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Loretta Young ( January 6 , 1913 -- August 12 , 2000 ) was an American actress . Starting as a child actress , she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953 . She won the 1948 best actress Academy ___MASK91___ for her role in the 1947 film The Farmer ' s Daughter , and received an Oscar nomination for her role in Come to the Stable , in 1949 . Young moved to the relatively new medium of television , where she had a dramatic anthology series , The Loretta Young Show , from 1953 to 1961 . The series earned three Emmy Awards , and reran successfully on daytime TV and later in syndication . In the 1980s Young returned to the small screen and won a Golden Globe in Christmas Eve in 1986 . Young , a devout Roman Catholic , worked with various Catholic charities after her acting career . Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas Day , the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth . Christmas Day is observed around the world , and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day . Together , both days are considered one of the most culturally significant celebrations in Christendom and Western society . An ___MASK77___ , especially according to Abrahamic religions and Zoroastrianism , is a spiritual being superior to humans in power and intelligence . Angels are typically described as benevolent , dreadful , and endowed with wisdom and knowledge of earthly events , but not infallible ; for they strive with each other , and God has to make peace between them . Most of them serve either as intermediaries between Heaven and Earth , or as guardian spirits . They are studied in the theological doctrine of angelology . In Christian Science , the word " ___MASK77___ " is used to refer to an inspiration from God . The use of the term has extended to refer to artistic depictions of the spirits , and it is also used figuratively to refer to messengers and harbingers , and to people who possess high qualities of goodness , purity , selflessness , intelligence , and / or beauty . Loretta Young ( January 6 , 1913  August 12 , 2000 ) was an American actress . Starting as a child actress , she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953 . She won the 1948 ___MASK2___ for her role in the 1947 film " The Farmer ' s Daughter " and received an Oscar nomination for her role in " Come to the Stable " in 1949 . Young moved to the relatively new medium of television , where she had a dramatic anthology series , " The Loretta Young Show ", from 1953 to 1961 . The series earned three Emmy Awards and was rerun successfully on daytime TV and later in syndication . In the 1980s Young returned to the small screen and won a Golden Globe for her role in " Christmas Eve " in 1986 . Young , a devout Roman Catholic , worked with various Catholic charities after her acting career . Jesus (; c . 4 BC  c . AD 30 / 33 ), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ , was a Jewish preacher and religious leader who became the central figure of Christianity . Christians believe him to be the Son of God and the awaited Messiah ( Christ ) prophesied in the Old Testament . Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically , although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the historical Jesus . Jesus was a Galilean Jew who was baptized by John the Baptist and subsequently began his own ministry , preaching his message orally and often being referred to as " rabbi ". He was arrested and tried by the Jewish authorities , and was crucified by the order of Pontius Pilate , the Roman prefect . Jesus debated ___MASK34___ Jews on how to best follow God , performed healings , taught in parables and gathered followers . After his death , his followers believed he rose from the dead , and the community they formed eventually became the Christian Church . Come to the Stable is a 1949 American film which tells the true story of the Abbey of Regina Laudis and the two French nuns who come to a small New England town and involved the townsfolk in helping them to build a children ' s hospital . It stars Loretta Young , Celeste Holm , Hugh Marlowe , Elsa Lanchester , Thomas Gomez , Dooley Wilson and Regis Toomey . Christmas or Christmas Day ( meaning " Christ ' s Mass ") is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ , observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world . A feast central to the Christian liturgical year , it is prepared for by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide , which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night ; in some traditions , Christmastide includes an Octave . The traditional Christmas narrative , the Nativity of Jesus , delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem , in accordance with messianic prophecies ; when Joseph and Mary arrived in the city , the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born , with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then disseminated the message furthermore . Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world ' s nations , is celebrated religiously by the vast majority of Christians , as well as culturally by a number of non - Christian people , and is an integral part of the holiday season , while some Christian groups reject the celebration . In several countries , celebrating Christmas Eve on December 24 has the main focus rather than December 25 , with gift - giving and sharing a traditional meal with the family .