A little reason to celebrate
Christmas Day
Federal holiday · Religious · December 25
Christmas Day is a Christian holiday marking the birth of Jesus and a US federal holiday kept with family meals, gifts, music and decorated trees.
National days on December 25, 2026
Also on December 25
On this day
- 1793: Northwest Indian War: General "Mad Anthony" Wayne and a 300 man detachment identify the site of St. Clair's 1791 defeat by the large number of unburied human remains at modern Fort Recovery, Ohio. Northwest Indian War
- 1815: The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance. Handel and Haydn Society
- 1837: Second Seminole War: American general Zachary Taylor leads 1,100 troops against the Seminoles at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee. Second Seminole War
- 1941: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, appointed commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet on December 17, arrives at Pearl Harbor. Chester W. Nimitz
- 2021: The James Webb Space Telescope is launched. James Webb Space Telescope
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