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Christmas Sunday[/b] is a name for the Sunday after [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Christmas][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Christmas[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000].
In the [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/United_Kingdom][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]United Kingdom[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000], if [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Christmas_Day][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Christmas Day[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000] falls on a Saturday, 26 December is correctly referred to as "Christmas Sunday", and [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Boxing_Day][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Boxing Day[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000] moves to [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/December_27][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]27 December[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]. However, since [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/1999][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]1999[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000] common practice has seen 26 December called "Boxing Day" even when it falls on a Sunday.
In [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Western_Christianity][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Western Christianity[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000], the first Sunday after Christmas is called the "First Sunday of Christmas".
In the [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Eastern Orthodox Church[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000], the "Sunday After the Nativity" and is a [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Feast_day][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]feast day[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000] commemorating [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/King_David][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]King David[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000], [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Saint_Joseph][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Saint Joseph[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000] (who is called "Joseph the Betrothed"), and [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/James_the_Brother_of_the_Lord][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]James the Brother of the Lord[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]. Special [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Hymn][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]hymns[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000] for these [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Saint][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]saints[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000] are found in the [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Menaion][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Menaion[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000], which are combined with hymns for the [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Feast of the Nativity[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000], and special [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Epistle][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Epistle[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000] and [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Gospel][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Gospel[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000] readings are chanted at the [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Divine_Liturgy][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Divine Liturgy[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]. If there is no Sunday between December 25 and January 1, this feast is moved to December 26, where it is combined with the [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Synaxis][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Synaxis[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000] of the [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Theotokos][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Theotokos[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]. The Saturday After Nativity also has a special Epistle and Gospel reading (though no hymns, except those of the [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Afterfeast][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Afterfeast[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]). The Saturday Before [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)][u][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000]Theophany[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:de70=#ff0000] has a special Epistle and Gospel reading of its own, and if both days fall on the same Saturday, both sets of readings are chanted[/color][/size]
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