christmas elk illustration with colorful snowflakes

[mas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. According to the Christian gospels, Jesus was born to Mary in Bethlehem, where she and her husband Joseph had traveled to register in the Roman census. Christ's birth, or nativity, was to fulfill the prophecies of Judaism that a messiah would come, from the house of David, to redeem the world from sin. Early Christians celebrated more the subsequent Epiphany, when the baby Jesus was visited by the Magi (and this is still a primary time for celebration in Spain). Efforts to assign a date for his birth, though better known from Writings from some centuries later, would have been important to all Christians then, no less than now. The precise chronology of Jesus' birth and death as well as the historicity of Jesus are still debated. See more at Wikipedia.org...]

>A snowflake is an aggregate of snow crystals that form while falling in and below a cloud. Each snow crystal is a crystalline form of water ice. For a discussion of their properties, see snow.In geometry, the Koch snowflake curve is a fractal.Snowflake is the name of a booking class on flights run by SASSnowflake (Floquet de Neu) was an albino gorilla at the Parc Zoològic de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain.Snowflake is a flowering plant, the botanical species Leucojum, a member of the Liliaceae family.In heraldry, it is a charge.Snowflake, Arizona is a town in Arizona, United StatesSnowflake schemaMail artist known as Snowflake' (1959-present) is an American mail artist, currently living in New Hampshire. See more at Wikipedia.org...

k may mean: Quarter-ton/tonne and larger deer:Elk in its European sense, i.e. Moose (Alces alces)Elk in its North American sense, i.e., Wapiti, related to European Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)Elk in its old British & Irish sense, i.e. Whooper SwanEłk, Poland, townElk, CA, townElk, member of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks fraternal organization"ELK" is also an acronym for a shaft with which a mobile pallet (Dolly) can be steered. This acronym is deduced from the German language and stands for "one-point handle joint" (Einpunkt-Lenk-Kupplung). Other names also are: ELK-System or ELK-Connection. See more at Wikipedia.org...