[Doug Loss]

Sigh. Only the Orthodox churches that follow the old calendar celebrate Christmas now. The rest of us celebrate it on Dec. 25 like everyone else. And of course we have to explain that to everyone non-Orthodox every January 6.

[laconic]

Not in Russia; they're celebrating the old style Orthodox calendar which makes Christmas on 7 January.

[nevergiveup]

When I was very young (I won't say what era), we would celebrate on the 25th and 6th though my mother had good reasons to explain why we only got a small token gift on "Little Christmas".

Nowadays, like all EO except my Russian brothers (and don't forget the Armeniens) we celebrate Christmas only on the 25th like everybody else. (Today is Holy Water day).