Is Dec 25th the actual birthdate of Jesus Christ?

Question

If not where did the date come from and why was that date chosen?

Answer 1

No, it was one of many pagan festivals introduced into the perversion of Christianity that was the catholic church. The best guess is that Christ was born around Purim, a festival of the Jews. This ties in with the enrollment/taxation Luke describes.

Answer 2

The time around 25th of December has largely been a very festive time for holidays. Some partying and celebrating break up the drudgery of winter. I think it may have been the romans who started the Christmas thing. I believe there may have been a pagan holiday then that they just sort of worked over into a Christian holiday. Sorry all the details I have. Important thing is that Christmas time was often celebrated in the past either as a Christian holiday or pagan holiday.

Answer 3

Some say his birthdate was in April, some in October. There was a comet over the sky in 4BC which would have been brightest in October. But no-one knows his birthdate. The choice of 25 December was to steal the feast from the pagan Roman calendar. Typical Christian thing to do.

Answer 4

The earliest reference to Christmas being marked on Dec. 25 comes from the second century after Jesus' birth. It is considered likely the first Christmas celebrations were in reaction to the Roman Saturnalia, a harvest festival that marked the winter solstice—the return of the sun—and honored Saturn, the god of sowing.

Answer 5

No!! The indicator in the Bible that suggests when Jesus was born would put his birth in the fall of the year not the winter. Sheep are brought in for the winter Shepard’s would not have been out in the fields. Just as an example. No date is ever given for his birth in the Bible. A Pope early in the church set the 25 of December as a way to bring non-Christians into the fold and still allow them there mid winter celebrations.

Answer 6

Jesus died in april, he was 33 1/2 years old. count backwards and you come up with oct. the shepards where in the field and in dec it is the rainy and cold season, so they where not out in the field.www.watchtower.org. we have a book about Jesus Christ and his whole life. if you are interested to learn more, ask a Jehovah Witness to get you a book about The Greatest Man That Ever Lived. www.watchtower.org

Answer 7

The birthday of Jesus was sometime in the Summer, possibly July I can't remember. Christmas was chosen to celibrate Jesus' birth because it would tie in with a pagan holiday making the transition from paganism easier for converts.
However a lot of people think this a stumbling block in Christianity and are incorrect. How many birthdays of yours did you actually celebrate on your birthday?

Answer 8

No.No one knows the date when Jesus was born.Early Roman Christians appropriated the date (winter solstice),a pagan holiday celebrating the sun god: then used it to win converts from paganism.It gave the early Christians a cover from persecution to celebrate the birth of the Savior at the same time as the pagans were celebrating .The earliest mention of December 25 as the feast day of the "Nativity"----the proper name for the birthday of Jesus dates to 354A.D.

Answer 9

Literally? By no means. It is still the day we celebrate it, but Christ's actual birthday is thought to have been a bit earlier, between August and October if memory serves.

Christmas originally was a pagan day to celebrate the Sun God. So then the Church adopted the day as "Christ's Mass" to celebrate the birth of Christ.

Answer 10

Look up the holiday of Saturnalia. It was the Pagan festival that the Romans "replaced" with Christmas after adopting Christianity as the religion of the Empire.

According to several theologians the birth of Jesus occured in September.