Monday March 18, 2024

Christmas Day 2024


Glowing cross with decorated Christmas tree.
December 2024
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St Nicholas Day
Friday December 6
8 months, 18 days
or 263 days

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Christmas Day
Wednesday December 25
9 months, 7 days
or 282 days

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New Years Eve
Tuesday December 31
9 months, 13 days
or 288 days

Christmas Day for the year 2024 is celebrated/ observed on Wednesday, December 25th.


Christmas is a Christian celebration celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ and is observed on December 25th each year. It is preceded by Advent (Nativity Fast – Eastern Church with abstinence and penance) roughly 4 weeks prior to Christmas Day, which is a time of preparation for the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas Day starts the season of Christmastide that lasts 12 days until Epiphany Eve (January 5th) . Christmas is one of the most important days on the Christian calendar and is celebrated by billions of people around the world.

Date of Christmas

Because the Bible does not state the date of Jesus Christ birth, there are many theories on the date for Christmas like Jesus chose to be born on December 25 which is the winter solstice (shortest day of year) so that each day after would be longer in length and more light from the sun would occur each progressive day. Others believe the date was determined by the feast of the Quartodecimal on March 25th which was later changed to the Annunciation (Mary conceives and becomes Jesus’s mother) in the seventh century and thus Christmas was to be 9 months later on the winter solstice of December 25th[1].

Days to Christmas Day 2024

Wednesday, December 25th is day number 360 of the 2024 calendar year with 9 months, 7 days until Christmas Day 2024.



References:
1.”Date of Christmas - Wikipedia” - Wikipedia, Wikipedia.org.

Christmas Day
Name(s):Christmas Day, Yule, Xmas, Noel
Type:National Holiday, Christians
When:December 25 annually

Dates for Christmas Day

HolidayDateDays to Go
Christmas Day 2023 Monday, December 25, 2023 -84
Christmas Day 2024 Wednesday, December 25, 2024 282
Christmas Day 2025 Thursday, December 25, 2025 647
Christmas Day 2026 Friday, December 25, 2026 1012
Christmas Day 2027 Saturday, December 25, 2027 1377
Christmas Day 2028 Monday, December 25, 2028 1743


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