Christmas is a community of about 1,100 people on Florida State Road 50 about 24 miles east of Orlando and 16 miles west of the Space Coast and Kennedy Space Center.
This community is the home of Fort Christmas, founded during the Second Seminole War. On December 25, 1837, 2,000 U.S. Army soldiers arrived in this area and started building the fort. They named it for the day of their arrival.