Show christmas and december christmas is not nearly as old as the month in which it falls de cember was the last month in that old kenmonth ten month calendar of ancient rome the name comes from the latin word decem meaning ten in the beginning the month was known as Dec embris but dur ing the many centuries that fol owed lowed the name changed so that it now comes to us in its present form the old saxons recognizing december as the beginning of win ter called it winter winter month they also called it he ugh ligh holy month because of the fact that christmas fell on one of its days pathfinder maga zine |