who came up of the idea of Christmas,and it being on the 25th. and what was they thinking around it?

Question

Did it all start by the Christians?

i'm not stupid iknow its something to do with Jesus.
But why do non-believers celebrate it if they don't believe

Answer 1

The Christian Church came up with it in the Middle Ages. They wanted a way to convert all the Pagans to their new religion so they stole all the elements of Yule/Winter Solstice, including the date, and made their own holiday. Prior to that, any winter festivities were banned for many years because they were Pagan.

Yet Christians today are ignorant of their own history when they say everyone else is trying to take their holiday away from them. Which could not be further from the truth.

Answer 2

The idea that December 25 is Jesus' date of birth was popularized by Sextus Julius Africanus in Chronographiai (AD 221), an early reference book for Christians. It is both nine months after the Festival of Annunciation (March 25) as well as the date that the Romans marked as the winter solstice, which they called bruma. When Julius Caesar introduced the Julian Calendar in 45 BC, December 25 was approximately the date of the solstice. (In modern times, the solstice falls on December 21 or 22.)

Earlier, around AD 220, the theologian Tertullian declared that Jesus died on March 25, 29. By AD 240, a list of significant events was being assigned to March 25, partly because it was believed to be the date of the vernal equinox. These events include creation, The Fall of Adam and Eve, and, most relevantly, the Incarnation. The view that the Incarnation occurred on the same date as crucifixion is consistent with a Jewish belief that prophets died at an "integral age," either an anniversary of their birth or of their conception.

The identification of December 25 as the birthdate of Jesus did not at first inspire feasting or celebration. In 245, the theologian Origen denounced the idea of celebrating the birthday of Jesus "as if he were a king pharaoh." Only sinners, not saints, celebrate their birthdays, Origen contended.

The earliest reference to the celebration of Christmas is in the Calendar of Filocalus, an illuminated manuscript compiled in Rome in 354. A reference from 360 indicates that Christmas was well-established in Rome by that time. Christmas was promoted in the east as part of the revival of Trinitarian Christianity which followed the death of pro-Arian Emperor Valens in the Battle of Adrianople (378). It was introduced to Constantinople in 379, to Antioch about 380, and to Alexandria about 430. Christmas was especially controversial in Constantinople, the "fortress of Arianism," as Edward Gibbon described it. The feast disappeared after Gregory of Nazianzus resigned as bishop (381), although it was reintroduced by John Chrysostom about 400.

Answer 3

origanlly christmas was on 6th of january that is when the 3 kings gave the gifts thus people gave gifts to one another. they still celebrate that day as christmas in spain and other countries.`

Answer 4

The early Christian missionaries pegged it on to winter festivals very common around the time of the solstice.

Answer 5

the catholics. the pagans had this holiday and when they were saved they still wanted this holiday so the catholics allowed that and threw Jesus into it.we really don't know when the birth of Christ is some say it had to be in the fall.

Answer 6

Christmas was created just to overshadow much older traditions.

Answer 7

It wasn't an idea! It's the day Jesus was born! You should know this! Shame on you!

Answer 8

Nobody came up with it.It's just Jesus'birthday,didn't you know?