was Jesus really born on christmas?

Answer 1

No -- but Isaac Newton was.

Answer 2

The final authority, the Bible, doesn't say when He was born. Scholars are not even sure of the exact YEAR, let alone the month and day. It was sometime from 3 or 4 BC to 2 or 3 AD. Christmas (Dec. 25 that is) was chosen for other reasons, but gets everyone to thinking on Jesus at the same time of year, sort of.

Answer 3

A "no" answer suggests that Christmas is somehow wrong, that the church has screwed up.

Let's ask this question: "Is Christmas meant to observe the literal day of Jesus' birth?" The answer to that also is "no," but it puts Christmas Day in context.

The church calendar (Advent, Christmastide, Epiphany, through to Easter and beyond) is meant to tell the story of Christ and to help us live out the meaning of Christ. This takes place over a year's time. Various commemorations are pegged to specific dates on a calendar, but that's the only way to make it work!

In Advent we tell the story of John the Baptist's foretelling of the Christ; we hear about Joseph and Mary's journey to Bethlehem; we await the Christ child...in our hearts and lives.

So does our annual observation coincide with the literal anniversary of Jesus' birth? Probably not. Was there an original Christmas that we should remember and cherish and celebrate, everyone all at once?

Absolutely.

Answer 4

Nobody really knows when Jesus was born...but it really doesn't matter, all God is concerned about is what is in our hearts. If we are celebrating Christmas to honor Jesus, then God will honor our celebration...but if we are honoring commercialism, then we have bought one more of Satan's lies.

(I've heard all kinds of rationale as to why Jesus could or could not have been born at a certain time of year...but that one about the north star is new to me. I'm not sure what the heck the north star would have to do with Jesus' birth? I always thought the star the Wise Men followed was a miracle that God put there just for the one occasion...maybe, as suggested in Arthur C. Clarke's beautiful sci-fi short story "The Star", it was a nova??)

Answer 5

No. The North Star, at the time Jesus would have been born (going back in years) would not have been in the night sky on Dec. 25 (or anywhere around it), according to astronomers.

Also, shepherds would not have been out tending their flocks in the dead of winter; this simply did not happen. Perhaps in August, but not December.

Just a few...there are many more reasons why this just isn't so.

Answer 6

No, Jesus was not actually born on Christmas. Evidence shows that Jesus was probably born around springtime.

Answer 7

No.
The date of Dec. 25 was established in the 400's.
However, there was a Roman census in the area of Judea in June of the same year which would have brought Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.
Kind of changes the wintery traditions of Christmas which are cultural - but does not change that God came to Earth and gave his life for us.

Answer 8

No. Christmas is just the day we celebrate His birth. He was actually born sometime in the spring, March or April.

Answer 9

No he was born in the summertime the catholics merged th pagan belief of celebrating Mithra or Mitra to come up with the modern christian christmas beliefs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithra

Answer 10

Historically, it was actually closer to April or May. But who really cares? The point is celebrating his coming to the world. Plus, it would be a little weird celebrating his birth, death, and resurrection all in the same month...

Answer 11

God doesn't specifically say what time he was born so man gave him a date around the time