According to tradition, tomorrow, January 6, is the last day of the 
largest festivity known to the world – the festival of Christmas. This is really the biggest religious celebration, the most important annual festival of the Christian religion, and one which has outgrown its original identity to captivate the entire world. It is the most influential, popular, and observed seasonal custom that excites the imagination, transcending religious boundaries across the whole world.
Christmas is universally celebrated as a joyous occasion with feasting, music, gift giving, greetings, fellowship, theatre, literature and flamboyant, spectacular decorations in homes, buildings and public spaces. It has gone beyond its religious origins to be a grand cultural, traditional, commercial and popular festival. Its commercial force is extraordinary, even incredible, having generated a mighty industry including music, literature, film, gifts of all types, symbolic and decorative items.
