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Christmas is when the majority of the world celebrates the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. This is not the exact date of His birth, but it is worth celebrating. Western Churches celebrate it on December 25th, while some Orthodox Churches celebrate it on January 7th. Countries in which Christmas is not a formal public holiday include Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (excepting Hong Kong and Macao), Comoros, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Maldives, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Yemen.

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The other term for Christmas. It refers to the accounts of the birth of Jesus, primarily based on the two accounts in the gospels of Luke and Matthew. The Nativity is a prominent element of the ...

Domain: Holiday; Category: Religious holidays

Also known as "Magi" they are a group of distinguished foreigners who followed a star to visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. They were the first religious ...

Domain: Holiday; Category: Religious holidays

The Star of Bethlehem, also called the Christmas Star, revealed the birth of Jesus to the Biblical Magi/wise men, and later led them to Bethlehem. The star appears only in the nativity story of the ...

Domain: Holiday; Category: Religious holidays

A miracle is an event not ascribable to human power or the laws of nature and consequently attributed to a supernatural, especially divine, agency.

Domain: Holiday; Category: Religious holidays

The virgin birth of Jesus is the belief that Jesus was conceived in the womb of his mother Mary by the Holy Spirit and born while Mary was yet a virgin. The New Testament references are Matthew ...

Domain: Holiday; Category: Religious holidays

It is an aromatic resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia,The English word is derived from Old French "franc encens" (i.e. high quality incense) and is used in incense and perfumes. ...

Domain: Holiday; Category: Religious holidays

It is the aromatic resin of a number of small, thorny tree species of the genus Commiphora, which is an essential oil termed an oleoresin. Myrrh resin is a natural gum. It can also be ingested by ...

Domain: Holiday; Category: Religious holidays

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