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The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. [5] The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. [ 6 ] Crīst ( genitive Crīstes ) is from the Greek Χριστός ( Khrīstos , 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ ( Māšîaḥ , ' Messiah '), meaning 'anointed'; [ 7 ] [ 8 ...
Norwegian Christmas card A 19th-century American Christmas card. A Christmas card is a greeting card sent as part of the traditional celebration of Christmas in order to convey between people a range of sentiments related to Christmastide and the holiday season.
The Adoration of the Magi, Fresco at the Lower Church of the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi in Assisi, Italy. Christmastide, commonly called the Twelve Days of Christmas, lasts 12 days, from 25 December to 5 January, the latter date being named as Twelfth Night. [12]
The history of macOS, Apple's current Mac operating system formerly named Mac OS X until 2011 and then OS X until 2016, began with the company's project to replace its "classic" Mac OS. That system, up to and including its final release Mac OS 9 , was a direct descendant of the operating system Apple had used in its Mac computers since their ...
Eight tahun makes up a windu. A single windu lasts for 81 repetitions of the wetonan cycle, or 2,835 days (about 7 years 9 months in the Gregorian calendar). The tahun are lunar years, and of shorter length than Gregorian years. The names of the years in the cycle of windu are as follows (in krama/ngoko):
Hari Dharma Samudera / Hari Peristiwa Laut dan Samudera: Commemorate the services and sacrifices of those who died in various battles at sea. The day is the date of the Battle of Arafura Sea in 1962. 25 January: Food and Nutrition Day / National Nutrition Day [1] Hari Gizi dan Makanan / Hari Gizi Nasional
Kongsi Raya, also known as Gongxi Raya, [1] is a Malaysian portmanteau, denoting the Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Eid ul-Fitr) festivals.As the timing of these festivals fluctuate due to their reliance on lunar calendars (the Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar while the Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar), they occasionally occur close to one another – every 33 ...
Colin Maclaurin (/ m ə ˈ k l ɔː r ə n /; Scottish Gaelic: Cailean MacLabhruinn; [pronunciation?] February 1698 – 14 June 1746) [1] was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra. [2]