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  • Date: December
    25 (Traditional)


  • Purpose: Celebrates
    the Nativity of Jesus


  • Symbol: Use
    of the modernChristmas tree tradition
    began inGermany around the 18th
    century


  • Named for: Name
    originated as a contraction of the Old English words Cristes
    Maesse
     (the Mass of Christ)


  • Related holiday: The
    day preceding Christmas is usually known as Christmas
    Eve

 

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