South SudanSat, Dec 25National Holiday SpainSat, Dec 25National Holiday Sri LankaSat, Dec 25National Holiday SudanSat, Dec 25National Holiday SurinameSat, Dec 25National Holiday SwedenSat, Dec 25National Holiday SwitzerlandSat, Dec 25National Holiday SyriaSat, Dec 25National Holiday São Tomé and PríncipeSat, Dec 25National Holiday TanzaniaSat, Dec 25National Holiday TogoSat, Dec 25National Holiday TongaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Trinidad and TobagoSat, Dec 25National Holiday Turks and Caicos Islands Dec 25, Dec 27 Turks and Caicos IslandsMon, Dec 27National Holiday (in lieu) Turks and Caicos IslandsSat, Dec 25National Holiday TuvaluSat, Dec 25National Holiday US Virgin IslandsSat, Dec 25National Holiday USASat, Dec 25National Holiday UgandaSat, Dec 25National Holiday UkraineSat, Dec 25National Holiday United Kingdom Dec 25, Dec 27 United KingdomMon, Dec 27National Holiday (in lieu) United KingdomSat, Dec 25National Holiday UruguaySat, Dec 25National Holiday VanuatuSat, Dec 25National Holiday Vatican CitySat, Dec 25National Holiday VenezuelaSat, Dec 25National Holiday Wallis and FutunaSat, Dec 25National Holiday ZambiaSat, Dec 25National Holiday ZimbabweSat, Dec 25National Holiday 2026 Various Dec 25, Dec 26 AlbaniaFri, Dec 25National Holiday American SamoaFri, Dec 25National Holiday AndorraFri, Dec 25National Holiday AngolaFri, Dec 25National Holiday AnguillaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Antigua and BarbudaFri, Dec 25National Holiday ArgentinaFri, Dec 25National Holiday ArubaFri, Dec 25National Holiday AustraliaFri, Dec 25National Holiday AustriaFri, Dec 25National Holiday BahamasFri, Dec 25National Holiday BangladeshFri, Dec 25National Holiday BarbadosFri, Dec 25National Holiday BelarusFri, Dec 25National Holiday BelgiumFri, Dec 25National Holiday BelizeFri, Dec 25National Holiday BeninFri, Dec 25National Holiday BermudaFri, Dec 25National Holiday BoliviaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Bosnia and HerzegovinaFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday BotswanaFri, Dec 25National Holiday BrazilFri, Dec 25National Holiday British Virgin IslandsFri, Dec 25National Holiday Brunei Dec 25, Dec 26 BruneiSat, Dec 26National Holiday (in lieu) BruneiFri, Dec 25National Holiday BulgariaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Burkina FasoFri, Dec 25National Holiday BurundiFri, Dec 25National Holiday CameroonFri, Dec 25National Holiday CanadaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Cape VerdeFri, Dec 25National Holiday Cayman IslandsFri, Dec 25National Holiday Central African RepublicFri, Dec 25National Holiday ChadFri, Dec 25National Holiday ChileFri, Dec 25National Holiday ColombiaFri, Dec 25National Holiday CongoFri, Dec 25National Holiday Cook IslandsFri, Dec 25National Holiday Costa RicaFri, Dec 25National Holiday CroatiaFri, Dec 25National Holiday CubaFri, Dec 25National Holiday CuraçaoFri, Dec 25National Holiday CyprusFri, Dec 25National Holiday Czech RepublicFri, Dec 25National Holiday DR CongoFri, Dec 25National Holiday DenmarkFri, Dec 25National Holiday DjiboutiFri, Dec 25National Holiday DominicaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Dominican RepublicFri, Dec 25National Holiday East TimorFri, Dec 25National Holiday EcuadorFri, Dec 25National Holiday El SalvadorFri, Dec 25National Holiday Equatorial GuineaFri, Dec 25National Holiday EritreaFri, Dec 25National Holiday EstoniaFri, Dec 25National Holiday EswatiniFri, Dec 25National Holiday Falkland IslandsFri, Dec 25National Holiday Faroe IslandsFri, Dec 25National Holiday FijiFri, Dec 25National Holiday FinlandFri, Dec 25National Holiday FranceFri, Dec 25National Holiday French GuianaFri, Dec 25National Holiday French PolynesiaFri, Dec 25National Holiday GabonFri, Dec 25National Holiday GambiaFri, Dec 25National Holiday GermanyFri, Dec 25National Holiday GhanaFri, Dec 25National Holiday GibraltarFri, Dec 25National Holiday GreeceFri, Dec 25National Holiday GreenlandFri, Dec 25National Holiday GrenadaFri, Dec 25National Holiday GuadeloupeFri, Dec 25National Holiday GuamFri, Dec 25National Holiday GuatemalaFri, Dec 25National Holiday GuernseyFri, Dec 25National Holiday GuineaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Guinea-BissauFri, Dec 25National Holiday GuyanaFri, Dec 25National Holiday HaitiFri, Dec 25National Holiday HondurasFri, Dec 25National Holiday Hong KongFri, Dec 25National Holiday HungaryFri, Dec 