Definite article before Christmas--they felt "the" Christmas was close...

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The following part is from Wiki.

Christmas really starts in my home on Tipps Eve, which is the day before Christmas. I have heard that it is called Tipps Eve because when men used to put up their own homebrew etc. they wouldn't drink it before Christmas, but I guess most men would sneak a drink or two on this day because they felt the Christmas was close and they probably got a bit tipsy – thus Tipps Eve.[33]

Why is there a THE before Christmas in the last sentence? Is the THE used correctly there?
 
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