Labarun karni na 19 sun nuna mana cewa ana bikin Maulidin Kirsimeti kamar yadda ake yi a yau. Dukkanin kyaututtukan Kirsimeti da na zakara an yi bikin su; masaukin sun riga sun rabu da al'adar addini.
Bayan farkon bikin Disamba a cikin karni na 16, nazari a cikin "Diary of Gregorio M. Guijo" a cikin 1650 ya gaya mana game da bikin Kirsimeti:
A wannan ranar, duk mazaunan birni sun sanya tagogin gidajen Uwargidanmu da wasu zane-zanen Mai Martaba a kan wasu keɓaɓɓu, na musamman ibada, kuma an kawata su da fitilu da yawa, don haka duhun dare sosai shine tituna bayyananne sosai, kuma ya kasance mai yawan ibada; kuma mulattoes, baƙaƙe, mestizos da Indiyawa sun hallara a mararraba na wannan birni, kuma da babbar murya suna yin addu'ar rosary na Uwargidanmu, a gwiwoyinsu, kuma a kan tituna yara sun tafi cikin ƙungiya, yawancinsu, da kuma mutane na kowane zamani.
Anyi bikin kirismeti na kirismeti da safe, a lokacin novena kuma na biyu da 12 na dare a ranar 24. Tsoffin ba su da halin da ya saba da su a yau, kamar yadda kiɗan murgas da ayoyin da suke suka rera waka.
A yau ba al'ada ba ce don zuwa jakar kirismeti. Kirsimeti Kirsimeti biki ne na dangi sosai, an shirya masaukin tare da al'adu iri ɗaya da waƙoƙi kamar waɗanda aka bayyana a sama har zuwa lokacin da "za a kwantar da yaron." Adadin Godan Allah yakan ɗauki ɗayan mata biyu ko biyu a cikin kwando, tire ko zane; An fara jerin gwanon mahalarta, waɗanda ke rera waƙoƙi da rawan Kirsimeti sannan a kwantar da Jesusan Yesu a komin dabbobi, inda ya kasance har zuwa 2 ga Fabrairu. A baya al'ada ce ga firist, aboki na dangi, ya saka yaron ya kwanta.
Tare da waƙoƙi, an ba da Childan yaro a cikin shimfiɗar jariri, bayan kowane bako ya sumbace shi, dangin sun kasance kusa da haihuwar suna raira waƙoƙin Kirsimeti. Waɗannan sun samo asali ne cikin lokaci, kodayake ana fassara “Adeste fidelis” da “Shiru Dare”.
