Christmas

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Christian festival cultural festival public holiday religious holiday

Christmas is a major Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, widely observed with religious services, family gatherings, and cultural traditions around the world.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Christmas Day 16
Christmas (Natal in Portuguese) 1
Christmas in the United States 1

Statements (82)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian festival ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ
religious holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Feast of the Nativity

Christmas ⓘ
surface form: Navidad

Noël ⓘ
Weihnachten ⓘ
associatedColor gold ⓘ
green ⓘ
red ⓘ
associatedFigure Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Baby Jesus

Santa Claus ⓘ
surface form: Father Christmas

Joseph ⓘ
Santa Claus ⓘ
surface form: Saint Nicholas

Santa Claus ⓘ
Epiphany ⓘ
surface form: Three Wise Men

Virgin Mary ⓘ
associatedPeriod Epiphany ⓘ
surface form: Twelve Days of Christmas
celebrates birth of Jesus Christ ⓘ
custom Christmas dinner ⓘ
attending church services ⓘ
charitable giving ⓘ
decorating Christmas trees ⓘ
exchanging Christmas cards ⓘ
family gatherings ⓘ
gift-giving ⓘ
singing Christmas carols ⓘ
date 25 December ⓘ
economicImpact major retail season ⓘ
eve Christmas Eve ⓘ
hasReligiousAspects yes ⓘ
hasSecularAspects yes ⓘ
honors Jesus Christ ⓘ
linkedConcept Incarnation of Christ ⓘ
Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Nativity of Jesus

charity ⓘ
family unity ⓘ
goodwill ⓘ
peace ⓘ
liturgicalColor white ⓘ
liturgicalSeason Christmastide ⓘ
musicGenre Christmas carol ⓘ
Christmas music ⓘ
observedIn Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
South America ⓘ
preparationSeason Advent ⓘ
publicHolidayIn Argentina ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
relatedHoliday Advent ⓘ
Boxing Day ⓘ
Epiphany ⓘ
New Year’s Day ⓘ
Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
symbol Christmas lights ⓘ
Christmas star ⓘ
Christmas tree ⓘ
Christmas wreath ⓘ
Nativity scene ⓘ
candy cane ⓘ
holly ⓘ
mistletoe ⓘ
typicalGreeting Happy Christmas ⓘ
Merry Christmas ⓘ

Referenced by (98)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Advent wreath → ChristCandleLitOn → Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christmas Day
Christmas → alsoKnownAs → Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Navidad
Advent → associatedWith → Christmas ⓘ
Advent wreath → associatedWith → Christmas ⓘ
Comet → associatedWith → Christmas ⓘ
Mrs. Claus → associatedWith → Christmas ⓘ
Prancer → associatedWith → Christmas ⓘ
Vixen → associatedWith → Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christmas Day
Gloria → associatedWithFeast → Christmas ⓘ
Indians → associatedWithFestival → Christmas ⓘ
subject surface form: All I Want for Christmas Is You
this entity surface form: Christmas in the United States
Cupid → associatedWithHoliday → Christmas ⓘ
Dancer → associatedWithHoliday → Christmas ⓘ
Rudolph → associatedWithHoliday → Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christmas Day
Christmastide → beginsOn → Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christmas Day
December → containsHoliday → Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christmas Day
Blitzen → culturalAssociation → Christmas ⓘ
Jesus Christ → feast → Christmas ⓘ
Boxing Day → follows → Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christmas Day
Day of Goodwill → follows → Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christmas Day
A Christmas Carol → genre → Christmas ⓘ
subject surface form: A Christmas Carol (2009 film)
Die Hard (1988 film) → genre → Christmas ⓘ
subject surface form: Die Hard
Church of Norway → hasHoliday → Christmas ⓘ
Christmastide → hasMajorFeast → Christmas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christmas Day
Roman Catholicism → hasMajorFeast → Christmas ⓘ
Anglican rite → hasSeason → Christmas ⓘ
Christmas pageants → hasSeason → Christmas ⓘ
Bring Me Love → hasTheme → Christmas ⓘ
No Place Like Home → hasTheme → Christmas ⓘ