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The day a manger out-marketed every empire and never looked back.
means The annual Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, observed December 25th with worship, gifts, and aggressive cheer.
from From Old English Cristes maesse, literally Christ's mass, first recorded around 1038 when calendars were less crowded.
Date debateDecember 25 was chosen, not historically recorded.
Banned oncePuritan England outlawed it, 1647 to 1660.
Xmas legitX is the Greek letter chi, meaning Christ.