can anybody explain me why we celebrates Christmas?what is the story of Christmas?

Answer 1

we celebrate it so that we can remember Jesus' birth & then his death so that his death could take away our sins & give us an everlasting life if we repent of our sins & take him as our savior

for more info : www.wayofthemaster.com God Bless

Answer 2

I don't celebrate christmas, and I'm not Jewish. I don't believe that Jesus was born on December 25th in the first place. In the McClintocks and Strongs Encylpedia, it states, "The oberservation of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is itof New Testament origin. The day Christ's birth cannot be ascertained from the new Testament or indeed from any other sourse." Luke 2:8-11 shows that the shepherds were in the fields at night at the time Jesus birth. The book "DAILY LIFE IN THE TIME OF JESUS states "the flocks passed the winter months under cover, and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the field." Also the Encyclopedia Americana informs us: The reason for establishnig Dec. 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually heald that the day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the time of the winter solstice, when the days begin to lengthen, to celebrate the 'rebirtrh of the sun.' The roman Saturnalia (a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture, and to the renewed power of the sun), also took place at this time, and some Christmas customs are thought to be rooted in the ancient pagan celebrations. Even the Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges "The date of Christ's birth is not known. The Gospels indicate neithr the day nor the month. Dec. 25, on the Julian calendar Jan. the 6 on the Eygptian calendar. The sun on this date began it's return to the Northern skies, the pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the birthday of the sun. On dec. 25 Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principle patron of the empoire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated when the cult of sun worshipers were p retty strong in Rome.

Answer 3

Christmas was origninally a pagan holiday celebrating the sun. When Christians took over the land, they somewhat assimilated into the culture, and turned the original holiday into the celebration of Christ's birth (studies show that he was actually born in February). Now, Christmas has evolved, via commercialization, into a secular/materialistic holiday (although it is still religious to many), proposing that giving and receiving gifts is vital to happiness.

Answer 4

Sol Invictus

Main article: Sol Invictus

The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Natalis Solis Invicti. It marked the birthday of a solar deity called Sol Invictus or Mithras.[11] This festival was brought to Rome by Emperor Elagabalus (AD 218-222) and reached the height of its popularity under Emperor Aurelian (270–275), who promoted it as an empire-wide holiday.[12] Sol Invictus ("The Unconquered Sun") was originally a god of Syrian origin, while Mithras, the "Sun of Righteousness" worshipped by many Roman soldiers, was originally of Persian origin.[13] [14] Early Christian writers often connected the rebirth of the sun to the birth of Jesus.[15] Many scholars believe that the date of Christmas was chosen to appropriate the Sol Invictus festival for Christianity.[13] The Romans considered December 25 to be the date of the winter solstice, which they called bruma.[8] It was therefore the day the Sun proved itself to be "unconquered" despite the shortening of daylight hours. (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.)

Answer 5

It was not celebrated until several hundred years after Jesus death the date was chosen to coincide with a Roman celebration of the birthday of the unconquered sun according to the Encyclopedia Britannica it was started to unite the pagans and the Christians It started as a pagan holiday that early Christians refused to celebrate

Answer 6

Christ Mass is the story of the birth of Jesus. Unfortunately, this story has nothing to do with the date his birth is celebrated. That date was co-opted by early Christians in order to aid them in converting Europe. Yule is the celebration of the longest night of the year. It's Pagan along with all the trappings of what we continue to Celebrate as Christmas. To the best of my knowledge, Jesus was born in the spring.

Answer 7

Pagan people all over the world celebrate the winter solstice. When early Roman Christians conquered these people they tried to convert them to Christianity, but the pagans insisted on celebrating their old seasonal holidays. so the early church just changed the name of the old celebrations to Christian ones.
Winter solstice = Christmas
Spring solstice = Easter

Answer 8

Hi, great question...one I myself had asked as well. The answer was quite surprising to me. I could not understand what things like a fat man who climbs down chimnies, flying reindeer, talking snowmen, decorating trees, etc. had to do with the supposed birth of the Son of God. Well, it turns out that Christmas actually comes from the original worship of the sun. It was celebrated thousand's of years before the time of Christ, way back to the ancient civilization of Babylon (just with different names and for different reasons). It was celebrated around the time of the Winter Solstice, the time of year when the sun shines for the shortest amount during the day. This was believed to be the time of year when the sun was born. In the fourth century, the Roman Emperor Constantine, as well as the Catholic Church wanted to unite the Roman Emperor with one religion. So, in order to get the pagan nations/peoples around them to call themselves "Christian", they (Emperor Constantine and the Catholic Church) simply took the traditions of these nations and started calling them "Christian" practices, and changing the reasons why they were celebrated (for example, they began teaching that Christmas was celebrated as the birth of Christ, not the birth of the sun...even though the date of Christ's birth is never mentioned in the Bible, nor is the word "Christmas" even found). The date of December 25th was simply chosen from several possibilities as the date for Christmas to be celebrated on. Things like Santa Claus come from the mythological god named Thor. Thor supposidly lived in the frozen North, he was supposed to be a "jolly" god, who often battled the evil creatures of the North. He rode in a sleigh pulled by flying mountain sheep (or something like that...I can't quite remember that one), and his element was said to be fire. He would, at times, enter people's houses by coming down their chimney's into the fireplace...into his element...fire. The putting up of trees comes from ancient practices of the worship of trees. People would cut them down, decorate them, and bough down to them. What do people have to do when they get presents from under the tree...bow down to that tree! Things like green boughs and limbs decorated with red ribbons, etc. come from the fable of Attis the man god. He was supposidly half man half god, who, I believe, fell in love with a goddess he could not be with. In depression, he killed himself under a tree, and his blood was poured out on the tree. After that his followers would dance around trees, cutting themselves and splashing their red blood on the trees. This is how green boughs, wreaths, etc. came to be accented with red highlights (ribbons, bows, berries, etc). I do not know if you believe in the Bible or not, but the traditions of Christmas, as I was surprised to learn, have nothing to do with, and actually contradict what the Bible actually teaches. There are many sources to learn, in more detail, about the origins of Christmas. "Four Thousand Years of Christmas" is a book all about that I believe, and there are many other articles, etc. that I'm sure you could find online. Wikipedia would probably be a good starting source also. www.tomorrowsworld.org and www.lcg.org have articles that can be found on all the holidays that our nations celebrate, and where they actually come from. Hope this helps a little...all the best!

Answer 9

love

Answer 10

the birth of jesus christ