OK so jesus was born at xmas and died at easter, so why do we?

Question

celebrate christmas with the jolly fat man and presents, and easy with a mutant rabit that has something to do with chocolate eggs?

Is it just me that fails to see an actual link for these?

bobthebrowser - well unless you know any bunny rabbits that can produce chocolate eggs?

Dustin M - replacing god with an X? seriously? wtf?

Answer 1

The eggs are because of the fertility goddess Oestre (yes, same root as oestrogen). Rabbits and chickens were both easily-kept quickly-reproducing sources of protein, so many households would have kept them and connected them with spring fertility rites. The shift to chocolate was most likely the result of a clever confectioner cashing in.

25 December was the birth time of the god Mithras, who was clearly the template for the Jesus myth. There's just too much in common for it to be otherwise. St Nicholas was added in MUCH later. Search on Yule to see where a lot of the practices come from.

But basically, both of these 'holy days' take pagan traditions and repaint them as Christian, complete with ancient trappings.

Answer 2

Because Jesus wasn't born in December. It's a pagan holiday and the Christians stole it (same with Easter) in an attempt to make people forget about older pagan beliefs. That's why we have presents, yule logs, trees, a feast, etc at Christmas (Santa came later, as a symbol of St. Nicholas).

The rabbits, the eggs, flowers, etc. at Easter time celebrates the birth of spring/life rather than the crucifixion.

Answer 3

I have always believed that we have Easter bunny and chololate eggs because egg's are the sign of new life when Jesus was said to have rose from the dead and the eggs symbolise new life and chicks and easter bunny as a sign of spring etc.. And that there was a guy called st. Nic.. ok he prob didn't fly round in a sledge etc but made children toys and stuff. And that these dates aren't the actual days Jesus died or was born- (i'm not exactly a christian these are just my views) THe reason we have chocolate eggs is probally because thats what children love and they are more safe then real eggs, easy to make in mass production... you know a commercial thing. Same as the whole father christmas thing...

Answer 4

I'm not real educated or informed on this matter - but I'm pretty sure that it has to do when the Catholic Church and the Pagans had to kind of blend together. So - in order to keep a bunch of conflict from happening - the government made sure that Christmas and Easter fell right near the Winter Solstice - and the Spring Equinox. So - everything got kind of mixed up. I - personally - prefer the fat man and the bunny celebrations to the manger birth and the death on the cross.

Happy Monday!!

Answer 5

Jesus was not actually born at Christmas. Meaning not on December 25. He was probably born in mid-October. The shepherds were sleeping out of doors when he was born. Do you think they'd be doing that in the dead of winter? Easter? the eggs and the rabbit are pagan symbols representing fertility.

Answer 6

Jesus was NOT born on Christmas. And saying X-mas is replacing God with an X. Bad idea.

People who aren't really into God all that much, play along with Christmas as a Santa Clause type of deal. Instead of making it a holy day of giving to one another, sacrificing our own greed, people made it into a commercialized holiday. Which is very sad indeed.

We celebrate Christmas as a day, in remembrance to our Lord and Savior. When he was born, he was a great light came into our world. Our world was filled with darkness, and Christ Jesus was the light that shined in that darkness. It was a joyous time indeed.

Question: "What are the origins of Easter?"

Answer: The name Easter comes from a pagan figure called Eastre (or Eostre) who was celebrated as the goddess of spring by the Saxons of Northern Europe. A festival called Eastre was held during the spring equinox by these people to honor her. The goddess Eastre’s earthly symbol was the rabbit, which was also known as a symbol of fertility. Originally, there were some very pagan (and sometimes utterly evil) practices that went along with the celebration. In our day, Easter is almost a completely commercialized holiday, with all the focus on Easter eggs and the Easter bunny being remnants of the goddess worship.

In the Christian faith, Easter has come to mean the celebration of the resurrection of Christ three days after His crucifixion. It is the oldest Christian holiday and the most important day of the church year because of the significance of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the events upon which Christianity is based. Easter Sunday is preceded by the season of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting and repentance culminating in Holy Week and followed by a 50-day Easter season that stretches from Easter to Pentecost.

Because of the commercialization and pagan origins of Easter, many churches prefer to refer to it as Resurrection Sunday. The rationale is the more we focus on Christ and the less we focus on the pagan holiday, the better. As previously mentioned, the resurrection of Christ is the central theme of Christianity. Paul says that without this, our faith is futile (1 Corinthians 15:17). What more wonderful reason could we have to celebrate! What is important is the true reason behind our celebration, which is that Christ was resurrected from the dead, making it possible for us to have eternal life (Romans 6:4)!

Should we celebrate "Easter" or allow our children to go on Easter eggs hunts? This is a question both parents and church leaders struggle with. There is nothing essentially evil about painting and hiding eggs and having children search for them. What is important is our focus. If our focus is on Christ and not the eggs, our children will understand that the eggs are just a game. Children can participate in an Easter egg hunt as long as the true meaning of the day is explained and emphasized, but ultimately this must be left up to the discretion of parents.

With love through Christ Jesus,

Dusty.

Satan, and his army are tricky ones I'll tell ya!

Answer 7

there is no actual link for either. Christmas is an exploited event by corporatioins. like everything in this world, it's about money and man's stupid traditions. CHrist did not say to celebrate this event, even in the manner we do today.

Christ was not crucified on easter. most "Christians" believe he resurrected on easter, which is also false. Easter comes from the name "Ishtar" This is a greek goddess of fertility hence the eggs of fertility and rabbits. it was once celebrated by orgies and rolling eggs of fertility, The word "easter" is only once in the Bible and it is a mis-translation from the Greek word from the manuscripts which is "paso" meaning passover. i celebrate the passover which is about 15 days from the spring equinox, conicdentally close to "easter sunday".

hope that helps.

Answer 8

Well Jesus wasn't born 12-25-00. They actually peg it to be sometime in August and somewhere around 03 or 04. The choice of December 25 coincided with a pagan ritual surrounding the winter solstice so in an effort to attract pagans and supplant their rituals, that date was picked. As far as why we have rabbits and fat men, I say blame Hallmark.

Answer 9

Actually, Jesus was NOT born at Christmas, and he did NOT die at Easter. Jesus (if he existed at all... highly doubtful) was born around April.

Both Christmas and Easter are Pagan holidays that were adopted by Christianity in order to smooth the conversion of Pagans. All of the associated icons and customs are pagan. The Easter Bunny... Easter eggs... Easter Basket... Christmas tree... mistletoe... yule log... christmas presents... wreathes... ALL Pagan symbols that were cockroached by christianity... at the same time that they were torturing and killing pagan priests and scholars, looting and destroying their temples, and burning all of the forbidden (non-Biblical) Pagan knowledge... science... medicine... philosophy... medicine... engineering... literature. THAT is how we ended up with the 'Dark Ages'.

Answer 10

They are Pagan holidays. Never were these celebrated by the original Christians but later came through the Roman Catholic Church.

Do some research on the orgins of the Catholic Church and also Pagan holidays. The founders of the RCC were originally pagans who deceived some christians into worshiping there pagan gods and holidays.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter