CHRISTMAS IS ALWAYS CELEBRATED [1] .... DECEMBER 25TH [->]

THE ENGLISH TERM CHRISTMAS (“MASS ON CHRIST’S DAY”) IS OF FAIRLY RECENT ORIGIN; THE [3].... TERM YULE MAY HAVE DERIVED FROM THE GERMANIC JŌL OR THE ANGLO-SAXON GEŌL, WHICH REFERRED TO THE FEAST OF THE WINTER SOLSTICE.

[4] .... THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, ... [->]

[<-] CHRISTMAS [5] ... A SECULAR FAMILY HOLIDAY, OBSERVED BY CHRISTIANS AND NON-CHRISTIANS ALIKE, WHERE PEOPLE EXCHANGE GIFTS.