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Christmas  is an annual  festival , commemorating  the birth  of  Jesus Christ , [8] [9]  observed primarily on December 25 [4] [10] [11]  as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. [2] [12] [13]  A  feast  central to the  Christian   liturgical year , it is preceded by the season of  Advent  or the  Nativity Fast  and initiates the season of  Christmastide , which historically in the West lasts  twelve days  and culminates on  Twelfth Night ; [14]  in some traditions, Christmastide includes an  octave . [15]  Christmas Day is a public  holiday  in  many of the world's nations , [16] [17] [18]  is celebrated religiously by a majority of Christians, [19]  as well as  culturally  by many non-Christians, [1] [20]  and forms an integral part of the  holiday season  centered around it. The traditional Christmas narrative, the Nativity of Jesus, delineated in the  New Testament  says that Jesus was born in  Bethlehem , in accordance with  me