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It celebrates the birth of Christ. Since about 400 AD, Christians have celebrated the birth of Jesus. 'Christ'means - the title given to Jesus - and 'Mass' was a religious festival. However, in the West today, the real meaning of Christmas is often forgotten. Over time, this has become a non-religious holiday! It is believed that more children believe in Santa than in Jesus. Xox, Smartiiz.(smarty's)
answer- Christmas became a holiday because everyone started giving gifts and then the tradition kept going on and more people started giving gifts to people to give thanks to other people.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoIt started because when Christ was born everyone wanted to be happy so they started to give gifts and then the tradition started generation after generation.
It is as the word suggests, Christ Mass or the mass of Christ originally celebrated in the Catholic Church.
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∙ 13y agoChristmas came around with the birth of Christ. A roman emperor decided that the birth of Jesus would be on December the 25th but no one knows exactly when the real birth of Christ was
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