| Christmas Day |
| 1223: |
First Nativity scene |
| 1776: |
Washington crosses the Delaware |
| 1818: |
First performance of Silent Night |
| 1868: |
President Andrew Johnson pardons Confederate soldiers |
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| 1907:
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Grammy Award winning singer, Cabell “Cab” Calloway III born in Rochester, New York |
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| 1914: |
German and British troops cease fire |
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| 1918:
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Soldier, revolutionary and third president of Egypt, Muhammad Anwar Al Sadat born in Mit Abu al-Kum, Egypt |
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| 1924:
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Paratrooper, boxer, and prolific screenwriter, Rod Serling born in Syracuse, New York |
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| 1939: |
First radio broadcast of A Christmas Carol |
| 1939: |
First Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer |
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| 1946:
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Singer, songwriter, author, and businessman, James William “Jimmy” Buffett born in Pascagoula, Mississsippi |
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| 1949:
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Singer, Academy and Golden Globe Award winning actress, Sissy Spacek born in Quitman, Texas |
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| 1954:
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Academy Award winning songwriter, musician and singer, Annie Lennox born in Aberdeen, Scotland |
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| 1977: |
Menachem Begin meets with Anwar Sadat |

Oscar winning actor and film legend, Humphrey Bogart born in New York City 1899:
Grammy Award winning singer, Cabell “Cab” Calloway III born in Rochester, New York 1907:
Soldier, revolutionary and third president of Egypt, Muhammad Anwar Al Sadat born in Mit Abu al-Kum, Egypt 1918:
Paratrooper, boxer, and prolific screenwriter, Rod Serling born in Syracuse, New York 1924:
Singer, songwriter, author, and businessman, James William “Jimmy” Buffett born in Pascagoula, Mississsippi 1946:
Singer, Academy and Golden Globe Award winning actress, Sissy Spacek born in Quitman, Texas 1949:
Academy Award winning songwriter, musician and singer, Annie Lennox born in Aberdeen, Scotland 1954