25National Holiday IcelandFri, Dec 25National Holiday India Dec 25 Andhra PradeshFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday Arunachal PradeshFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday AssamFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday BiharFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday ChandigarhFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday ChhattisgarhFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday DelhiFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday GoaFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday GujaratFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday HaryanaFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday Himachal PradeshFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday Jammu and KashmirFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday JharkhandFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday KarnatakaFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday KeralaFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday Madhya PradeshFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday MaharashtraFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday ManipurFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday MeghalayaFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday MizoramFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday NagalandFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday OdishaFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday PuducherryFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday PunjabFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday RajasthanFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday SikkimFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday Tamil NaduFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday TelanganaFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday TripuraFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday Uttar PradeshFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday UttarakhandFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday West BengalFri, Dec 25Regional Holiday IndonesiaFri, Dec 25National Holiday IraqFri, Dec 25National Holiday IrelandFri, Dec 25National Holiday Isle of ManFri, Dec 25National Holiday ItalyFri, Dec 25National Holiday Ivory CoastFri, Dec 25National Holiday JamaicaFri, Dec 25National Holiday JerseyFri, Dec 25National Holiday JordanFri, Dec 25National Holiday KenyaFri, Dec 25National Holiday KiribatiFri, Dec 25National Holiday KosovoFri, Dec 25National Holiday LatviaFri, Dec 25National Holiday LebanonFri, Dec 25National Holiday LesothoFri, Dec 25National Holiday LiberiaFri, Dec 25National Holiday LiechtensteinFri, Dec 25National Holiday LithuaniaFri, Dec 25National Holiday LuxembourgFri, Dec 25National Holiday MacauFri, Dec 25National Holiday MadagascarFri, Dec 25National Holiday MalawiFri, Dec 25National Holiday MalaysiaFri, Dec 25National Holiday MaliFri, Dec 25National Holiday MaltaFri, Dec 25National Holiday MartiniqueFri, Dec 25National Holiday MauritiusFri, Dec 25National Holiday MexicoFri, Dec 25National Holiday MoldovaFri, Dec 25National Holiday MonacoFri, Dec 25National Holiday MontserratFri, Dec 25National Holiday MozambiqueFri, Dec 25National Holiday MyanmarFri, Dec 25National Holiday NamibiaFri, Dec 25National Holiday NepalFri, Dec 25National Holiday NetherlandsFri, Dec 25National Holiday New CaledoniaFri, Dec 25National Holiday New ZealandFri, Dec 25National Holiday NicaraguaFri, Dec 25National Holiday NigerFri, Dec 25National Holiday NigeriaFri, Dec 25National Holiday PalestineFri, Dec 25National Holiday PanamaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Papua New GuineaFri, Dec 25National Holiday ParaguayFri, Dec 25National Holiday PeruFri, Dec 25National Holiday PhilippinesFri, Dec 25National Holiday PolandFri, Dec 25National Holiday PortugalFri, Dec 25National Holiday Puerto RicoFri, Dec 25National Holiday RomaniaFri, Dec 25National Holiday RwandaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Saint Kitts and NevisFri, Dec 25National Holiday Saint LuciaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Saint MartinFri, Dec 25National Holiday Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesFri, Dec 25National Holiday SamoaFri, Dec 25National Holiday San MarinoFri, Dec 25National Holiday SenegalFri, Dec 25National Holiday SeychellesFri, Dec 