When is Christmas in 2017? The exact time and origin of Christmas

When is Christmas Day in 2017? Time flies, Christmas 2017 is coming soon. Do you know the exact day of Christmas? Next, let’s look at some Christmas-related content.

When is Christmas Day in 2017?

1. Christmas 2017 time: December 25, 2017, Monday, the 8th day of the 11th month in the lunar calendar.
2. Christmas, one of the traditional Western festivals, falls on December 25th every year. Christmas itself is a religious holiday. Because it is celebrated as the birth of Jesus, it is also called Christmas. However, the Bible does not actually record the date of Jesus' birth. Christmas was established by later generations.
3. Christmas is also an important festival in many Western countries, just like our Spring Festival. Most Catholic churches hold midnight mass on Christmas Eve, December 24, which is in the early morning of December 25. Some Christian churches will hold the Annunciation and then celebrate the arrival of Christmas.

The origin and legend of Christmas

1. Christmas is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the god revered by the West.
2. Legend has it that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. God also sent the angel Gabriel to tell Joseph in a dream that he should not abandon Mary because she was pregnant out of wedlock, but should marry her and name the child "Jesus", meaning that he would save the people from sin.
3. When Mary was about to give birth, the Roman government issued an order that all people must go to Bethlehem to register their household registration. Joseph and Mary had no choice but to obey. When they arrived in Bethlehem, it was already dark. Unfortunately, the two of them could not find a hotel to stay in, so there was only a stable where they could stay temporarily.
4. At this time Jesus was about to be born, so Mary was forced to give birth to Jesus in a manger. In order to commemorate the birth of Jesus, later generations set December 25 as Christmas and attend mass every year to commemorate the birth of Jesus.