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  1. Christmas scores high on the dessert quotient, what with gingerbread, cookies, plum cakes, marzipan, rum balls, and candies in abundance. Wait, there’s more: bebinca, guava cheese and dodol are ...

  2. Dec 23, 2019 · Shaped by cultural norms, Christmas celebrations often have local flair. In Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, Christians display nativity scenes and mark their doors with crosses. They fill ...

  3. Oct 27, 2009 · Christmas pudding, also known as “figgy pudding” or plum pudding, is an English dish dating back to the Middle Ages. Suet, flour, sugar, raisins, nuts and spices are tied loosely in cloth and ...

  4. Nov 16, 2023 · Christmas, the cherished annual Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, is a time-honored tradition observed on December 25th in the Western Church. The origins of this date ...

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  5. Christmas, Christian festival celebrated on December 25, commemorating the birth of Jesus. December 25 was identified by Sextus Julius Africanus in 221 ce as the day on which Christmas would be celebrated, and it was celebrated in Rome by 336 ce. During the Middle Ages Christmas became extremely popular, and various liturgical celebrations of ...

  6. Director John McTiernan Stars Bruce Willis Alan Rickman Bonnie Bedelia. yes, it IS a christmas movie. 3. A Christmas Carol. 1951 1h 26m Approved. 8.1 (26K) Rate. Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time.

  7. Christmas was traditionally a Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. Since the early 20th century, however, it has also been a secular family holiday. The secular holiday, observed by Christians and non-Christians alike, is often devoid of Christian elements and is marked by an increasingly elaborate exchange of gifts.

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