When Christmas is Celebrated Many people think Christmas is on December the 25th and that’s all there is to Christmas. However, for many people around the world, in different countries and in different Christian traditions, Christmas lasts for a lot longer than that – and it’christmas cake recipe jamie oliver even celebrated at different times! Christians remember that Jesus died and then came back to life.

So we get the name Christ-Mass, shortened to Christmas. Christmas, there are some other dates as well! Orthodox Churches in Russia, Serbia, Jerusalem, Ukraine and other countries use the old ‘Julian’ calendar and people in those churches celebrate Christmas on January 7th. The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on January 7th.

Most people in the Greek Orthodox Church celebrate Christmas on December 25th. But some still use the Julian calendar and so celebrate Christmas on 7th January! Some Greek Catholics also celebrate on January 7th. The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Christmas on January 6th. It also celebrates Epiphany on this day.