Local parish announcement: Christmas is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation

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This morning my inbox had a Constant Contact email with the remaining Advent and Christmas schedule of events. The email included the following notification:
PLEASE NOTE: While Christmas day is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation . . .
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I immediately checked several on-line resources, including Wikipedia, and they all confirmed that the Solemnity of the Nativity IS a HDO. I have sent a reply email with my own personal “dubia” asking the office staff to confirm this statement, and I also wanted to ask the CAF hive mind – have I missed something this year?

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Edit to add, for the benefit of those who don’t know me – I’m a Yank.
 
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Holy days vary between countries. If you’re in Australia or USA, it is a holy day
 
Christmas is the one HDO that’s pretty much an HDO in all countries. I think in Hong Kong for example there’s only one HDO, and Christmas is it.

Sounds to me like somebody made a mistake.
 
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Sounds to me like somebody made a mistake.
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That’s what I was thinking, but real changes have sneaked past me before without my noticing them. If it is a mistake, it is a very serious one, and Father needs to see that it is corrected pronto and in big, bold letters.

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I have seen some holy days have their obligation removed if they fall too close to the weekend Masses (obviously not the case for Christmas this year). Is it the Bishop who can make such a judgment call for their diocese?
 
DaveBj said:
This morning my inbox had a Constant Contact email with the remaining Advent and Christmas schedule of events. The email included the following notification:
PLEASE NOTE: While Christmas day is NOT a Holy Day of Obligation . . .
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In the USA, just the Immaculate Conception (Sunday Dec 8, 2019) was transferred to Monday, and has no obligation for Mass this liturgical year.
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It was a mistake, and they sent out another email correction in big, bold letters. Admins, this thread can be closed, which would make me officially – a THREADKILLER! 😃

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It’s typically the national bishops’ conference with consent of the Holy See, I believe, but even so, there are variations within the country (e.g., the US has variable observances of the Ascension depending on location, and Hawaii only has two HDOs - unlike the rest of us).
 
I live in the USA, and Christmas is definitely a holy day of obligation.
 
Denmark here. We have two Holy Days of Obligation and Christmas Day is one of them.
 
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It’s typically the national bishops’ conference with consent of the Holy See, I believe, but even so, there are variations within the country (e.g., the US has variable observances of the Ascension depending on location, and Hawaii only has two HDOs - unlike the rest of us).
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Christmas is the second most important liturgical celebration in the whole Church calendar (Easter being the first), as it celebrates the second most important event in all of salvation history.

I would.be shocked if there were any country where it was NOT obligatory for Catholics to attend Mass on Christmas Day.
 
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