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There isn't any festival celebrated along with Christmas as per the Hebrew calendar, since Christmas is not tied to the Hebrew calendar. (So every year, Christmas falls on a different date on the Hebrew calendar).
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Christmas is celebrated according to the calendar in use, not by geographical location. Cuba uses the Gregorian calendar.
yes christmas fell on thursday in December 2012 on the mayan calendar but not in United States.
Answer: the Macedonian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas Day on January 7th. The is because the church goes by the Julian calendar and the 25th on this calendar falls on the January 7th on the Gregorian calendar, which is the internationally accepted civil calendar.
Christmas is a Christian holiday, and since the overwhelming majority of Europeans are Christian, then yes. However, depending on your denomination of Christianity, the date of Christmas will be different. Catholics and Protestants celebrate Christmas according to the modern day Gregorian Calendar, which Christmas lies on 25th December. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian Calendar, which preceded the Gregorian, where Christmas (25th December) in the Julian calendar lies on or near 7th January in the Gregorian calendar.
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The advent calendar got its name because the days leading up to Christmas, Christmas itself, and a few days after Christmas are called advent. Advent calendars are calendars that count down the days of advent, or the days before Christmas.
January 7th is what is called "Old Christmas." It is Christmas Day on the Julian Calendar. The Calendar was revised in the 16-17th Centuries and the Gregorian Calendar replaced the Julian. The two calendars are 13 days apart. For religious reasons, some (like the Ethiopian Christians) have never adopted the new calendar, and still commemorate Old Christmas.
The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates on the Julian calendar - which is 13 days different than the Gregorian, or secular calendar. Christmas is celebrated by Russian Orthodox on December 25th on the Julian Calendar, or January 7th on the secular calendar.
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