Trick question.
Jews do not celebrate Christmas.
Jews celebrate Hanukkah.
Jews celebrate Hanukkah for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December.
Hanukkah starts on the Hebrew calendar date of 25 Kislev, and lasts for eight days. The Hebrew calendar does not line up with the western calendar because it has a completely different leap year system that can shift holidays each year by to 11-28 days.
Here are the coinciding secular dates for the upcoming years:
2011: December 20-28
2012: December 8-16
2013: November 27-December 5
2014: December 16-24
2015: December 6-14
This is when the first Hanukkah fell, in the year 165 BCE.
Channukah can start anywhere from the end of November to the end of December. The reason for this is that the month of the Jewish calendar that the holiday is held syncs up to the Gregorian calendar at that time.
The best explanation owes to the fact the Russians used the Julian ( named after Julius Caesar) instead of the more modern Gregorian calendar - and this colored their religious calendar as well. It has always been January 7 . It is arguable the Death of the Empress Elizabeth ( of Russia) in l762 on Christmas Day ( Western Style- l2.25) might have had some import- Horrible thought for Christmas gift- the Czarina has just died!- but this permitted the accession of Catherine II. Maybe the Elizabeth death anniversary has some import here.
It's not considered Christmas...the 6th of January is the day the 3 wise men gave Jesus their gifts. So alot of people give gifts on that date.
Russian Christians are Orthodox; which means the celebrate Epiphany in January
Most Christians are Coptic orthodox, some of them are catholic also but the majority is Coptic. The Coptic Orthodox church in Egypt celebrates Christmas on January 7th of each year.
Because we are Orthodox Christian, We celebrate it on January 7th.
6 Jan 2010 ... On January 6, 300 million Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Eve. Worshipers in countries like Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Macedonia,
Ethiopians celebrate Christmas (Jesus Christ's birth) on January 7th, and it is called Ganna.
The majority of Christians around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25th. While some Christian denominations, such as Eastern Orthodox churches, observe Christmas on different dates, December 25th is the most common date for Christmas celebrations in the Christian tradition.
Yes, but the Orthodox look at a different calendar. Christmas Day is on or near January 7 in the Gregorian calendar. For example, Saturday January 7 2012 was Orthodox Christmas Day. More information can be found on the related link below.
Most of Coptic Christians are Orthodox and celebrating Christmas on 7 January. In Egypt; although it is an overwhelming Muslim majority country; the 7th of January is a country holiday for all Egyptians to share the Egyptian Orthodox Coptic Christians the celebration of the 7th January.
December 25thAnswer:It depends on the group you are interested in:Moslems don'tJews don'tCoptic Christmas is observed on the 7th day of JanuaryOrthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Day on or near January 7 in the Gregorian calendarWestern rite Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25
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.
Russia is Russian Orthodox a Christian sect and that is when they have Christmas. They don't have Christmas on December 25 because they don't belive in god
Those who follow the Gregorian calendar celebrate Christmas on 25 December: Catholics, Anglicans, Protestants, most Greek-speaking Orthodox Churches Those who follow the Julian calendar celebrate Christmas on 7 January: Orthodox Churches of Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Serbia, and Jerusalem The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas on 6 January.