Christmas (Christmas), also known as Christmas, is translated as "Christ's Mass", a traditional Western holiday on December 25 each year. Mass is a kind of liturgy of the church. Christmas is a religious festival because it is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus, hence the name "Christmas".

 

Since Christmas is a religious festival,we should pay special attention to the use of blessings when sending Christmas greetings to our foreign customers to avoid offending.So if you know your guests are Muslim or Jewish, don't give him any Christmas greetings. More extreme, in some Muslim countries, celebrating Christmas is illegal. In Saudi Arabia, for example, the Christmas tree is taboo; in Brunei, Muslims can sentence up to 5 years to celebrate Christmas.

 

Refer to the below map you will get some ideas:

The gray part is the countries and regions that will celebrate Christmas on December 25;

The yellow part is Christmas in the Armenian country in Western Asia. According to the regulations of the Gregorian sect, it is Christmas on January 6 every year;

The light green part is the Orthodox Christmas. On January 7th, the countries and regions for the holidays are Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Macedonia, Serbia, etc .;

The dark green part is Coptic Christmas. Also on January 7, the Coptic were Christians in Egypt, the descendants of the first ancient Egyptians to convert to Christianity;

The red part will not celebrate Christmas.

Countries which will not celebrate Christmas are:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Djibouti, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Mauritania, Mongolia, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia , Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.

Under normal circumstances, the Christmas holiday starts on December 24, continues to the New Year holiday, and ends after New Year's Day.

So it is very necessary to know the background especially the religion before sending the correct greetings to your customers on Christmas day!