25National Holiday Sierra LeoneFri, Dec 25National Holiday SingaporeFri, Dec 25National Holiday Sint MaartenFri, Dec 25National Holiday SlovakiaFri, Dec 25National Holiday SloveniaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Solomon IslandsFri, Dec 25National Holiday SomaliaFri, Dec 25National Holiday South AfricaFri, Dec 25National Holiday South KoreaFri, Dec 25National Holiday South SudanFri, Dec 25National Holiday SpainFri, Dec 25National Holiday Sri LankaFri, Dec 25National Holiday SudanFri, Dec 25National Holiday SurinameFri, Dec 25National Holiday SwedenFri, Dec 25National Holiday SwitzerlandFri, Dec 25National Holiday SyriaFri, Dec 25National Holiday São Tomé and PríncipeFri, Dec 25National Holiday TanzaniaFri, Dec 25National Holiday TogoFri, Dec 25National Holiday TongaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Trinidad and TobagoFri, Dec 25National Holiday Turks and Caicos IslandsFri, Dec 25National Holiday TuvaluFri, Dec 25National Holiday US Virgin IslandsFri, Dec 25National Holiday USAFri, Dec 25National Holiday UgandaFri, Dec 25National Holiday UkraineFri, Dec 25National Holiday United KingdomFri, Dec 25National Holiday UruguayFri, Dec 25National Holiday VanuatuFri, Dec 25National Holiday Vatican CityFri, Dec 25National Holiday VenezuelaFri, Dec 25National Holiday Wallis and FutunaFri, Dec 25National Holiday ZambiaFri, Dec 25National Holiday ZimbabweFri, Dec 25National Holiday 2025 Various Dec 25 AlbaniaThu, Dec 25National Holiday American SamoaThu, Dec 25National Holiday AndorraThu, Dec 25National Holiday AngolaThu, Dec 25National Holiday AnguillaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Antigua and BarbudaThu, Dec 25National Holiday ArgentinaThu, Dec 25National Holiday ArubaThu, Dec 25National Holiday AustraliaThu, Dec 25National Holiday AustriaThu, Dec 25National Holiday BahamasThu, Dec 25National Holiday BangladeshThu, Dec 25National Holiday BarbadosThu, Dec 25National Holiday BelarusThu, Dec 25National Holiday BelgiumThu, Dec 25National Holiday BelizeThu, Dec 25National Holiday BeninThu, Dec 25National Holiday BermudaThu, Dec 25National Holiday BoliviaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Bosnia and HerzegovinaThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday BotswanaThu, Dec 25National Holiday BrazilThu, Dec 25National Holiday British Virgin IslandsThu, Dec 25National Holiday BruneiThu, Dec 25National Holiday BulgariaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Burkina FasoThu, Dec 25National Holiday BurundiThu, Dec 25National Holiday CameroonThu, Dec 25National Holiday CanadaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Cape VerdeThu, Dec 25National Holiday Cayman IslandsThu, Dec 25National Holiday Central African RepublicThu, Dec 25National Holiday ChadThu, Dec 25National Holiday ChileThu, Dec 25National Holiday ColombiaThu, Dec 25National Holiday CongoThu, Dec 25National Holiday Cook IslandsThu, Dec 25National Holiday Costa RicaThu, Dec 25National Holiday CroatiaThu, Dec 25National Holiday CubaThu, Dec 25National Holiday CuraçaoThu, Dec 25National Holiday CyprusThu, Dec 25National Holiday Czech RepublicThu, Dec 25National Holiday DR CongoThu, Dec 25National Holiday DenmarkThu, Dec 25National Holiday DjiboutiThu, Dec 25National Holiday DominicaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Dominican RepublicThu, Dec 25National Holiday East TimorThu, Dec 25National Holiday EcuadorThu, Dec 25National Holiday El SalvadorThu, Dec 25National Holiday Equatorial GuineaThu, Dec 25National Holiday EritreaThu, Dec 25National Holiday EstoniaThu, Dec 25National Holiday EswatiniThu, Dec 25National Holiday Falkland IslandsThu, Dec 25National Holiday Faroe IslandsThu, Dec 25National Holiday FijiThu, Dec 25National Holiday FinlandThu, Dec 25National Holiday FranceThu, Dec 25National Holiday French GuianaThu, Dec 25National Holiday French PolynesiaThu, Dec 25National Holiday GabonThu, Dec 25National Holiday GambiaThu, Dec 25National Holiday GermanyThu, Dec 25National Holiday GhanaThu, Dec 25National Holiday GibraltarThu, Dec 25National Holiday GreeceThu, Dec 25National Holiday GreenlandThu, Dec 25National Holiday GrenadaThu, Dec 25National Holiday GuadeloupeThu, Dec 25National Holiday GuamThu, Dec 25National Holiday GuatemalaThu, Dec 25National Holiday GuernseyThu, Dec 25National Holiday GuineaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Guinea-BissauThu, Dec 25National Holiday GuyanaThu, Dec 25National