Christmas Day

Christmas day English Alternative forms en Christmas day en X'mas Day X'mas day X-mas Day X-mas day Xmas Day Xmas day informal abbreviation Etymology From en enm Cristemasse day, from en ang Cristes mæssedæġ Christmas Day day of Christ's mass. Now equivalent to en Christmas + en day. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Christmas Day.wav Southern England Noun Christmas Day The day on which Christmas is celebrated. It is December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches. en 1737 Thomas Collins The rubrick of the Church of England, examin'd and consider'd When Christmas Day falls upon a Saturday (as it did in 1736,) the Collect, Epistle and Gospel for St. Stephen's Day follows of Course, and no Notice is taken of the Sunday after Christmas Day Coordinate terms en Mawlid Related terms en Christmas Eve Translations the 25th/24th of December Catalan: ca dia de Nadal m Czech: cs první svátek vánoční m Danish: da første juledag Dutch: nl kerstdag m Esperanto: eo kristnaskotago. eo Kristnaska Tago Faroese: fo jóladagur m Finnish: fi joulupäivä French: fr jour de Noël m Galician: gl día de Nadal m, gl Nadal m German: de Weihnachtstag m Greek: el ημέρα Χριστουγέννων f Greenlandic: kl juullerujussuaq, kl juullip-ullua Icelandic: is jóladagur m, is fyrsti í jólum m Ingrian: izh Joulunpäivä Irish: ga Nollaig f Lakota: lkt Waníkiya Tȟúŋpi Aŋpétu Norwegian: Bokmål: nb første juledag m, nb juledagen Nynorsk: nn første juledag m, nn juledagen Old English: ang ġēoldæġ m, ang Cristes mæssedæġ m, ang middes wintres mæssedæġ m Polish: pl Boże Narodzenie n, pl pierwszy dzień świąt m Portuguese: pt dia de Natal m Russian: ru Рождество́ n Scottish Gaelic: gd Là Nollaige m Swedish: sv juldagen c (definite form) Tagalog: tl Kapaskuhan Turkish: tr bocuk Vietnamese: vi ngày lễ Nô-en, vi ngày Giáng sinh Volapük: vo kritidadel See also en Boxing Day holy day Jesus Day Lord's Day St. Stephen's Day en Christmas