Name
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Other names
2 Celebration
2.1 Commemorating Jesus' birth
2.2 Decorations
2.3 Music and carols
2.4 Traditional cuisine
2.5 Cards
2.6 Commemorative stamps
2.7 Gift giving
2.7.1 Gift-bearing figures
2.8 Date of celebration
2.8.1 Using the Julian calendar and the revised Julian calendar
2.8.2 Listing
3 History
3.1 Relation to concurrent celebrations
3.1.1 Dies Natalis Solis Invicti
3.2 Feast established
3.3 Middle Ages
3.4 Reformation into the 19th century
4 Economy
5 Controversies
6 See also
7 References and notes
7.1 Notes
8 Further reading