Belarus is unique because it celebrates both Catholic and Orthodox Christmases as bank holidays. I don’t know if any other country does this.
What’s the source on this?
Also, considering the use of absolutes here, surely the whole map should be purple? (Assuming there’s no unmentioned definition for “region” here, there’s gotta be *someone* who’s diverging from the norm in every state, surely?)
And a merry week off to all!!
in georgia we don’t really celebrate christmas like the rest of europe,we sorta do the christmas stuff on new year’s eve and then have the “old christmas” celebration a little later on
Turkey and Azerbaijan had to come in and ruin the fun
Yes indeed, the accent in Serbia is put on the New Year, all the Christmasy things are here related to new year: “New years tree, New years gifts, New years cards…” and all that.
To be honest i really prefer it that way, Christmas in turn is more religious for religious people and also far less commercial.
In Serbia they celebrate Christmas as a secular holiday on 7th of January (old calendar used by Orthodox Church). Those who are celebrating Christmas on 25th December have legal rights not to work on that day.
Look at that evil Iceland trying to hide the legend from us!
“How did this St. Nicholas turn into the North Pole-dwelling bringer of Christmas gifts? The original saint was a Greek born in the late third century, around 280 A.D. He became bishop of Myra, a small Roman town in modern Turkey.”
Look at map. Ahhh. That is where Christmas is not a holiday.
And why do businesses close every year on Jan 7 here in Russia i wonder?
It’s a holiday for Christian citizens and Christian institutions in Turkey
Kosovo is serbia
I was definitely a closeted Russian. From now on I identify as Russian. Putin, give me a passport.
Turkey will never be a part of Europe.
Terrible choice of colours on this map, the dark blue and the purple are very hard to tell apart when afloat in a sea of cyan. Take my downvote for it.
I would have liked a color for “Christmas is celebrated by watching Donald Duck”.
Map is not correct at least for Ukraine. Ukraine has Xmas as official holiday.
Albania and Kosovo, kudos
I Live in Republika Srpska and here Christmas is a religious holiday like Easter.People clebrate the birth of Jesus,go to Orthodox Church [etc](https://etc.New) .New Years Eve on the other hand is a mostly non-religious secular holiday with party and Santa Claus.
This is why Turkey can’t into the EU
In Russia, Christmas is celebrated on January 7th. This day is officially a public holiday. Holidays are set from 31.12.2021 to 09.01.2022 inclusive.
What do they mean by religious holiday?
Its both in Ukraine. I dunno who made this map, but we have Christmas as National Holiday. Actually 2 Christmas. Gregorian one and Julian one.
It’s a religious Holliday because the Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox get different days off.
But Europe is not christian….xD
In Macedonia Christmas (January 7th) is both secular and religious holiday.
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Source [https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/ec5xi4/date_of_christmas_in_european_countries/](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/ec5xi4/date_of_christmas_in_european_countries/)
Belarus is unique because it celebrates both Catholic and Orthodox Christmases as bank holidays. I don’t know if any other country does this.
What’s the source on this?
Also, considering the use of absolutes here, surely the whole map should be purple? (Assuming there’s no unmentioned definition for “region” here, there’s gotta be *someone* who’s diverging from the norm in every state, surely?)
And a merry week off to all!!
in georgia we don’t really celebrate christmas like the rest of europe,we sorta do the christmas stuff on new year’s eve and then have the “old christmas” celebration a little later on
Turkey and Azerbaijan had to come in and ruin the fun
Yes indeed, the accent in Serbia is put on the New Year, all the Christmasy things are here related to new year: “New years tree, New years gifts, New years cards…” and all that.
To be honest i really prefer it that way, Christmas in turn is more religious for religious people and also far less commercial.
In Serbia they celebrate Christmas as a secular holiday on 7th of January (old calendar used by Orthodox Church). Those who are celebrating Christmas on 25th December have legal rights not to work on that day.
Look at that evil Iceland trying to hide the legend from us!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/131219-santa-claus-origin-history-christmas-facts-st-nicholas
“How did this St. Nicholas turn into the North Pole-dwelling bringer of Christmas gifts? The original saint was a Greek born in the late third century, around 280 A.D. He became bishop of Myra, a small Roman town in modern Turkey.”
Look at map. Ahhh. That is where Christmas is not a holiday.
And why do businesses close every year on Jan 7 here in Russia i wonder?
It’s a holiday for Christian citizens and Christian institutions in Turkey
Kosovo is serbia
I was definitely a closeted Russian. From now on I identify as Russian. Putin, give me a passport.
Turkey will never be a part of Europe.
Terrible choice of colours on this map, the dark blue and the purple are very hard to tell apart when afloat in a sea of cyan. Take my downvote for it.
I would have liked a color for “Christmas is celebrated by watching Donald Duck”.
Map is not correct at least for Ukraine. Ukraine has Xmas as official holiday.
Albania and Kosovo, kudos
I Live in Republika Srpska and here Christmas is a religious holiday like Easter.People clebrate the birth of Jesus,go to Orthodox Church [etc](https://etc.New) .New Years Eve on the other hand is a mostly non-religious secular holiday with party and Santa Claus.
This is why Turkey can’t into the EU
In Russia, Christmas is celebrated on January 7th. This day is officially a public holiday. Holidays are set from 31.12.2021 to 09.01.2022 inclusive.
What do they mean by religious holiday?
Its both in Ukraine. I dunno who made this map, but we have Christmas as National Holiday. Actually 2 Christmas. Gregorian one and Julian one.
It’s a religious Holliday because the Catholics, Muslims and Orthodox get different days off.
But Europe is not christian….xD
In Macedonia Christmas (January 7th) is both secular and religious holiday.