Our modern English word "Noel" is derived from the Middle English word nowel and means "a shout of joy or Christmas song." However, the root of the word is actually French, meaning " Christmas season ," and was derived from the Latin word natalis, which means "birth." In the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, the birth of Jesus is called natalis.

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