Why do we celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25th? Is there anything in the bible that explains this as being his true birthday?
2006-08-17 02:13:31 · 10 answers · asked by tiny rain drops 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
1. Your question is in the wrong category.
2. Not evrything about His life is in the Bible.
3. There are other Christian texts you can always refer to.
4.The Bible is not the only source for Christian beliefs.
5. Dec 25th only applies if you are using the Julian calendar
6. Hope this is sufficient enough.
7. If not, let me know.
8. Have a nice day
and
9. lol
2006-08-17 02:22:37 · answer #1 · answered by police 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is a derivation of Christ's Mass. There is no actual suggestion in The Bible, historical or otherwise, that Jesus was actually born on Dec 25th. In fact there is no more specific allusion to his birth than the year (Earliest around 2BC to around 6BC)
Possible suggestions why December 25th was chosen for Christmas include:-
i) 9 nine months after enunciation (March 25th - the Vernal equinox - important dates including creation, fall of Adam and the Incarnation); and
ii) March 25th was the date of the Roman Winter Solstice. Christmas was chosen to be the date of the Solstice and the date of Annunciation was chosen on this basis(1)
2006-08-17 09:39:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. We celebrate Christmas on Dec 25th, because that is the date chosen by the Catholic church, hehehe....
You see, in the early days of the church, they were very adept at getting "pagans" to convert to Catholocism...because they had "holy days" that corresponded to the pagan religious days. Dec 25, was a pagan holy day... the shortest day of winter... The "yule log", and christmas tree also stem from these pagan cultures, where the 'spirit of the tree' was worshipped by the pagans. Having holy days that were on, or about the same day as the older pagan religions made it much easier for people to convert to Catholicism...they did not have to give up any of their festivities.
Easter Sunday wasnt called "Easter" in the bible....that dates back to the Roman and Greek pagan religions which believed in the goddess Ishtar...the goddess of fertility. The story goes that a nude Ishtar descended from the heavens in an egg.... in case you ever wondered where the "easter egg" came from, heheheh (Rabbits were also considered to be a symbol of fertility...and in fact... rabbit ovi were used in pregnancy tests, once upon a time)
If you'd like some interesting reading, do a search on the Christmas tree, and its history.
2006-08-17 09:30:26 · answer #3 · answered by thewrangler_sw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was based on several pagan holidays, the holidays had many names and was celebrated pretty much throughout the world. We were agrarian by nature and the shortest day of the year meant that spring was on the way. Romans knew it as the Feast of Saturn (Saturnalia), others as the Winter Solstice, Yalda, Dong Zhi, Ju Dong, Sacaea, and to Egyptians it was the Birthday of Horus. Roman Emperor Constantine, supposedly moved Christ's mass to Dec. 25th during the 4th Century (and supposedly to blur the lines between Christianity, Sol Invictus (Syrian Cult of sun worshipers) and Mithraism (another sun worshiping cult)
2006-08-17 10:49:04 · answer #4 · answered by Carlton73 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing in the Bible indicates he was born on Dec. 25th, it didn't even state that he was born in winter. The date was chosen by the Romans who were converted to Christians since it was the date used to celebrate of their Sun god and they thought well since Jesus is their new Supreme God they should transfer the dates from one lesser god to a higher God.
2006-08-17 09:34:40 · answer #5 · answered by alloy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the Roman days, there was a gift giving holiday around the end of December. They set Christmas at around the same time to make as many people happy as possible.
2006-08-17 09:25:00 · answer #6 · answered by 006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was not born in December, he was born some time in September during the feast of the tabernacles.
God never said to honor his son,s birthday, but he never said not to either. Christmas is not a God-ordained biblical feast, but a man made holiday that was originally intended by believers to honor the birth of our savior.
2006-08-17 10:11:37 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a man made tradition. I must admit that I enjoy it, not the commerce but the family gathering and the candle light service.
2006-08-17 09:24:57 · answer #8 · answered by yourdayscoming 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is just a date that was designated to commemorate the birth of Christ. I seem to recall that according to the Jewish calendar it would actually coincide during our month of April.
2006-08-17 09:23:52 · answer #9 · answered by xxxx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There isn't unfortunately. Its more a symbolic thing actually, as far as i know.
2006-08-17 09:17:20 · answer #10 · answered by galford_sg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