Holiday HaitiThu, Dec 25National Holiday HondurasThu, Dec 25National Holiday Hong KongThu, Dec 25National Holiday HungaryThu, Dec 25National Holiday IcelandThu, Dec 25National Holiday India Dec 25 Andhra PradeshThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday Arunachal PradeshThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday AssamThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday ChandigarhThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday ChhattisgarhThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday DelhiThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday GoaThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday GujaratThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday HaryanaThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday Himachal PradeshThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday Jammu and KashmirThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday JharkhandThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday KarnatakaThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday KeralaThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday Madhya PradeshThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday MaharashtraThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday ManipurThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday MeghalayaThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday MizoramThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday NagalandThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday OdishaThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday PuducherryThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday PunjabThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday RajasthanThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday SikkimThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday Tamil NaduThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday TelanganaThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday TripuraThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday Uttar PradeshThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday UttarakhandThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday West BengalThu, Dec 25Regional Holiday IndonesiaThu, Dec 25National Holiday IraqThu, Dec 25National Holiday IrelandThu, Dec 25National Holiday Isle of ManThu, Dec 25National Holiday ItalyThu, Dec 25National Holiday Ivory CoastThu, Dec 25National Holiday JamaicaThu, Dec 25National Holiday JerseyThu, Dec 25National Holiday JordanThu, Dec 25National Holiday KenyaThu, Dec 25National Holiday KiribatiThu, Dec 25National Holiday KosovoThu, Dec 25National Holiday LatviaThu, Dec 25National Holiday LebanonThu, Dec 25National Holiday LesothoThu, Dec 25National Holiday LiberiaThu, Dec 25National Holiday LiechtensteinThu, Dec 25National Holiday LithuaniaThu, Dec 25National Holiday LuxembourgThu, Dec 25National Holiday MacauThu, Dec 25National Holiday MadagascarThu, Dec 25National Holiday MalawiThu, Dec 25National Holiday MalaysiaThu, Dec 25National Holiday MaliThu, Dec 25National Holiday MaltaThu, Dec 25National Holiday MartiniqueThu, Dec 25National Holiday MauritiusThu, Dec 25National Holiday MexicoThu, Dec 25National Holiday MoldovaThu, Dec 25National Holiday MonacoThu, Dec 25National Holiday MontserratThu, Dec 25National Holiday MozambiqueThu, Dec 25National Holiday MyanmarThu, Dec 25National Holiday NamibiaThu, Dec 25National Holiday NepalThu, Dec 25National Holiday NetherlandsThu, Dec 25National Holiday New CaledoniaThu, Dec 25National Holiday New ZealandThu, Dec 25National Holiday NicaraguaThu, Dec 25National Holiday NigerThu, Dec 25National Holiday NigeriaThu, Dec 25National Holiday PalestineThu, Dec 25National Holiday PanamaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Papua New GuineaThu, Dec 25National Holiday ParaguayThu, Dec 25National Holiday PeruThu, Dec 25National Holiday PhilippinesThu, Dec 25National Holiday PolandThu, Dec 25National Holiday PortugalThu, Dec 25National Holiday Puerto RicoThu, Dec 25National Holiday RomaniaThu, Dec 25National Holiday RwandaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Saint Kitts and NevisThu, Dec 25National Holiday Saint LuciaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Saint MartinThu, Dec 25National Holiday Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesThu, Dec 25National Holiday SamoaThu, Dec 25National Holiday