Christmas

I always thought that Christmas was the New Year's festival which is/that's celebrated on the first of January, but on the 24th of December I got some "Merry Christmas" messages, so I got curious about that and after some searching I found (out) that Christmas is in fact on the Dec. 24th, not on the first of Jan., and (that) it's a holiday for Christians.

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Christmas Eve is celebrated on December 24th. We usually (my family and many others) have a big dinner and open up one gift a piece. Christmas day, the 25th, we finish opening up the rest of our gifts. Dec. 31st is New Year's Eve; that's when we count down to midnight, and celebrate New Year's Day, which is Jan. 1st.

Usage Note: it's best to keep consistent with the way you write dates, e.g., "first of Jan." vs. "1st of Jan."

British English:

In British English the day is usually put before the month. If you wish, you can add the ending of the ordinal number. The preposition of before the month is usually dropped. You can put a comma before the year, but this is not common anymore in British English.

Example: 5(th) (of) October(,) 2004

American English:

In American English the month is usually put before the day. If you wish, you can put the definite article before the day. It is common to write a comma before the year.

Example: October (the) 5(th), 2004

Christmas

I always thought that Christmas is was the New Year's festival which is celebrated at on the first of January, but at on the 24th of December I got some Merry Christmas messages, so I got curious about that and after some searching I found out in fact that Christmas is in on the 24 25th of December, not at on the first of Jun January, and it is a holiday for Christians.

Christmas

I always thought that Christmas is the new year festival which is celebrated at January first, but at December 24th, I got some Merry Christmas messages, so I got curious about that and after some searching I found out that in fact Christmas is at December 24, not at Jan 1st, and it is a holiday for christians.

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