Christmas Day
Noun

Christmas Day (plural Christmas Days)

  1. The day on which Christmas is celebrated. It is December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches.
    • 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
Related terms Translations
  • French: jour de Noël
  • Portuguese: dia de Natal
  • Russian: Рождество́



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