Do You Know That Christmas Has A Pagan Origin?

Question

Biblically the date of Christ Jesus birth was not mentioned. It is a celebration brought about by man.

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Answer 1

if you can't join them, try and beat them.(christian philosophy)

i am pagan, so yes i do know this, and i celebrate the holidays as such. it's that simple, nevermind what the christians, like bassetluv say about it.

ps-i appreciate you bringing this up because it needs to be addressed. it's kind of funny that they'd proudly embrace what isn't even theirs.

Answer 2

Of course it has Pagan roots. It doesn't change how I feel about Christmas. Then again, I'm Pagan, not Christian, so I don't feel "ripped off" by it. If anything, non-Christians have more right to celebrate Christmas than the Christians do.

Also, the Bible does in fact mention the date of Jesus' birth. Shepherds were watching their flocks which does not occur at all during winter time.

Answer 3

Not quite accurate.....

Based on events in the bible, historians and biblical scholars have been able to pinpoint Jesus's birth in the spring or fall, and definately not in the winter.

Yes, christmas has a pagan origin, and was in fact celebrated for many, many years before the so called birth of christ. The christian church incorporated pagan traditions into it's own religion in order to lure pagans over to christianity, then claimed these events as their own. The same is true about Easter, the celebration of the goddess Eastre, which has been around since 2400 years BEFORE christ.

And yet, it absolutely amazes me how many christians yell and scream about atheists and non believers celebrating THEIR holiday. If non believers don't have a right to celebrate a federal holiday because it's not our religion, then neither do the christians have a right to celebrate it, since it's not of THEIR religion.

Answer 4

I have known this for a couple of years now. Pagans know of it to have been the Winter Solstice celebrations of the Sun Gods (Amen and Ra) because the deepest of the winter is over, all that's left is to get warmer.

It was like that for a very long time, then the christians stole it and claimed it as their own for their own personal happiness. It's sad that to this day, there are people just now finding out about the Pagan origin that wasn't taught to them about every holiday, including Samhain (halloween) and Vernal Equinox/ Spring Solstice (easter).

Answer 5

Yes, history is facinating to me.
Easter does as well.
We put the meaning into the holiday that we choose. It has changed over the years as far as tradition so much it all is a blur. It is by no means a "holy day", but an opportunity to celebrate the birth of Christ- ( which most likely did not happen in winter)

Answer 6

Christians in earlier centuries decided to replace the pagan holiday with something from Jesus, and that is why we celebrate Christmas then.It is the true meaning of the new birth of the Son (formerly sun), and the true light of the world. Halloween was once pagan, made Christian, and seems to be going pagan again. As for me, I never heard of any pagans rising from the dead. God made Easter for that. Love ya.

Answer 7

It's not a matter of thinking here! It's a matter of knowing Hİstory;)...Dec. 25th was the most important Pagan Holiday during ancient Roman times; Emperor Constantine (the first Christian Roman Emperor ever), in order to make the shift from a polytheistic religion to Christianity as smooth as possible, decided to fix Jesus' birth on Dec. 25th so that both non-Christians and Christians would have been happy, having their own holiday on the calendar. Jesus was born on Sunday March 1rst, year 05 AD, or 07 AD.;)

Answer 8

Christmas is, in its origins and its symbolism, perhaps the most pagan-inspired of all Christian holidays. Its dating derives from the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia, which was determined by the winter solstice, that astronomical point in the year after which the periods of sunlight on Earth lengthen.
And that's not all that contemporary Christians have in common with neo-pagans. Most of the popular symbols surrounding Christmas - evergreen trees and other greenery, mistletoe and holly, the Yule log, candles and bonfires and holiday lights, mystical spirits with the ability to fly and to enter and leave a house through its chimney, tricksters who treat or taunt little children, not to mention those elves - all derive from older, pre-Christian Europe.
These pagan-derived symbols and customs are precisely the elements of Christmas that Christian activists are pressing to preserve and promote.

Answer 9

First let me say that I am not Christian but Christianity has No pagan origins except that many of the 1st Christians were probably pagans. In the early days of Christianity they suffered greatly because of Roman intolerance and hatred. The early Christians wanted to celebrate Jesus' birthdate and they cleverly decided to select a date that corresponded with one of the Romans Pagan Holidays where it'd be for sure that the Romans would be really drunk so as they wouldn't come after the Christians. They picked a date successfully and had no Roman ire from the time. Thus 25 December stuck.

Answer 10

I agree. Christmas celebration, decoration, and all of that is based on the Pagan festival of Yule.