Начали писать, как одно слово Христова месса= Кристмасс с середины 14 века.
Папаша Кристмас, как песня- с 15 века( 1435- 1477)
Как понятие "Праздновать Рождество" только с 16 века.
Рождественские подарки появились только с 1769 года.
Украшение Рождественской Елки переехало из древнегерманской традиции в дома в 19 веке - 1835 г.
Рождественские открытки впервые придуманы в 1843 и стали сверх - популярны в 1850.
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Рождество это очень новая традиция, можно сказать- "новодел" по отношению к придуманному 2000 летнему "христианству".
Христианству не больше 600-700 лет, иудаизм и мусульманство сильно моложе.
"Church festival observed annually in memory of the birth of Christ," late Old English Cristes mæsse, from Christ (and retaining the original vowel sound) + mass (n.2).
Written as one word from mid-14c.
As a verb, "to celebrate Christmas," from 1590s.
Father Christmas is attested in a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435-77.
Christmas-tree in the modern sense is attested by 1835 in American English, rendering German Weihnachtsbaum.
Christmas cards were first designed in 1843, popular by 1860s; the phrase Christmas-card was in use by 1850. Christmas present is from 1769. Christmas Eve is Middle English Cristenmesse Even (c. 1300).
As a verb, "to celebrate Christmas," from 1590s.
Father Christmas is attested in a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435-77.
Christmas-tree in the modern sense is attested by 1835 in American English, rendering German Weihnachtsbaum.
Christmas cards were first designed in 1843, popular by 1860s; the phrase Christmas-card was in use by 1850. Christmas present is from 1769. Christmas Eve is Middle English Cristenmesse Even (c. 1300).