Millions of Nigerians may have celebrated Christmas Day nearly two weeks ago, along with millions more globally, but some countries in the world have waited a little while longer. Orthodox Christians in Russia, Greece, Ethiopia and dozens of other countries are only celebrating Christmas today, January 7. There are 16 countries around the world that mark Christmas Day in January. The Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian calendar after Pope Gregory of Rome developed it in 1582. However, while the Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian calendar, many countries retained the historic Julian calendar dates to mark certain religious festivals.

Source: Punch January 07, 2018 16:18 UTC