San MarinoThu, Dec 25National Holiday SenegalThu, Dec 25National Holiday SeychellesThu, Dec 25National Holiday Sierra LeoneThu, Dec 25National Holiday SingaporeThu, Dec 25National Holiday Sint MaartenThu, Dec 25National Holiday SlovakiaThu, Dec 25National Holiday SloveniaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Solomon IslandsThu, Dec 25National Holiday SomaliaThu, Dec 25National Holiday South AfricaThu, Dec 25National Holiday South KoreaThu, Dec 25National Holiday South SudanThu, Dec 25National Holiday SpainThu, Dec 25National Holiday Sri LankaThu, Dec 25National Holiday SudanThu, Dec 25National Holiday SurinameThu, Dec 25National Holiday SwedenThu, Dec 25National Holiday SwitzerlandThu, Dec 25National Holiday SyriaThu, Dec 25National Holiday São Tomé and PríncipeThu, Dec 25National Holiday TanzaniaThu, Dec 25National Holiday TogoThu, Dec 25National Holiday TongaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Trinidad and TobagoThu, Dec 25National Holiday Turks and Caicos IslandsThu, Dec 25National Holiday TuvaluThu, Dec 25National Holiday US Virgin IslandsThu, Dec 25National Holiday USAThu, Dec 25National Holiday UgandaThu, Dec 25National Holiday UkraineThu, Dec 25National Holiday United KingdomThu, Dec 25National Holiday UruguayThu, Dec 25National Holiday VanuatuThu, Dec 25National Holiday Vatican CityThu, Dec 25National Holiday VenezuelaThu, Dec 25National Holiday Wallis and FutunaThu, Dec 25National Holiday ZambiaThu, Dec 25National Holiday ZimbabweThu, Dec 25National Holiday 2024 Various Dec 25 AlbaniaWed, Dec 25National Holiday American SamoaWed, Dec 25National Holiday AndorraWed, Dec 25National Holiday AngolaWed, Dec 25National Holiday AnguillaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Antigua and BarbudaWed, Dec 25National Holiday ArgentinaWed, Dec 25National Holiday ArubaWed, Dec 25National Holiday AustraliaWed, Dec 25National Holiday AustriaWed, Dec 25National Holiday BahamasWed, Dec 25National Holiday BangladeshWed, Dec 25National Holiday BarbadosWed, Dec 25National Holiday BelarusWed, Dec 25National Holiday BelgiumWed, Dec 25National Holiday BelizeWed, Dec 25National Holiday BeninWed, Dec 25National Holiday BermudaWed, Dec 25National Holiday BoliviaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Bosnia and HerzegovinaWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday BotswanaWed, Dec 25National Holiday BrazilWed, Dec 25National Holiday British Virgin IslandsWed, Dec 25National Holiday BruneiWed, Dec 25National Holiday BulgariaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Burkina FasoWed, Dec 25National Holiday BurundiWed, Dec 25National Holiday CameroonWed, Dec 25National Holiday CanadaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Cape VerdeWed, Dec 25National Holiday Cayman IslandsWed, Dec 25National Holiday Central African RepublicWed, Dec 25National Holiday ChadWed, Dec 25National Holiday ChileWed, Dec 25National Holiday ColombiaWed, Dec 25National Holiday CongoWed, Dec 25National Holiday Cook IslandsWed, Dec 25National Holiday Costa RicaWed, Dec 25National Holiday CroatiaWed, Dec 25National Holiday CubaWed, Dec 25National Holiday CuraçaoWed, Dec 25National Holiday CyprusWed, Dec 25National Holiday Czech RepublicWed, Dec 25National Holiday DR CongoWed, Dec 25National Holiday DenmarkWed, Dec 25National Holiday DjiboutiWed, Dec 25National Holiday DominicaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Dominican RepublicWed, Dec 25National Holiday East TimorWed, Dec 25National Holiday EcuadorWed, Dec 25National Holiday El SalvadorWed, Dec 25National Holiday Equatorial GuineaWed, Dec 25National Holiday EritreaWed, Dec 25National Holiday EstoniaWed, Dec 25National Holiday EswatiniWed, Dec 25National Holiday Falkland IslandsWed, Dec 25National Holiday Faroe IslandsWed, Dec 25National Holiday FijiWed, Dec 25National Holiday FinlandWed, Dec 25National Holiday FranceWed, Dec 25National Holiday French GuianaWed, Dec 25National Holiday French PolynesiaWed, Dec 25National Holiday GabonWed, Dec 25National Holiday GambiaWed, Dec 25National Holiday GermanyWed, Dec 25National Holiday GhanaWed, Dec 25National Holiday GibraltarWed, Dec 25National Holiday GreeceWed, Dec 25National Holiday GreenlandWed, Dec 25National Holiday GrenadaWed, Dec 25National Holiday GuadeloupeWed, Dec 25National Holiday GuamWed, Dec 25National Holiday GuatemalaWed, Dec 25National Holiday GuernseyWed, Dec 25National Holiday GuineaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Guinea-BissauWed, Dec 25National Holiday GuyanaWed, Dec 25National Holiday HaitiWed, Dec 25National Holiday HondurasWed, Dec 25National Holiday Hong KongWed, Dec 25National Holiday HungaryWed, Dec 25National Holiday IcelandWed, Dec 25National Holiday India Dec 25 Andhra PradeshWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday Arunachal PradeshWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday AssamWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday BiharWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday ChandigarhWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday ChhattisgarhWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday DelhiWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday GoaWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday GujaratWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday HaryanaWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday Himachal PradeshWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday Jammu and KashmirWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday JharkhandWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday KarnatakaWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday KeralaWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday Madhya PradeshWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday MaharashtraWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday ManipurWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday MeghalayaWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday MizoramWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday NagalandWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday OdishaWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday PuducherryWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday PunjabWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday RajasthanWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday SikkimWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday Tamil NaduWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday TelanganaWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday TripuraWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday Uttar PradeshWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday UttarakhandWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday West BengalWed, Dec 25Regional Holiday IndonesiaWed, Dec 25National Holiday IraqWed, Dec 25National Holiday IrelandWed, Dec 25National Holiday Isle of ManWed, Dec 25National Holiday ItalyWed, Dec 25National Holiday Ivory CoastWed, Dec 25National Holiday JamaicaWed, Dec 25National Holiday JerseyWed, Dec 25National Holiday JordanWed, Dec 25National Holiday KenyaWed, Dec 25National Holiday KiribatiWed, Dec 25National Holiday KosovoWed, Dec 25National Holiday LatviaWed, Dec 25National Holiday LebanonWed, Dec 25National Holiday LesothoWed, Dec 25National Holiday LiberiaWed, Dec 25National Holiday LiechtensteinWed, Dec 25National Holiday LithuaniaWed, Dec 25National Holiday LuxembourgWed, Dec 25National Holiday MacauWed, Dec 25National Holiday MadagascarWed, Dec 25National Holiday MalawiWed, Dec 25National Holiday MalaysiaWed, Dec 25National Holiday MaliWed, Dec 25National Holiday MaltaWed, Dec 25National Holiday MartiniqueWed, Dec 25National Holiday MauritiusWed, Dec 25National Holiday MexicoWed, Dec 25National Holiday MoldovaWed, Dec 25National Holiday MonacoWed, Dec 25National Holiday MontserratWed, Dec 25National Holiday MozambiqueWed, Dec 25National Holiday MyanmarWed, Dec 25National Holiday NamibiaWed, Dec 25National Holiday NepalWed, Dec 25National Holiday NetherlandsWed, Dec 25National Holiday New CaledoniaWed, Dec 25National Holiday New ZealandWed, Dec 25National Holiday NicaraguaWed, Dec 25National Holiday NigerWed, Dec 25National Holiday NigeriaWed, Dec 25National Holiday PalestineWed, Dec 25National Holiday PanamaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Papua New GuineaWed, Dec 25National Holiday ParaguayWed, Dec 25National Holiday PeruWed, Dec 25National Holiday PhilippinesWed, Dec 25National Holiday PolandWed, Dec 25National Holiday PortugalWed, Dec 25National Holiday Puerto RicoWed, Dec 25National Holiday RomaniaWed, Dec 25National Holiday RwandaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Saint Kitts and NevisWed, Dec 25National Holiday Saint LuciaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Saint MartinWed, Dec 25National