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Featured Article: Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day commemorates and celebrates the birth of Jesus. The word Christmas is a contraction meaning "Christ's mass." The name of the holiday is sometimes shortened to Xmas because Roman letter "X" resembles the Greek letter Χ (chi), an abbreviation for Christ (Χριστός). Christmas in the West is traditionally observed on December 25, or January 7 in the Eastern Orthodox Churches. Besides its Christian roots, many Christmas traditions have their origins in pagan winter celebrations.
Popular Article: Kim Alji
Kim Alji was a historical figure in Korean history, whose descendants are believed to have formed the Kim royal clan of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. According to legend, Silla's fourth ruler, King Talhae of Silla found him as an infant in a golden chest (from which came the surname "Kim," which means "gold" in Korean) that was lodged in a tree beneath which a white cock crowed, in the sacred grove of Kyerim. He was raised in the palace, and his descendants eventually predominated over the Bak and Seok clans and took the throne of Silla.
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David Livingstone, the first European to see it, renamed the Mosi-oa-Tunya waterfall the Victoria Falls in honor of Queen Victoria (source: David Livingstone)
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