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  2. Christmas - Wikipedia

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    The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. [3] The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. [4] Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ ‎ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; [5] [6] and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the ...

  3. List of UK singles chart Christmas number twos - Wikipedia

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    The highest selling Christmas number-two is "Last Christmas" by Wham! (which is also the only time a record has finished first and second in separate years) followed by "She Loves You" by The Beatles. Another factor in the greater interest in the Christmas number two is the growing influence of reality television programmes on the chart.

  4. Christmas stocking - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the Christmas stocking is thought to originate in the life of Saint Nicholas. [2] [3] While there are no written records of the origin of the Christmas stocking, there are popular legends that attempt to tell the history of the Christmas tradition. One such legend has several variations, but the following is a good example: St ...

  5. Ziemassvētki - Wikipedia

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    Ziemassvētki fir tree. Ziemassvētki fir decorating custom was known in Livonia even before the 16th century. The Blackheads Guild provided the information in 1510 about winter traditions in Riga and referred to earlier such events in 1476, therefore, the former executive of Riga's House of the Blackheads and historian Ojārs Spārītis considers the historical information on the tradition of ...

  6. A Very Supernatural Christmas - Wikipedia

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    A fan of Christmas television specials growing up, series creator Eric Kripke desired to make "the most violent Christmas special in the history of television". The myth of the anti-Claus—an evil antithesis of Santa who "stuffs his victims in sacks and takes them off to eat them"—became the episode's inspiration.

  7. Wigilia - Wikipedia

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    Wigilia (Polish pronunciation: [vʲiˈɡʲilja] ⓘ) is the traditional Christmas Eve vigil supper in Poland, held on December 24.The term is often applied to the whole of Christmas Eve, extending further to Pasterka—midnight Mass, held in Roman Catholic churches all over Poland and in Polish communities worldwide at or before midnight.

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