The celebration was and still is intended by practising Christians as a remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) who is considered by many of them as God incarnate or the second person in a trinity, and thus they celebrate the birth of “divinity.”
Ayon sa mga iskolar na Kristiyano, ang Christmas ay hinango sa mga katagang CHRISTES MASI, na ang ibig sabihin ay Christ Mass, o ang misang patungkol kay Kristo-Hesus, Ang biyaya at habag ng Allah nawa’y mapasakanya.