Is Christmas a pagan holiday? If so how, if not, why?

Question

Who has researched the origins of Christmas?

Answer 1

This link leads to the History Channel and explains how Christmas evolved.
http://www.history.com/minisites/christmas

Answer 2

Yes.

Christmas according to most of the misled in the world:

A time when a fat white man in a fat red suit arrives at precisely 12:00 Midnight at the chimneys of every person in the world delivering material gifts.

It is also on supposedly the same day as Christ was born, December 25. Jesus Christ died when he was 33.5 (33 and a half) years old, but the Jewish Calendar shows that Christ' death was Nisen 14 which is about the end of March to early April. If you count back 6 months, that is, a half a year from Nisen 14, you are at around October 1st which would be when he was born.

He died at 33.5 years old (33 and a half when he died). Died Nisen 14, the end of March early April. Count back a half year and you come to around October 1 when he was actually born, not December 25. The other proof in the Bible was that "the shepherds were keeping their flocks out of doors", so this means it was not as cold as it would be very very cold if it was December 25th. The winters were very brutal back then and no shepherds would be keeping their flocks out of doors in the dead of winter. They kept them indoors.

It, Christmas as most know it today is a sham, a scam for greeds and to make money. The whole notion of a fat white man named Nicholas has been blown out of proportion that originated from just an imperfect man who did a good deed. From there on it was turned into something pagan and called a celebration every year. This is how worldly traditions and pagan holidays get started because some imbecile "says it's so" and many around him don't have the sense enough to know that it is a lie, a sham.

December 25 has nothing to do with the real birthday of Christ, and Christ has nothing to do with the pagan holiday, Christmas. That much is true.

I personally do not celebrate any pagan holidays, though I used to until I understood what it meant. I am celebrating a lie, or like Halloween having to do with evil spirits. I don't mind sacrificing false, pagan holidays to gain everlasting life on a paradise earth free of lies and liars after Armageddon destroys the wicked. I do not celebrate any pagan holidays.

Saves a lot of money and heartache too. I no longer get beat up in the X-mas lines or cheated and robbed at that "special time of year".

Blah..

Answer 3

It's a pagan holiday when it is celebrated by pagans and it is a Christian holiday when it is celebrated by Christians. If you want the whole history list of how the actual day is probably not the day that Jesus was born on and how things like bringing a yule log into the house come from the Viking religion and how the time of Christmas was picked to replace a pagan holiday you can look it all up but the reality of it is that a day only has the significance that the people who celebrate it attach to it.

Answer 4

Yes. The origins are Yule which was a Pagan celebration of the turning of the seasons and the coming of winter. Such things as the Yule Log, Mistletoe, Holly, the Christmas tree, Lights, Pine Boughs, the eating of ham, and Presents, are ALL Pagan.

The Yule Log is actually burned on the evening of Yule. Its specially treated to burn all night starting at dusk (sometimes for as long as 12 days). It was cut before Yule and carried in at twilight, then decorated with expensive things (like silk and gold). Burning the log was a way of asking the gods (Odin most specifically) for blessing for the long winter and coming spring. The ashes were scattered and the stub kept to light the fire for the next years Yule Log.

Mistletoe, and holly, were long used by the Celtic Druids.

The Decorating of the Christmas tree was a common thing in the pagan Germanic tribes. The Romans were also known to decorate a tree at that time. It was seen as a symbol of male fertility.

Answer 5

From what I have read on the internet (which is really difficult considering all the links they add in the middle of paragraphs...) Christians adopted Christmas from the Pagans Winter Festivals, making the 25th of December the celebration of Christ's birth. Christians don't claim that is the accurate day of his birth, just the day they celebrate it...

Answer 6

I have researched it. I was just reading about it tonight. Jesus was born about the Middle of September (HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS). December 25 was the birthday of the fire God. The Catholic Church made some sort of compromise to get along with the pagans as was often their evangalistic practice to compromise (you have some of your God and we'll have some of ours).......the Evergreen tree has pagan roots as does most everything else associated with Christmas time. It's rather sad really I love Christmas time because it's usually when people are the most good hearted and generous.

Answer 7

It's based off, or borrowed from several pagan holidays ranging from Saturnalia to yule.
Christmas tree-Germanic Pagan
Yule Wreath- ugh brain dead...Norse I think
Gifts- most pagans actually.
12 days of Christmas-Norse and Roman/Greek
Ringing of bells-Celtic and Roman
Candles-Most N European
Yule Log- same as above

Jesus was born in the spring or at the very least in warm weather. NOT in December. It was convenient to merge the holidays. Does that take away from the meaning that Christians have put in to it? No. But knowing where it comes from and accepting it is not a bad thing. It's simply the roots of your faith.

Answer 8

it was originally a pagan holiday yes. the country folk celebrated the goddess being her slumber, giving birth to the god. It was also a festival in the dark of the winter, to help bring everyone together, to remember that the warm will come, and to celebrate the return of the sun, since the days start to become longer afterwards.

In trying to convert the pagans, the xtians claimed christmas as their own, and told their stories as to why the yule tide was now Christmas.

Answer 9

Yes. The pagan version is Yule, that symbolizes the birth of the god (this has variations, depending on the culture/tradition). That's where the traditional fir trees and gifts came from. Yule always takes place on the winter solstice, which is usually on the 21st or 22nd of December.

Answer 10

Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Christ (even though He was most likely born in the Spring). Things like the decorating of trees (a form of pagan worship) and giving presents (that could also be taken as Christian though) is pagan. The Christmas celebration was created by the early Church in order to entice pagan Romans to convert to Christianity without losing their own winter celebrations

Pre-Christian winter festivals:

Saturnalia - done in honor of the god Saturn. involved feasting, and present giving. lasted from the 17-24.

Natalis Solis Invicti - worship to several deities, Elah-Gabal, a Syrian sun god; Sol, the god of Emperor Aurelian; and Mithras, a soldiers' god on Dec 25.

Yule - honored Thor, the god of thunder. involved waiting up to 12 days for a log to burn out.