Holiday Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesWed, Dec 25National Holiday SamoaWed, Dec 25National Holiday San MarinoWed, Dec 25National Holiday SenegalWed, Dec 25National Holiday SeychellesWed, Dec 25National Holiday Sierra LeoneWed, Dec 25National Holiday SingaporeWed, Dec 25National Holiday Sint MaartenWed, Dec 25National Holiday SlovakiaWed, Dec 25National Holiday SloveniaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Solomon IslandsWed, Dec 25National Holiday SomaliaWed, Dec 25National Holiday South AfricaWed, Dec 25National Holiday South KoreaWed, Dec 25National Holiday South SudanWed, Dec 25National Holiday SpainWed, Dec 25National Holiday Sri LankaWed, Dec 25National Holiday SudanWed, Dec 25National Holiday SurinameWed, Dec 25National Holiday SwedenWed, Dec 25National Holiday SwitzerlandWed, Dec 25National Holiday SyriaWed, Dec 25Government Holiday São Tomé and PríncipeWed, Dec 25National Holiday TanzaniaWed, Dec 25National Holiday TogoWed, Dec 25National Holiday TongaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Trinidad and TobagoWed, Dec 25National Holiday Turks and Caicos IslandsWed, Dec 25National Holiday TuvaluWed, Dec 25National Holiday US Virgin IslandsWed, Dec 25National Holiday USAWed, Dec 25National Holiday UgandaWed, Dec 25National Holiday UkraineWed, Dec 25National Holiday United KingdomWed, Dec 25National Holiday UruguayWed, Dec 25National Holiday VanuatuWed, Dec 25National Holiday Vatican CityWed, Dec 25National Holiday VenezuelaWed, Dec 25National Holiday Wallis and FutunaWed, Dec 25National Holiday ZambiaWed, Dec 25National Holiday ZimbabweWed, Dec 25National Holiday 2023 Various Dec 25 AlbaniaMon, Dec 25National Holiday American SamoaMon, Dec 25National Holiday AndorraMon, Dec 25National Holiday AngolaMon, Dec 25National Holiday AnguillaMon, Dec 25National Holiday Antigua and BarbudaMon, Dec 25National Holiday ArgentinaMon, Dec 25National Holiday ArubaMon, Dec 25National Holiday AustraliaMon, Dec 25National Holiday AustriaMon, Dec 25National Holiday BahamasMon, Dec 25National Holiday BangladeshMon, Dec 25National Holiday BarbadosMon, Dec 25National Holiday BelarusMon, Dec 25National Holiday BelgiumMon, Dec 25National Holiday BelizeMon, Dec 25National Holiday BeninMon, Dec 25National Holiday BermudaMon, Dec 25National Holiday BoliviaMon, Dec 25National Holiday Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaMon, Dec 25National Holiday Bosnia and HerzegovinaMon, Dec 25Regional Holiday BotswanaMon, Dec 25National Holiday BrazilMon, Dec 25National Holiday British Virgin IslandsMon, Dec 25National Holiday BruneiMon, Dec 25National Holiday BulgariaMon, Dec 25National Holiday Burkina FasoMon, Dec 25National Holiday BurundiMon, Dec 25National Holiday CameroonMon, Dec 25National Holiday CanadaMon, Dec 25National Holiday Cape VerdeMon, Dec 25National Holiday Cayman IslandsMon, Dec 25National Holiday Central African RepublicMon, Dec 25National Holiday ChadMon, Dec 25National Holiday ChileMon, Dec 25National Holiday ColombiaMon, Dec 25National Holiday CongoMon, Dec 25National Holiday Cook IslandsMon, Dec 25National Holiday Costa RicaMon, Dec 25National Holiday CroatiaMon, Dec 25National Holiday CubaMon, Dec 25National Holiday CuraçaoMon, Dec 25National Holiday CyprusMon, Dec 25National Holiday Czech RepublicMon, Dec 25National Holiday DR CongoMon, Dec 25National Holiday DenmarkMon, Dec 25National Holiday DjiboutiMon, Dec 25National Holiday DominicaMon, Dec 25National Holiday Dominican RepublicMon, Dec 25National Holiday East TimorMon, Dec 25National Holiday EcuadorMon, Dec 25National Holiday El SalvadorMon, Dec 25National Holiday Equatorial GuineaMon, Dec 25National Holiday EritreaMon, Dec 25National Holiday EstoniaMon, Dec 25National Holiday EswatiniMon, Dec 25National Holiday Falkland IslandsMon, Dec 25National Holiday Faroe IslandsMon, Dec 25National Holiday FijiMon, Dec 25National Holiday FinlandMon, Dec 25National Holiday FranceMon, Dec 25National Holiday French GuianaMon, Dec 25National Holiday French PolynesiaMon, Dec 25National Holiday GabonMon, Dec 25National Holiday GambiaMon, Dec 25National Holiday GermanyMon, Dec 25National Holiday GhanaMon, Dec 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Summary
Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
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On this day, over two billion people (over a third of the world's population) will celebrate the birth of Christ.

