December 25 Holidays

Christmas is the Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth — the date of December 25 was established by Pope Julius I in 337 CE and adopted across Western Christendom, making it the most commercially significant holiday in the Western world, generating more than $964 billion in annual U.S. holiday retail sales. Quaid-e-Azam Day marks December 25, 1876, the birthday of Muhammad Ali Jinnah — the “Father of Pakistan” who led the All-India Muslim League, negotiated the partition of British India, and became the first Governor-General of Pakistan when it gained independence on August 14, 1947. National Pumpkin Pie Day celebrates the spiced custard pie made with pumpkin purée, eggs, cream, and warming spices — an American holiday staple that 50 million pies are estimated to be consumed each Thanksgiving, with December continuing the tradition. A’Phabet Day or No “L” Day is a wordplay observance celebrating the 25th day of the 12th month — No “L” Day — Noël — with the pun doing the work that decorations cannot.