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December 25th was a Festival / celebration long before Mary dropped her sprog.
What was the original festival and by whom was it celebrated?
2006-12-22 05:37:47 · 13 answers · asked by RobStar 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
December 25th was a pagan festival celebrating the days becoming longer. Belived that Jesus was born feb or March Some believe October since that is when they have traced the Big Bang too.
2006-12-22 05:43:56 · update #1
The romans celebrated Juvenalia (for the kids) or Saturnalia
The Norse celebrated Yule
The Pagan Germans paid tribute to Oden
I'm sure there are more...
2006-12-22 05:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by LEMME ANSWER THAT! 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
A few weeks before what is now Christmas was the Roman Festival of Saturnalia. The feast of Juvenalia is where we the tradition of giving gifts to children came from. Dec 25 was actually the Feast of Mythra, the Roman god of the sun, who was born on the 25th and was visited by shepherds and three wise men (much like Jesus). Coincidence? I think not.
2006-12-22 07:53:29 · answer #2 · answered by bpsfm_2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
celebration of Adonis by the ancient greeks A yearly festival held on the 25th december
2006-12-22 05:43:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Romans celebrated the birthday of the unconquered sun
2006-12-22 10:00:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas
2006-12-22 06:48:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you thinking of Saturnalia the ancient Roman holiday, or Mithras from Persia.
2006-12-22 05:47:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Romans for Saturnalia, heard it on QI.
2006-12-22 08:44:00 · answer #7 · answered by ray d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they traced the big bang to October?! I'd love to be able to predict something that happened between 10 and 20 billion years ago, give or take (depending on which cosmologist you speak to) down to a 31 day period, give or take the fact that the earth is only about 4.3 billion years old... if you could explain how its done please do and i could make myself very rich!! :)
2006-12-22 06:31:00 · answer #8 · answered by peppypop 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes the sun was not leaving but was coming back
2006-12-22 12:07:13 · answer #9 · answered by rallman@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was something about the sun, and it was celebrated by the pagans.
2006-12-23 16:36:54 · answer #10 · answered by Allegra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