Was Christ really born on December 25, where does it say that in the Bible?

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Answer 1

The romans had xmas in March. He was probably born in the spring months because it says in the bible that the flowers were coming into bloom
Our christmas is in december because there was a pagan festival after the winter solstice on 21st December, a celebration was carried out for surviving the harshest part of winter, and that the days get longer from then

Answer 2

No. The date was chosen after Christianity became the "official religion" of the Roman empire. It was set there to replace major celebrations that marked the end of the year.

These were mixed celebrations coming from various aspects of Roman life, including:

Winter solstice, when lights (candles, bonfires, etc.) were used to push away the darkness of the longest night (this started well before the Romans),

return of the armies: December, January and February were not good months in which to wage war (days too short, too much rain, too cold, etc.). The soldiers returned home in December where everyone celebrated peace.

Saturnals which were, depending on the epoch and the location, feasts, orgies, dances or whatever else, with some common elements being lots of food, drinks and gift giving.

Seeing that they could not discourage these festivities, the Church turned them into a religious celebration. Some of the earlier traditions survived, even if they were modernised. One example: Christmas lights.

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For a long time, it was thought that Christ was born in April (because of the stories with the shepherd in the mountains, the animals in grottos) and that the birth took place up to 6 years before our year 1. However, even more recent research indicates that the year of Christ's birth really was 1 BC. As for the month, this is less certain. Could be April or October. Or some other month. December is possible but not a fovored one.

When that was first calculated, back in the 6th century, it was decided to number the years so that year 1 began right after Christmas (December 25) of what we now know as the year 1 BC.

So, even though the date is a fabrication, the year could be correct. And we would really be in the 2007th year after the birth of Christ.

Answer 3

Christ was not born on December 25. You will not find that in the bible anywhere. Merchants in the 1800's got together and uniformly made 12/25 His birthday as a matter of convenience

Answer 4

No, Christ wasn't actually born on Christmas day, some bible scholars believe that he was actually born in September. Which they have calculated by looking at the interval between the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus. There is biblical evidence that John was born during passover (Easter time) and Jesus 6 months later which puts his birthday somewhere in September.

The church wanted to make a big celebration out of the birth of Jesus so they hijacked the pagan festival of Saturnalia in late December which celebrated the birth of the sun God.

Answer 5

The real answer is that a real date was never given. The current calendar didn't exist as we know it when Jesus was born. The date of Dec. 25 however fits a time when almost every group of people worldwide have some sort of celebration - so it was convenient.
The bible says many things but does not give a date!

Answer 6

Nope. They stole the date along with other christmas tradtitions from other cultures. Roman pagans first introduced the holiday of Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25. During this period, Roman courts were closed, and Roman law dictated that no one could be punished for damaging property or injuring people during the weeklong celebration. The festival began when Roman authorities chose “an enemy of the Roman people” to represent the “Lord of Misrule.” Each Roman community selected a victim whom they forced to indulge in food and other physical pleasures throughout the week. At the festival’s conclusion, December 25th, Roman authorities believed they were destroying the forces of darkness by brutally murdering this innocent man or woman.

Answer 7

The date of december 25 is not used as the date of Jesus's birthday becasue it really is. Rather it was used by christian societies during Roman times as a way to suppress other pagan religion. The date of september 25 was a Roman Pagan holiday, I belioeve for the sun god, and Christian Societies during the time when Chrisiantinty was accepted decided to make their own celebration on this day to cause the end of it somehow. There is no other religous symbolism as to the date that Jesus was born. However, that odes not mean we should not respect thsi day, rather better appreciate ti as honoring a prophet.

Answer 8

The exact day Christ was born, is unknown, however in order to have a universal celebratory day, December 25th was arbitrarily chosen.

Answer 9

The Winter Solstice, in Ancient European Traditions, was the day of the birth of the sun. After that day, the days grow longer as the Sun God matures. This holiday, Yule, was marked by decorating evergreens with candles.
Because this was already a day of celebration, it was easiest just to change the birth of the sun to the birth of the Son when Christianity was being forced onto the Pagans.
Jesus was born when the shepards were taking their herds to pasture - spring.
Don't get me started on Ostara. (Easter)

Answer 10

No, it does not say that in the bible. Astronomers estimate the date by the appearance of the stars in the heavens around that time. The same as the star of Bethlehem pointed them to the manger so long ago.