What is christmas? and what possibilities are there that Jesus Christ was born on 25th december?
2006-12-23 03:06:10 · 7 answers · asked by KING TOOTER 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Christmas is a celebration of all we have in the Lord it is Jesus birthday and it is a very spiritual time in mine and my husbands lives.
May the joy of this blessed Holiday season fill your heart with hope and peace and love.
2006-12-23 03:14:31 · answer #1 · answered by encourager4God 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dec 25th is around the time of the celebration fo the Winter Solstice in many cultures. Christ was born in the spring. Joseph and Mary went to Jerusalem every year for Passover (Luke 2:41). They would have come from Nazareth for the Passover and then gone from Jerusalem to Bethlehem to be taxed and await the birth of Christ. Additionally, the shepherds are stated as being in the fields with their sheep at night. December is the rainy season in Judea and the shepherds would not be in the fields at night. They would be in the fields, however, in the spring in order to take care of the new lambs being born, hence another similitude of Christ being the Lamb of God.
Constantine simply chose to celebrate (or recognize) the birth of Christ at that time to facilitate the spread of Christianity. I use the term recognize, because Christmas as we know it, wasn't widely celebrated as we have become accustomed until well after the renaissance, and even then not like we do today until the 1800's.
One thing to note, regarding this day, is that the Winter Solstice was celebrated as the triumph of light over darkness, particularly by the ancient Persians which would have still maintained a cultural influence in Turkey at that time. The light was, in some cultures (including the Persian), the recognition that the Messiah (the light) would come to forever light his people. That being the case, this was a perfectly acceptable day to recognize the birth of the Light.
By the way, JW's show their ignorance everytime they say we shouldn't celebrate the birth of God and every time they can't figure out that Christ was the God of the Old Testament Ver!
2006-12-26 01:12:17 · answer #2 · answered by cjt92530 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was actually born in the spring-Constantine of Rome combined the pagan winter solstice with the Christain celebration of his birth to try to make Rome cool out after he made Christianity an official religion (not before killing and persecuting thousands of course) watch CNN presents- a well done show-"In Search of Christmas" on I think tonight ans Sunday again.
2006-12-23 11:10:56 · answer #3 · answered by ARTmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the day we celebrate the birth of Christ. Doesn't matter if that is the exact date. The date wasn't supposed to be honored, but the Son of God.
2006-12-23 11:12:02 · answer #4 · answered by jackie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas my dear Simon, is a day to rejoice, so go ahead rejoice and be happy, and don't break your little head with questions that have no substance.
2006-12-23 11:11:04 · answer #5 · answered by markos m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
christmas today is for all merchants to get rich and rip you off
2006-12-23 11:08:05 · answer #6 · answered by RED WHITE AND BLUE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They say He was not, but who really knows?
2006-12-23 11:24:16 · answer #7 · answered by LadyL 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