In recent years, due to the large number of Catholics and Protestants in China, and also because of the improvements in international communications and information dissemination, Christmas has become an important holiday in the ROC.
耶誕節雖是盛行於西方的宗教性節日，但由於國內的天主教及基督教徒頗多，再加上近年來國際間交通方便，傳播資訊發達，東西方國家交往頻仍，使得耶誕節在國內也受到相當的重視。