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Christmas

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The festival in celebration of the birth of Christ now celebrated all over Christendom on 25th December, as coinciding with an old heathen festival celebrated at the winter solstice, the day of the return of the sun northward, and in jubilation of the prospect of the renewal of life in the spring.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Christmas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/christmas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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