Are Christians all celebrate Christmas in the same day? What about the Jews?

Answer 1

No. In fact Christians didn't originally celebrate Jesus' birth. It was his crucifixion and resurrection which were important. His birth wasn't really as important an event, though the story was written down and kept alive.

Most Christian Biblical scholars believe Jesus was born in early spring, when the shepherds would have been watching their flocks of sheep in the fields, during lambing season.

However, the Romans celebrated a wild holiday called Saturnalia in mid-December. In order to incorporate Christian values with the partying and orgies common during Saturnalia, the early Christian leaders decided to promote Jesus' birth, and set the date in mid-December.

Some Christians use an older calendar, and the date of Jesus' birth falls in early Janurary. Others use a calendar which sets the date in mid-December near the old Saturnalia date.

Jesus was a Jew, and in the royal line of David. His early followers were all Jews, and only gradually did the apostles allow non-Jews (gentiles) to believe in Jesus as their Messiah too.

To the majority of modern Jews, the Christian holiday is only a happy holiday for gift-giving, but has no religious significance.
Their December holiday is Hanukkah, the feast of lights, symbolized by the menorah. "In the second century B.C.E., (Before the Common Era, or 200 years B.C.) the Jewish people won a large military and spiritual victory over Greek universalism. The victory was cemented with the reclaiming of the temple of Jerusalem. All sacrileges perpetrated by the occupiers were purged, and the candelabrum was lit once again – the symbol of restored light." http://www.judaicgift.com/hanukkah.html

Answer 2

You are completely clueless. Jews do not celebrate Christmas because the do not believe in Christ.

Answer 3

They celebrate Chanukkah this time of year. It is an 8 day long thing with candles and presents and games each day. Today is the last day of it.

David

Answer 4

Jews are not Christians! & we Jews celebrate Hanukkah!

Answer 5

Hanukkah moves around in the month of Dec. from year to year since the Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar.

Answer 6

I think Jewish people have their own holiday called Hanika (sorry about the spelling). They celebrate for eight nights, and light candles for all of those eight nights..and I think they give a present on every one of those eight nights also.

C'mon, Jewish people..help me out here to explain yall's celebration.

Merry Christmas to one and all! :-)

Answer 7

You can't form a proper sentence and you know nothing about religion. That's a pretty bad starting point for a religion question.