Depending on the year and place, between 30% and 40% fewer babies are born on Dec. 25 than on the peak day of the year. One reason why these days have so few births is almost no cesarean births are scheduled by doctors to happen on public holidays or weekends. About one in three American babies are born this way.
It might be a celebratory distraction to be born on a big holiday, like Christmas, but the truth is it's very rare to be born on Dec. 25, which makes those birthdays pretty special. In fact, Christmas Day is the least likely day of the year to be born, ranking at 366th with just over 6,500 births on average. Dec.
Babies born on Christmas Day are Capricorns, which is represented by the goat. “Those born under this sign are naturally well-mannered, good-natured, and highly disciplined,” Karen Comen, life coach and lead astrologer at ZodiacSign.com, explains.
December 25 (Christmas Day) is the least common birthday, while January 1 (New Year's Day) is the second least common. December 24 (Christmas Eve) also makes the list as the 3rd least common birthday while July 4 (Independence Day) is the 4th least common birthday.
What was possibly the first child born on Christmas Day arrived in Scotland at 12.39am, not even an hour into the big day. Baby Robyn weighed in at 7lb 8oz when she was born to Nicola and Calum Lawson at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
The celebration of Christmas started in Rome about 336, but it did not become a major Christian festival until the 9th century.
The first recorded Christmas celebration was in Rome on December 25, AD 336. In the 3rd century, the date of the nativity was the subject of great interest.
They're rare
December babies are rare, particularly if they were born Dec. 24 or Dec. 25, which are the rarest of all birthdays.
In the United States, most births occur between June and early November. Count back nine months, and you'll see that places most conceptions in the fall and winter.
Natasha. Meaning: Although it may not seem like it, Natasha may actually be the truest Christmas baby name as it literally means 'born on Christmas Day'.
Those born through December 21 are Sagittarius, while those born after December 22 are Capricorns. Sagittarians are known to be extremely generous, idealistic, and downright hilarious.
Natalia or Nathalia: This French name means “born at Christmas”.
According to real birth data compiled from 20 years of American births, mid-September is the most birthday-packed time of the year, with September 9th being the most popular day to be born in America, followed closely by September 19th.
Entitled "When A Child Is Born (Soleado)" with B-side as "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)", it became Johnny Mathis' sole number one single in the UK Singles Chart, spending three weeks at the top of the chart in December 1976, including the coveted Christmas number one slot, and selling 885,000 copies.
An en caul birth, also known as a “mermaid birth” or “veiled birth”, is when the baby comes out still inside or partially wrapped in the amniotic sac. This happens in only 1 in 80,000 births, making it extremely rare. It might look like your newborn is completely gift-wrapped in a soft bubble.
December Babies Have Lower Cardiovascular Disease Risk
The study showed that people born in September through December were more protected from cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality for men in the U.S. So for December dudes, this is extra good.
What is a Golden Birthday? Your golden birthday is when the date of your birth coincides with your age. For example, if you were born on October 8, your golden birthday took place when you turned 8. If you were born on December 21, your golden birthday took place when you turned 21.
Additionally, the golden birthday is considered especially lucky and special since it only occurs once in a lifetime. If you're over the age of 31 and are feeling sad you may have missed your golden birthday, have no fear! Turning the age of your birth year is considered a platinum birthday.
University of Cambridge Professor Colin Humphreys has argued in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society that a comet in early 5 BC was likely the "Star of Bethlehem", putting Jesus' birth in or near April, 5 BC.
Santa Claus was not actually born on Christmas Day, it turns out Saint Nick's birthday is actually 15 March according to Elf on the Shelf. Many people often assume that the jolly figure was born on Christmas Day due to his association with the holiday.
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the word Christmas originates from the phrase “Cristes Maesse”, first recorded in 1038, which means the Mass of Christ or Christ's Mass.
Jesus' name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua.