Christmas Season

The Christmas season is a term that covers the time when two interconnected periods of celebration are held.

Blessings of the season
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In many countries, the Christmas season refers to the period of the year approaching Christmas when businesses (particularly those who manufacture or sell things that could be given as gifts) prepare for the massive buying rush that the holiday generates. Although there is no official beginning to the Christmas season, in some countries it is marked by annual Christmas parades and the arrival of Santa Claus such as at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the U.S. The day after Thanksgiving, retailers generally have sales and special events encouraging people to start buying their gifts. The timing of the commercial Christmas season corresponds approximately with the Christian season of Advent.

December 25 is Christmas day, the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Christmastide, or Christmas season, is one of six seasons of the year in the liturgical year of some Christian churches; namely, the period which runs from Christmas Day to January 6, the start of the octave of Epiphany. This period is also commonly known as the Twelve days of Christmas, as referred to in the Christmas carol "Twelve Days of Christmas". During the season various festivites are traditionally enjoyed and buildings decorated. In some countries, by superstition it is bad luck to leave the decorations up after Twelfth Night.

Candlemas (February 2) is the last festival in the Christian year that is dated by reference to Christmas, and in some countries is regarded as the end of the Christmas season. In the 17th Century, Christmas decorations were taken down on the eve of Candlemas.

also see:
Calendar of the Christmas Holiday Season
Giftmas

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