some one told me that christ was not born on Christmas day. is that right?

Answer 1

Yes, He was most likely born at some point during the spring.

Answer 2

The reason that Christ's birth is celebrated in December was to help Christians avoid the temptations associated with a pagan holiday called Saturnalia, which marked the winter solstice.

Saturnalia was an occasion for celebration, visits to friends, and the presentation of gifts, particularly wax candles, perhaps to signify the returning light after the solstice. Homes were decorated with greenery. Candles and lamps chased away the spirits of darkness.

People also indulged in various sexually immoral practices, which would have been quite a draw for most people. Seneca complained that the "whole mob has let itself go in pleasures."

To give the Christian something better to do, the bishops in the region decided to hold a mass in honor of Christ's birth. It was called the Feast of the Nativity.

Of course, as Christianity became the state religion, people who "converted" brought their pagan ways with them, so by the time of the 6th century, the practice was corrupted.

As to when Jesus was actually born, He would not have been born later than early autumn, as the climate of Israel resembles the North American continent in many ways. Shepherds would not be watching their flocks by night in the winter.

Answer 3

He was born around March, how do we know well there was a census took place at this of the year, this is also how we know that a baby was born, although the Hebrew name was not Jesus, we also know this man went around doing the things we are told Christ done, of course no one can prove he was the son of God, that is down to faith, but people can not deny history, and facts. and the Holiday in December was in fact a Roman Holiday.

Love & Peace

Answer 4

I agree to all that is written previously. I also remember reading something about Herod and Pontious Pilot being in the same place 8yrs earlier to providing the history part.
As the gospels were written 30+yrs after the birth of Jesus, confusion about dates are a strong possibility.
(eg....I saw Led Zeppelin in 1976 but can't remember if it was the first gig or second at Knebworth)??
There is also the changes in the callendar, the power of the church and a heck of a lot of years to change a strory to fit.
Ancient Churches were built in England over pagan sites to get the congregation to worship there.
Basically you believe or you don't...personal choice.

Answer 5

All Christian festivals have Pagan roots. The nativity was not 24/25 Dec:, the mass of Christ was simply used to displace other religious practices.

Answer 6

That's correct, he was really born sometime in spring. When Christianity began to take hold they displaced holidays of "pagan" religions. Christmas and Easter both had older Roman and Greek based holidays on them and Christians picked these days to help with the destruction of the older polytheistic religions.

Answer 7

We don't know. The calender in those days was different to the one we use today.The ancient scribes probably didn't know the exact day and approximated for the time of year. It was only as Christianity established itself at a much later date that anniversaries of saints days and days of special importance in the christian calenders were established. 25th December has become the traditional date to celebrate Christmas and Christ's birthday but we cannot prove that it was this day in actuality.Better to have an accepted date throughout the church rather than not celebrate or random dates in different countries.

Answer 8

Yes it is correct it was christmas day was decied upon by a council summoned by the holy roman empreor consintine christmas day actually falls on the supposed birthday of a roman god cult type figure

Answer 9

Just the Roman church trying to get converts from the Pagan populace by combining the mythical virgin birth with an already existing festival. As it happens John the Baptist should have been the Christian 'Son of God" but was waylaid by politics.

Answer 10

The Urantia Book contains among its treasures a 750+ page history of the life and teachings of Jesus. It covers his entire life, from birth until death. Here is an excerpt which shows Jesus' actual birth date.


122:8.1 All that night Mary was restless so that neither of them slept much. By the break of day the pangs of childbirth were well in evidence, and at noon, August 21, 7 B.C., with the help and kind ministrations of women fellow travelers, Mary was delivered of a male child. Jesus of Nazareth was born into the world, was wrapped in the clothes which Mary had brought along for such a possible contingency, and laid in a near-by manger.

122:8.2 In just the same manner as all babies before that day and since have come into the world, the promised child was born; and on the eighth day, according to the Jewish practice, he was circumcised and formally named Joshua (Jesus).

Answer 11

No one really knows when Jesus was born. The current date for christmas was set up to be near the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. This is to symbolize that ever since Jesus entered the world, it got "brighter", since the days get longer.
In reality, he was probably born sometime in the spring, since this is the main time that shepherds would sleep in the fields with their flocks, as is depicted in the Nativity story.