Christmas Day celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC. December 25th will be a public holiday in most countries around the world. If 25 December falls on a weekend, then a nearby weekday may be taken as a holiday in lieu.

History of the holiday

Whilst the holiday has a strong grounding in the story of the birth of Jesus, many of the traditions we associate with Christmas have evolved from pre-Christian beliefs and certainly, the traditions have evolved beyond purely a Christian holiday to have a wider secular significance.

The celebration of Christmas in late December is certainly as a result of pre-existing celebrations happening at that time, marking the Winter Solstice.

Most notable of these is Yule (meaning 'Feast'), a winter pagan festival that was originally celebrated by Germanic people. The exact date of Yule depends on the lunar cycle but it falls from late December to early January. In some Northern Europe countries, the local word for Christmas has a closer linguistic tie to 'Yule' than 'Christmas', and it is still a term that may be used for Christmas in some English-speaking countries. Several Yule traditions are familiar to the modern celebration of Christmas, such as Yule Log, the custom of burning a large wooden log on the fire at Christmas; or indeed carol singing, which is surprisingly a very ancient tradition.

Under the Julian calendar, the winter solstice was fixed on December 25, and this date was also the day of the popular Roman holiday of Saturnalia, in honour of Saturn, the god of agriculture; which was later superseded by Sol Invictus, a day that bundled up the celebration of several sun based gods into one easy to manage festival.

As Christianity began to take hold across the Roman empire and beyond, the date of when to celebrate the birth of Christ became a bit of an issue, with several different dates proposed.

It wasn't until 350 AD, when the then Bishop of Rome, Pope Julius I, fixed the official Christmas day on December 25. Unfortunately, Julius, I didn't show his working out on how he reached this date; some scholars later suggested that it was calculated as nine months after the Annunciation (March 25), when the angel Gabriel is said to have appeared to Mary and told her she would bear the son of God. Whatever the reasoning, it is clear that, just as key pagan sites were being chosen for new churches, so too the date was chosen with the intention to catapult Christmas into becoming a major festival by placing it over the pre-existing pagan festivals.

Christmas Traditions

Mistletoe

Kissing someone who happens to be stood under a sprig of mistletoe is seen as a tradition popularised in Victorian England. However even this relatively modern tradition has much more ancient echoes in that Mistletoe bears its fruit around the time of the Winter Solstice, and its supposed mythical ability to heal and increase fertility.

In Norse mythology, an arrow made from mistletoe killed Balder, who was a brother of Thor. Frigga, Balder's mother brought him back to life shedding tears that changed the red berries on mistletoe to white. Frigga then blessed the mistletoe and promised a kiss to anyone who passed beneath it.

A hint of Mistletoe's integration from pagan ceremonies into Christmas tradition is said that the mistletoe plant used to be a tree, and its wood was used to make the cross on which Jesus was crucified. After the Crucifixion, the plant shrivelled to became the parasitic vine we know today.

Carol Singing

As mentioned earlier, the tradition of singing of songs can be traced back to the pagan festivals before the advent of Christmas. Indeed, the word carol is derived from the Greek word "choraulein", which meant "an ancient circle dance performed to flute music."

As carols were already an established custom, early Christians made the shrewd decision to integrate Christian songs into the tradition rather than ban the singing.

Most new Christian Carols were written in Latin, which was by the middle ages, a language only used by the church, thus reducing the popularity of the custom.

However, carols received an injection of popularity when St. Francis of Assisi started his Nativity Plays in Italy in 1223, which included songs written in the local people's language.

The tradition of 'Modern' Carol singing flourished in England. Known as Wassailing, it was a chance for peasants to get some much-needed charity from their feudal lords. This singing for money developed in a custom involving travelling musicians who would visit wealthy homes, singing in the hope of receiving money food or gifts in return.

There was a short interruption in 1647 when the Puritans come to power after the English Civil War. The Puritans, under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell, disapproved of the celebration of Christmas. There was even a fine of up to five shillings for anyone caught singing Christmas carols. When King Charles II came back to the throne in 1660, the public singing of Christmas carols was permitted again.

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