While Christmas was observed in the West on 25 December, other countries instead celebrated it earlier this week. In Armenia, however, it even became a trending topic on Twitter thanks to American-Armenian socialite Kim Kardashian tweeting the news to her 5,796,422 followers.
Thanks to other tweets from Kardashian's siblings, as well as numerous re-tweets, word of Christmas being celebrated in Armenia on 6 January went viral.
Which, of course, it did.
WOW! AMAZE! RT @RobKardashian – Armenian Christmas Eve is a trending topic! #Respect [3]
Nevertheless, American comedian Dave Chappelle wasn't quite sure if the holiday was real, leading to some angry responses.
Happy Armenian Christmas Eve! Ok…your turn to make up a holiday.
Of course, it wasn't just the Kardashians that were tweeting. Other users were too, sending out messages and pictures or updating their statuses on Facebook.
[6]Merry (Armenian) Christmas from Yerevan (Armenia)!
In neighboring Georgia, along with some other countries, Christmas was instead celebrated the following day on 7 January.
In my own case, and even though I was in Armenia, I managed to spend it in a somewhat less than traditional way.