The Feast of the Annunciation is the traditional date of the Virgin Mary’s willing consent to the supernatural conception of Jesus in her womb. It is celebrated on March 25 because that date falls nine months—the approximate length of human gestation—before Christmas on December 25, which commemorates the birth of Christ.
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