Editor's Note: This article was updated on Dec. 20, 2024, with recent Â鶹´«Ã½AV data pertaining to Americans' views on the Christmas holiday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ninety percent of Americans in December 2024 report that they celebrate Christmas, down from 96% recorded when Â鶹´«Ã½AV first asked this question 30 years ago.
Widespread observance of Christmas is seen across all gender, age, education and income subgroups of Americans, with more than eight in 10 in each saying they celebrate it. The holiday is also a unifying event for Republicans (96%) and Democrats (95%).
Americans who are not Christian (including those affiliated with non-Christian religions and those with no religious affiliation) are much less likely than other subgroups to celebrate Christmas, with 78% doing so. By contrast, nearly all Christians say they celebrate the holiday (95%).
While the overall percentage of Americans celebrating Christmas remains high, fewer today (58%) than in 2019 (67%), when Â鶹´«Ã½AV last asked this question, say it is a strongly or somewhat religious holiday for them. This is consistent with the decline in religiosity in the U.S., generally.
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