Mumbai: Christmas - the birth day of Jesus Christ - is a beautiful religious festival that brings out the best in everyone - whether you are a Christian or not. In addition to being a sacred religious festival, it is also a universal cultural and commercial phenomenon.

Christmas day‘s well known traditions in the 21st century include exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas trees, singing carols, waiting for Santa Claus to arrive, But the roots of Christmas has a different story to retell..
Earlier, Christmas was both a day of prayer and festival of drunken revelry. Rowdy medieval carolers begged for food and drink, threatening to throw rocks through the windows of those who refuse, and more!The History of Christmas is packed with controversies as many of the seemingly innocent customs of Christmas has evolved from strange to surprising to disturbing beginnings.

In line with the upcoming Christmas festival, HISTORY unveils a special one off series - "The real story of Christmas" that aims to extract the actual story behind it and shed some little twinkling lights on the nitty-gritty reality of Christmas‘ past.

Enjoy the holiday season as HISTORY unwraps the real story of Christmas.

Find out more on HISTORY at 9pm on December 24th 2011.