• In 800AD on 25th December, was the Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor in Rome.

• , Norway, Finland, Bosnia, and Croatia.

• William the Conqueror Chose the 25th of December, for the date of his coronation in 1066.

• In 1126, King Henry the 1st of England, announced the accession on his death to go to his daughter, Matilda. Matilda is the mother of Henry II of England, the first Plantagenet King.

• In 1377, King Richard II of England hosted a Christmas feast at which twenty-eight oxen and three hundred sheep were eaten.

• King Henry III of Castile died on the 25th of December in 1406.

• Plough Monday, was a day that dates back to the 14th century, which resumption of work after the Christmas period. It was usually the first Monday after the twelfth day (Epiphany). Most farmers would take it in turns to use a communal plough which was often kept in the church during the Twelve Days of Christmas. Often, a plough light would be kept burning before the Sacrament or Rood until Plough Monday In 1538, Henry the VIII banned the plough light in churches and ten years later Edward VI banned the Plough Monday festivities completely.

• Henry IV of England staged an elaborate joust on the tourney grounds at Eltham Palace for Emperor Manuel II of Constantinople. in 1400.

• In 1492, Christopher Columbus' flagship the Santa María runs aground and sinks on Hispaniola

• Between 16th and the 17th century, Protestant people began to change the dates in which they gave gifts from the 6th of December to the 24th December, at the time the gift giving was called Christkind.

• The first recorded Christmas in Japan was a Mass held by Jesuit Missionaries in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1552.

• In 1532, Anne Boleyn was queen in all but name, presiding over the court festivities with such spectacular excess that temporary kitchens had to be erected on the palace grounds. There has been some speculation that Elizabeth I was conceived while Henry and Anne were making merry that year.

• Until 1541, there wasa custom called “The Boy Bishop”. In England the boy bishop was elected on 6 December, the feast of Saint Nicholas, the patron of children. The real Bishop would, symbolically, step down ("he hath put down the mighty from their seat"), and the boy would take his seat. After the election, the boy was dressed in full bishop's robes with mitre and crozier and, attended by comrades dressed as priests, made a circuit of the town blessing the people.King Henry the VIII, banned this custom and when his daughter became Queen, Mary the 1st, she revived it. However Queen Elizabeth 1st then Abolished it for good.

• In 1559, on Christmas day, Pope Pius IV was elected

• Until 1560, in Scotland Christmas was called the “Yule”, or ("Yule time"). A 1640 Act of the Parliament of Scotland abolished the "Yule vacation and all observation thereof in time coming". Christmas in Scotland, Christmas Day only became a public holiday in 1958, and Boxing Day in 1974.New Year or Hogmanay the Scots word for the last day of the year, is a more larger celebration in Scotland.

• Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain was born in 1584 on Christmas day

• In 1607, King James I insisted that a play be acted on Christmas night and that the court indulge in games.

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• In 1620, the puritan in the “The Plymouth colony” expressed their hatred for Christmas day, by spending the whole day working building their first structure in theNew World.

• In 1634. Letttice Knollys died on December the 25th. Lettice was the cousin of Elizabeth the 1st of England and had been lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth. She was also the second wife of the Queen’s known favorite Robert Dudley.

• Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician was born on the 25th December in 1642.

• During the 17th century, the parliament under Oliver Cromwell, tried to ban Christmas. The puritans of the time believed it was pagan and popish. Christmas was illegal to celebrate for nearly fourteen years which became illegal after the execution of Charles the 1st of England.

• William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle. solider and famous politician died in 1676, on this day.

• In Sweden they celebrate the 13th of December as part of their Christmas customs as “Saint Lucy’s day”. This signaling the arrival of Christmastide, pointing to the arrival of the Light of Christ in the calendar, on Christmas Day. St Lucia was a young Christian girl who was martyred, killed for her faith, in 304. Lucy would bring food secretly to the Christians in Rome who were on hiding. She would wear candles on her head so she had both her hands free to carry things. Lucy means 'light' so this is a very appropriate name. St. Lucia's Day is now celebrated by a girl dressing in a white dress with a red sash round her waist and a crown of candles on her head. Small children use electric candles but from about 12 years old, real candles are used. This custom began in around the 18th century . St Lucia's Day is also celebrated in Denmark

• On the night of December the 25th, 1776, George Washington launched a daring attack on a Hessian garrison in Trenton.

• From 1834, Christmas became an official holiday in the United Kingdom.

• Charles Dickens wrote “Christmas Carol” in 1843.

• After the American Revolution, English customs fell out of favour, including Christmas. In fact, Christmas wasn’t declared a federal holiday until June the 26th of1870.

• Boxing day become an official holiday in 1871.

• In the 19th Century, many felt Christmas was declining. Charles Dickens was one of several writers who sought to restore it. His novel A Christmas Carol was significant in reviving merriment during the festival.

• References of the Birth of Jesus in the bible  Matthew 1:18-2:2,  Luke 1:5-2:21