December 25 is the 359th day of the year. Six days remain until the end of the year.
“When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.”
Michael P. Anderson
Born today
Michael P. Anderson, 1959, NASA astronaut and United States Air Force officer
Observances
Children's Day (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of Congo)
Christian feast day:
Anastasia of Sirmium (Catholic Church)
Stephen (Armenian Apostolic Church)
Christmas Day, Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. (Internationally observed)
Tulsi Pujan Diwas (India)
Good Governance Day (India)
Quaid-e-Azam's Day (Pakistan)
Takanakuy (Chumbivilcas Province, Peru)
