Well actually if you want to get technical, well then here's the answer. The Christmas story is pretty much the answer. When Jesus was born, they made a holiday after Christ, which you now know why Christmas has Christ in it. So really nobody really technically established it, it just became known across the world. And we see it today.
John D Rockerfeller established Rockerfeller Center (where the big Christmas tree is) :)
yes it is.
Every year at Christmas the world famous Vienna Boys Choir gives a Christmas concert. Established in 1498, their annual concert is a Viennese Christmas tradition.
None, Native American's had never heard of Christmas until after the colonists arrived and that was long after the hymns and carolers had been established.
John D Rockerfeller established Rockerfeller Center (where the big Christmas tree is) :)
Yes, there are some Greek holidays like Christmas and Easter but none that are established in Greece.
Someone who likes fire and burning things like trees .
It is disrespectful only if you mispronounce it Eksmas. In the abbreviation Xmas (pronounced "Christmas"), the X- is not the Roman letter x. It is the Greek letter chi, which is long-established as a proper abbreviation for Christ.
The main reason why people delebrate Christmas is that it is a well established social custom in countries that have substantial Christian populations. Lots of people enjoy celebrating Christmas, and some people are even religiously motivated, but those are secondary reasons.
On Christmas Day in 1492, Christopher Columbus established a settlement on the island of Hispaniola, which includes the area now known as San Domingo (Santo Domingo). This settlement, named La Navidad, was one of the first European settlements in the New World. Columbus's arrival marked the beginning of significant European colonization in the Americas.
You ask this as if American Christians should have gotten tired of celebrating Christmas by now. Traditions become established and people cling to their traditions. At this point, anyone who didn't want to celebrate Christmas would be branded a Scrooge, or a grinch. Christmas is deeply embedded in the imagination of the general public and the mythology of Hollywood and of literature, Charles Dickens and Dr. Seuss, what more can you ask?
Congress declared Christmas a federal holiday on June 26, 1870. This legislation established Christmas as a public holiday for federal employees, allowing them a day off to celebrate on December 25 each year. The move was part of a broader trend during that period to recognize various holidays in the United States.