Muslims have already celebrated
Last Muslim holidays this year were over two months ago. On 4-7 November they celebrated Kurban Bayrami, i.e. Feast of the Sacrifice (it is a moveable feast, five years ago it overlapped with Christian Christmas). Kurban is a symbol of obedience - to Allah (God) and the dogmas of Islam.
Jews celebrate Hanukkah
This year, on 17-24 December Jews celebrate Hanukkah, which is also a moveable feast, according to the calendar. It lasts for 8 days and is a memorial of the family of the Maccabees who took away the temple of Jerusalem from gentiles, i.e. Greeks.
Catholics and evangelicals...
Though they vary in terms of doctrine, there are no differences in terms of Christmas. They celebrate Christmas Eve (Wigilia) on the same day, as well as the first and second day of Christmas, and their tables are set with fasten meals, mushroom soup and borscht among others.
The Orthodox are about to celebrate
Faithful of the Eastern Rite will celebrate Christmas on 6 January.
Religious celebrations fall on different days and so does the New Year welcoming celebration.
The new Jewish year, i.e. the Rosh Hashanah has started on 25. September. Jewish community celebrated the coming of year 5775. Also Muslims have greeted the new, 1436 year. The Orthodox New Year - i.e. the New Year in the Julian calendar used by the Orthodox Church and the Eastern Rite churches, falls on 14. January in the Gregorian calendar.
