At Church of the Highlands, volunteers run the Giving Hope Christmas Mall Experience on Dec. 14, at which families in need “shop” to select donated gifts for their children.

Urban noted some people who celebrate Jan. 7 refer to it as “church Christmas” or “sacred Christmas” and to Dec. 25 as “secular Christmas” or “media Christmas.” “With Jan. 7 ...

Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the ...

From 1649 to 1658 no celebration was allowed except for special church services on Christmas eve. Cromwell was a dedicated Christian who lived by the commands and principles of Scripture. We must ...

In the second half of the 4th century, the Eastern church also moved Christmas to December 25. For the first time, separate celebrations on the occasion of the Nativity of Christ and the Baptism ...

The Armenian Apostolic Church considers Christmas (Dzoont ... that some Quakers continue to follow today but others do celebrate in some way. Typically, Quaker meetings don’t follow any sort ...

Key fact No-one is certain of the date on which Jesus was born. The early Christians did not celebrate Christmas, and it wasn’t until the fourth century that the date of 25 December was decided on.