Christmas season (disambiguation)
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Christmas season usually refers to:
- Christmas and holiday season, a seasonal celebration period surrounding Christmas and other holidayHolidayA Holiday is a day designated as having special significance for which individuals, a government, or a religious group have deemed that observance is warranted. It is generally an official or unofficial observance of religious, national, or cultural significance, often accompanied by celebrations...
s - AdventAdventAdvent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday, called Levavi...
, the part of the Christian liturgical yearLiturgical yearThe liturgical year, also known as the church year, consists of the cycle of liturgical seasons in Christian churches which determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of Scripture are to be read. Distinct liturgical colours may appear in...
that leads up to Christmas Day - Christmastide, the part of the Christian liturgical year that runs from Christmas Day to the start of EpiphanyEpiphany (Christian)Epiphany, or Theophany, meaning "vision of God",...