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Christmas or Christmas Day ( meaning " Christ ' s Mass ") is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ , observed ___MASK76___ 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 . The University of ___MASK31___ system is a university system with several coordinate campuses spread throughout the U . S . state of ___MASK31___ . There are five primary campuses in the Twin Cities , Duluth , Crookston , ___MASK73___ , and ___MASK54___ . A campus was open in Waseca , but was closed and converted into a federal prison for women . The university also operates several research facilities around the state , including some large tracts of land . The University of ___MASK31___ Twin Cities and the Crookston , Duluth , and ___MASK73___ coordinate campuses are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission ( HLC ) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools . The other public system of higher education in the state is the larger ___MASK31___ State Colleges and Universities System ( MnSCU ). Hal Van Every ( February 10 , 1918 -- August 11 , 2007 ) was an American football back in the National Football League who played 21 games for the ___MASK80___ Packers . In 1940 , the ___MASK80___ Packers used the 9th pick in the 1st round of the 1940 NFL Draft to sign Van Every out of the University of Minnesota . Van Every went on to play for two seasons with the Packers and retired in 1941 . ___MASK28___ ( abbreviated St . Paul ) is the capital and second - most populous city of the U . S . state of Minnesota . As of 2015 , the city ' s estimated population was 300 , 851 . ___MASK28___ is the county seat of Ramsey County , the smallest and most densely populated county in Minnesota . The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River , and adjoins ___MASK71___ , the state ' s largest city . Known as the " Twin Cities ", the two form the core of ___MASK71___  ___MASK28___ , the 16th - largest metropolitan area in the United States , with about 3 . 52 million residents . The ___MASK80___ Packers are a professional American football team based in ___MASK80___ , ___MASK21___ . The Packers compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league ' s National Football Conference ( NFC ) North division . They are also the third - oldest franchise in the NFL , organized and starting play in 1919 . It is the only non - profit , community - owned major league professional sports team based in the United States . Home games are played at Lambeau Field . The ___MASK12___ Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is a framework for classifying colleges and universities in the United States . The framework primarily serves educational and research purposes , where it is often important to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions . The classification includes all accredited , degree - granting colleges and universities in the United States that are represented in the National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS ). The University of ___MASK31___ Twin Cities ( ___MASK31___ ; locally known as the U of M or simply the U ) is a public research university in ___MASK71___ and Saint Paul , ___MASK31___ . The ___MASK71___ and St . Paul campuses are approximately apart , and the Saint Paul campus is actually in neighboring Falcon Heights . It is the oldest and largest campus within the University of ___MASK31___ system and has the sixth - largest main campus student body in the United States , with 51 , 147 students in 2013  14 . The university is organized into 19 colleges and schools , with sister campuses in Crookston , Duluth , Morris , and Rochester . UMN is categorized as an R1 Doctoral University with the highest research activity in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education . The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League ( NFL ), the highest level of professional American football in the world . The game is the culmination to a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year . Normally , ___MASK11___ numerals are used to identify each game , rather than the year in which it is held . For example , Super Bowl I was played on January 15 , 1967 , following the 1966 regular season . The single exception to this rule is Super Bowl 50 , which was played on February 7 , 2016 , following the 2015 regular season . The next game , Super Bowl LI , scheduled for February 5 , 2017 , will follow the 2016 regular season . ___MASK80___ is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U . S . State of ___MASK21___ , located at the head of ___MASK80___ , a sub - basin of Lake Michigan , at the mouth of the Fox River . It is located above sea level and north of Milwaukee . The population was 104 , 057 at the 2010 census . ___MASK80___ is the third - largest city in the state of ___MASK21___ , after Milwaukee and Madison , and the third - largest city on the west shore of Lake Michigan , after Chicago and Milwaukee . ___MASK80___ is home to the National Football League team ___MASK80___ Packers . The National Football League ( NFL ) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams , divided equally between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) and the American Football Conference ( AFC ). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in ___MASK18___ , and the highest professional level of American football in the world . The NFL ' s 17 - week regular season runs from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas , with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week . Following the conclusion of the regular season , six teams from each conference ( four division winners and two wild card teams ) advance to the playoffs , a single - elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl , played between the champions of the NFC and AFC . The 1940 National Football League Draft was held on December 9 , 1939 , at the Schroeder Hotel in ___MASK5___ , ___MASK21___ . ___MASK71___ is the county seat of Hennepin County , and larger of the Twin Cities , the 16th - largest metropolitan area in the United States , containing about 3 . 5 million residents . As of 2015 , ___MASK71___ is the largest city in the state of Minnesota and 46th - largest in the United States with a population of 410 , 939 . ___MASK71___ and Saint Paul anchor the second - largest economic center in the Midwest , after Chicago . American football , referred to as football in the United States and ___MASK30___ , and also known as gridiron , is a sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end . The offense , the team with control of the oval - shaped football , attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball , while the team without control of the ball , the defense , aims to stop their advance and take control of the ball for themselves . The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs , or plays , or else they turn over the football to the opposing team ; if they succeed , they are given a new set of four downs . Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team ' s end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent ' s goalposts for a field goal . The team with the most points at the end of a game wins . Lambeau Field is an outdoor athletic stadium in the north ___MASK94___ United States , located in ___MASK80___ , ___MASK21___ .