Is It Christmas Yet?

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Christmas was promoted in the East as part of the revival of Orthodox Christianity that followed the death of the pro- Arian Emperor Valens at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. It's probably a better choice to optimize a model using a performance statistic which relies on a cost function that penalizes missing correct prediction of rare events more than it penalizes missing correct prediction of common events. Children are commonly told that presents were brought either by the Christkind (German for Christ child), [37] or by the Weihnachtsmann. Many non-Puritans in New England deplored the loss of the holidays enjoyed by the laboring classes in England. As you said yourself in other comments here, it differs a lot between the US, canada and places that "celebrate" over 2 days.

citation needed] After the dinner is over the table is left uncleared overnight for the feast of vėlės (spirits or soul). The feast was introduced in Constantinople in 379, in Antioch by John Chrysostom towards the end of the fourth century, [48] probably in 388, and in Alexandria in the following century. Keep decorations and cards away from fires and other heat sources such as light fittings and don't leave burning candles unattended.Traditionally, Lithuanians believed that animals could talk on that night, and it was possible to predict the future with charms and various games. Western churches have traditionally observed Christmas Eve (properly the Vigil of the Nativity) as a liturgical observance distinct from the masses of Christmas Day, with the proper Gospel at the Mass for the Vigil of the Nativity being that of the Annunciation to Joseph in Matthew 1.

Because I just noticed, that someone made the transcript here change for that day, which I think is wrong. Although Randall's claim on accuracy is true, accuracy alone doesn't make a predictive device useful. According to tradition, the calendar was created in the 19th century by a Munich housewife who tired of having to answer endlessly when Christmas would come. Noel' (also 'Nowel' or 'Nowell', as in " The First Nowell") entered English in the late 14th century and is from the Old French noël or naël, itself ultimately from the Latin nātālis (diēs) meaning 'birth (day)'.The flowchart he mocks there is actually a real flowchart, which helps you realize that the stone you find is not a meteorite. Whereas in England, Wales and Ireland Christmas Day is a common law holiday, having been a customary holiday since time immemorial, it was not until 1871 that it was designated a bank holiday in Scotland.