There are some facts about Christmas that we have to know and understand. Some of these are the following: The story of Jesus Christ's birth is told in New Testament's gospel of Saint Luke and Saint Matthew. Some Christians celebrate Jesus Christ's coming on January 6 the Epiphany, when they believe he was baptized. The song"The Twelve Days of Christmas" refers to the 12 days between Christmas and the Epiphany. The word Christmas comes from Old English Cristes maesse, which means Christ's mass. The word Xmas is sometimes used instead of Christmas. In Greek, X is the first letter of Christ's name. In 1969, the Roman Catholic Church dropped St. Nicholas Feast Day(Santa Claus) from its calendar because his o unreliably documented. The German word Christkindl, which means Christ child entually turned into Kriss Kringle. Santa Claus generally was depicted as an elf until 1931 when Coca-Cola ads portrayed him as human-sized. Rudolph didn't become Santa's ninth eindeer until 1939 when an advertising writer for the department store Montgomery Ward created him