Signifying the holiday season, noël comes from the latin verb nasci, meaning to be born. a variation of this word, nael, made its way into old french. Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media noël: A christmas story, a 1910 book by christian reid noël, a 1992 animated television special written by romeo muller and directed by masaki îzuka noel.

It can be traced further back to the latin word natalis, which can. Religious festivals advent all saints' day all souls' day ascension ascension day day of the dead divali diwali easter easter day hegira hejira hijrah holy day purim ramadan rosh hashanah.