According to holiday polls, Christmas is Canada's favourite holiday by far - over twice as popular as Canada Day.

This is not a big surprise, there is something about Christmas that most people find attractive - whether it's the smell of gingerbread cookies, eggnog or the excitement of tearing open gifts.

Christmas, according to christianity, is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ but this holiday is widely celebrated by non-religeous people as well.

In Canada, Christmas Day is a federal statutory holiday in every province and territory as it is in most other countries in the world.