Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: CrÛ‚stesmí_sse| meaning \"Christ's Mass\") is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus| observed most commonly 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 prepared for 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
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