Unlike Ash Wednesday, Thanksgiving Thursday or even Shrove Tuesday, Christmas Day can fall on any day of the week.
- Christmas Day 2010 was on a Saturday
- Christmas Day 2011 was on a Sunday
- Christmas Day 2012 was on a Tuesday
- Christmas Day 2013 was on a Wednesday
- Christmas Day 2014 was be on a Thursday
- Christmas Day 2015 will be on a Friday
- Christmas Day 2020 will be on a Friday
The last time that Christmas Day fell on a Friday was 2009.
As you probably know, Boxing Day always follows Christmas Day; what's more, New Year's Day
is always the same day of the week as Christmas Day, only one week later.
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Which Day of the Week is Best for Christmas Day?
- Monday - Has a certain logic, start the week with Christmas!
- Tuesday - Start the week with Christmas Eve.
- Wednesday - OK.
- Thursday - Middling time of the week, Boxing Day on a Friday is good.
- Friday - End of the week, Boxing Day falls on a Saturday.
- Saturday - Not my favourite day, does not seem quite right.
- Sunday - A natural, religious feel to Christmas on a Sunday.
Christmas Day
Christmas Day: Jesus' official birth day is 25th December. Church leaders decided this date in the 4th Century. Historians and theologians now believe that Jesus was born at some time between 4 and 6 BC or Before the common era, BCE as it is now called.
Classic Christmas Picture - Star in the East
Photo by Harry Heidelberg, Kandersteg, Switzerland.
Dear Santa
If you leave a new bike under the tree, I will give you the antidote to the poison I put in the milk.
Timmy.
Service?
It was a cold and misty Christmas morning in the very depth of winter after a heavy fall of snow and only Farmer Evans and the Reverend Joseph Lancaster managed to arrive at the church for the morning service.
'Well,' said the Vicar laconically, 'I guess there's no point in having a service today.'
'Well that's not how I see it.' said Farmer Evans smartly. 'If only one cow turns up at feeding time, I still feed it.'
Christmas Riddles
- What do you get if Santa comes down your chimney when the fire is a alight?
Crisp Kringle - Why does rain drop, but snow fall?
(Nobody can answer this conundrum) - What do you call people who are frightened of Santa?
Will's Answer: Claustraphopic. (Guy's answer: Non-existent) - Sterling silver charms to bring good fortune.
Notice on the back: Potential choking hazard: do not use with food.
How to Say "Merry Christmas" in 75 Other Languages
| Language | Merry Christmas |
| Afrikaans | Gesëende Kersfees |
| Albanian | Gezur Krislinjden |
| Arabic | Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah |
| Argentine | Feliz Navidad |
| Armenian | Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand |
| Basque | Zorionak eta Urte Berri On! |
| Bengali | Shuvo Naba Barsha |
| Bohemian | Vesele Vanoce |
| Brazilian | Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo |
| Breton | Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat |
| Bulgarian | Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo |
| Catalan | Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou! |
| Chile | Feliz Navidad |
| Chinese | (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun |
| Chinese | (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan |
| Cornish | Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth |
| Corsian | Pace e salute |
| Croatian | Sretan Bozic |
| Czech | Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok |
| Danish | Glædelig Jul |
| Dutch | Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! |
| English | Merry Christmas |
| Eskimo | (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo! |
| Esperanto | Gajan Kristnaskon |
| Estonian | Ruumsaid juulup|hi |
| Finnish | Hyvaa joulua |
| Flemish | Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar |
| French | Joyeux Noel |
| Frisian | Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier! |
| Gaelic | Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr! |
| German | Froehliche Weihnachten |
| Greek | Kala Christouyenna! |
| Hawaiian | Mele Kalikimaka |
| Hebrew | Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova |
| Hindi | Shub Naya Baras |
| Hawaiian | Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou! |
| Hungarian | Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket |
| Icelandic | Gledileg Jol |
| Indonesian | Selamat Hari Natal |
| Iraqi | Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah |
| Irish | Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat |
| Italian | Buone Feste Natalizie |
| Japanese | Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto |
| Korean | Sung Tan Chuk Ha |
| Latin | Natale hilare et Annum Faustum! |
| Latvian | Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu! |
| Lithuanian | Linksmu Kaledu |
| Maltese | LL Milied Lt-tajjeb |
| Manx | Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa |
| Maori | Meri Kirihimete |
| Norwegian | God Jul, or Gledelig Jul |
| Papua New Guinea | Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu |
| Peru | Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso |
| Philippines | Maligayan Pasko! |
| Polish | Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie |
| Portuguese | Feliz Natal |
| Romanian | Sarbatori fericite & La multi ani |
| Russian | S RazhdеstvOm! (New Year S Novim Godom!) |
| Samoan | La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou |
| Serbian | Hristos se rodi |
| Slovakian | Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce |
| Samoan | La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou |
| Scots Gaelic | Nollaig chridheil huibh |
| Serbian | Hristos se rodi. |
| Slovak | Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok |
| Spanish | Feliz Navidad |
| Swedish | God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ã...r |
| Thai | Sawadee Pee Mai |
| Tongan | Mele Kalisimasi |
| Turkish | Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun |
| Ukrainian | Христос Родився (Hrustos Roduvsya) |
| Urdu | Naya Saal Mubarak Ho |
| Vietnamese | Chung Mung Giang Sinh |
| Welsh | Nadolig Llawen |
| Yugoslavian | Cestitamo Bozic |
| Will and Guy | Funny Merry Christmas |
Following Christmas 2014, the next time Christmas Day falls on a Thursday will be 2020.
Hanukkah - A Jewish Special Occasion
Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday celebrated for eight days and nights. It starts on the 25th of the Jewish month of Kislev, which coincides with late November - late December on the secular calendar.
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