Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. In the Gospel of Luke 1:26, he states that Gabriel’s annunciation to Mary took place during Elizabeth’s sixth month of pregnancy on March 25, thereby providing the marker for Christ's birthday. IHS is a monogram for the name Jesus, a contraction of the Greek word spelled IHΣΟΥΣ, and appears on religious monuments, crosses, and symbols around the world.

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