Christians around the World celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
On this day, Christians gather to commemorate the nativity of Jesus.
Basically, it is the story of baby Jesus, the virgin mother Mary, and the father Joseph which dates back 2,000 years ago.
With an estimated population of around 2.6 billion, Christianity is undoubtedly the largest religion on earth at 31 per cent followed by Islam at 24 per cent.
Christmas is celebrated in predominantly Christian countries like The UK, the USA, and most of their colonies.
But, did you know that not all countries out of the 206 in the world celebrate this day?
Ethiopia and 10 others for example celebrate this day on January 7 every year.