News Articles for "Christmas"
Review: 'The Assembled Parties' a terrific drama
The intermission at "The Assembled Parties" takes 20 years. No, really: The first act begins and ends in a Manhattan apartment on Christmas Day in 1980, a...
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Man convicted in deadly Ariz. fire enters plea
A man who has spent more than 40 years in prison for a 1970 hotel fire that killed 29 people agreed to a deal with prosecutors Tuesday that cleared the wa...
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Search Results for "Christmas"
| Christmas Christmas Day |
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 A depiction of the Nativity with a Christmas tree backdrop |
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| Also called | Noel, Nativity, Xmas |
| Observed by | Christians Many non-Christians[1][2] |
| Type | Christian, cultural |
| Significance | Traditional commemoration of the birth of Jesus |
| Date | December 25 (in most places) or January 7, or January 6 or 19[3][4][5] |
| Observances | Church services, gift giving, family and other social gatherings, symbolic decorating |
| Related to | Christmastide, Christmas Eve, Advent, Annunciation, Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord, Nativity Fast, Nativity of Christ, Yule |
