Christmas Day

Christmas Day

English

Etymology

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

Coordinate terms

• Mawlid

Related terms

• Christmas Eve

Translations

the 25th of December

Czech: první svátek vánoční m Danish: første juledag Dutch: kerstdag (nl) m Esperanto: kristnaskotago Faroese: jóladagur m Finnish: joulupäivä (fi) French: jour de Noël (fr) m Galician: día de Nadal m, Nadal (gl) m Greek: ημέρα Χριστουγέννων f (iméra Christougénnon) Greenlandic: juullerujussuaq, juullip-ullua Icelandic: jóladagur (is) m, fyrsti í jólum m Irish: Nollaig (ga) f

Lakota: Waníkiya Tȟúŋpi Aŋpétu Norwegian: Bokmål: første juledag m, juledagen Nynorsk: første juledag m, juledagen Polish: Boże Narodzenie (pl) n, pierwszy dzień świąt m Portuguese: dia de Natal m Russian: Рождество́ (ru) n (Roždestvó) Scottish Gaelic: Là Nollaige m Swedish: juldagen (sv) c (definite form) Tagalog: Kapaskuhan Turkish: bocuk (tr) Vietnamese: ngày lễ Nô-en

See also

• Boxing Day
• St. Stephen's Day