was christ truly born in the month of december.?

Question

if no, why should his birth be Celebrated in that date/month.
who set the month of December 25 as the time Christ was born.

Answer 1

jesus was born in a manger where those are being kept outside and jackass , ponies were out mules too. do u really think that would be happening in the month of freezing weather such like snowing. back then no baby could have lived with sush freezing temp.so no, jesus was born sometimes in the cooler weather or the fa ll

Answer 2

No one knows the real birthday of Jesus! No date is given in the Bible, so why do we celebrate it on the 25th December? The early Christians certainly had many arguments as to when it should be celebrated! Also, the birth of Jesus probably didn't happen in the year 0AD but slightly earlier, in about 5, 6 or 7BC.

Christmas was first celebrated as a proper day, on the 25th December, in the 5th century, in the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). He first bought the Roman pagan 'sun-day' (the first day of the week) and the 'sabbath' (the Christians holy day) together to what we now call Sunday.

This date was probably chosen because the Winter Solstice and the ancient pagan Roman midwinter festival called Saturnalia took place in December.

The Winter Solstice is the day where there is the shortest time between the sun rising and the sun setting. It happens between December 22nd and December 25th. To pagans this meant that the winter was over and spring was coming and they had a festival to celebrate it and worshipped the sun for winning over the darkness of winter. (The Winter Solstice in Scandinavia and some other parts of northern Europe is Yule and is where we get Yule Logs from.)

The Roman Festival of Saturnalia took place between December 17th and 23rd. There is another good reason why the 25th may have chosen. The 25th March was also a sacred day to the pagans, when they celebrated the coming of spring and new life. The early Christians took over this day as the day when Mary was told that she would have a very special baby, Jesus. This is called the Annunciation and is still celebrated by Christians on the 25th March. Nine months after the 25th March is the 25th December!

But that's not the only day that Christmas is celebrated around the world. Most of the world uses the 'Gregorian Calendar' implemented by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. Before that the 'Roman' or Julian Calendar was used (named after Julius Caesar). The Gregorian calendar is more accurate that the Roman calendar which had too many days in a year! When the switch was made 10 days were lost, so that the day that followed the 4th October 1582 was 15th October 1582!

Many Orthodox Churches still use the Julian Calendar and so celebrate Christmas on the 7th January. And the Armenian Church celebrates it on the 10th January!! In some part of the UK, January 6th is still called 'Old Christmas' as this would have been the days that Christmas would have celebrated on, if the calendar hadn't been changed. Some pople didn't want to use the new calendar as they thought it 'cheated' them out of 10 days!

Christians believe that Jesus is the light of the world, so the early Christians thought that this was the right time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. They also took over lots of other things from the Winter Solstice and gave them Christian meanings, like Holly, Mistletoe and even Christmas Carols!

St Augustine was the person who really started Christmas in the U.K. by introducing Christianity in the 6th century. He came from countries that used the Roman Calendar, so western countries celebrate Christmas on the 25th December. Then people from Britain and Western Europe took Christmas on the 25th December all over the world!

The name 'Christmas' comes from the Mass of Christ (or Jesus). A Mass service (which is sometimes called Communion or Eucharist) is where Christians remember that Jesus died for us and then came back to life. The 'Christ-Mass' service was the only one that was allowed to take place after sunset, so people had it at Midnight! So we get the name Christ-Mass, shortened to Christmas.

Christmas is also sometimes called Xmas. Some people don't think it's correct to call Christmas 'Xmas' as that takes the 'Christ' (Jesus) out of Christmas. But that is not quite right! In the Greek language and alphabet, the letter that looks like an X is pronounced 'Christos' and means 'Christ'!

The symbol of a fish is sometimes used by Christians (you might see a fish sticker on a car or someone wearing a little fish badge). This comes from the time when the first Christians had to meet in secret, as the Romans wanted to kill them (before Emperor Constantine became a Christian). Jesus had said that he wanted to make his followers 'Fishers of Men', so people started to use that symbol.

When two Christians met, one person drew half a basic fish shape (often using their foot in the dust on the ground) and the other person drew the other half of the fish. The Greek word for fish is 'Ikthus' or 'Ichthys'. There are five Greek letters in the word. It can also make up a sentence of Christian beliefs 'Ie-sous Christos Theou Huios So-te-r' which in English means "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour". The second letter of these five letter is X or Christos!

So Xmas can also mean Christmas!

Answer 3

Romans used to celebrate the birth of their god Saturn on that day and when Christianity became the official religion in the Roman empire they sought ways in which to make Christianity more appealing to pagans. One of the things they did was to start celebrating Christs birth on the same time pagans had their celebration. Unfortunately they made more "compromises" with their religion and in the end we got the Catholic church as it is now. I know that we shouldn't criticize other religions and Catholics might not like this but that's the fact (you can ask any priest) as it is that we should have biblical baptism (immersion), praying only to God (not Mary and saints), Saturday as the seventh day intended to worship and the state of the dead. There are many other things Catholic church that are contrary to Bible but in my opinion these are the most significant ones.


You can look it up at Catholic Encyclopedia!

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02258b.htm#II
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13287b.htm

I don't have more time cose I'm late for class. You can find the rest. Hope this helped.

Answer 4

Probably not. In fact the presence of sheep in the fields suggests early Autumn.

The Romans celebrated a winter festival late in the year and most likely Christmas was substituted for whatever pagan observance it was based on.

Christians should celebrate the life and ministry of Christ, not his birth.

Answer 5

No, and I will tell you why. When Christian missionaries came to Europe we were Pagans and Druids. Pagans and Druids celebrate the 21st December as it is the winter solstice and signifies that the days will start to become lighter. The Christians saw this and decided to put Christmas on December the 25th to stamp out the Pagan/Druid religion. Bastards!

Answer 6

Even Biblical scholars agree that Jesus grew to become into born in the spring, no longer the iciness. the biggest clue being that the shepherds watched their flocks at evening. In Israel, that grew to become into no longer accomplished till springtime because of the climate. the rationalization Jesus' delivery is widely known on Dec 25 is via the Catholic Church in medieval situations attempting to transform pagans from their previous techniques. Pagans celebrated yuletide at that element (twenty first-twenty third) and likewise Mithra grew to become into an historical pagan god born of a virgin on Dec 25. The Catholic Church grew to become into properly-cherished for copying pagan trip journeys and rituals that anybody grew to become into acquainted with and giving them a Christian spin, asserting they have been something type new that grew to become into ordained by skill of God himself.

Answer 7

It is very complicated, it is not known exactly but somewhere between 25th December to 5th January

Answer 8

christimas was a pagan festival, so when roman pagans converted to christianity they wanted to keep same holiday in the new religion. Actual date of birth of Jesus is not know historically.

Answer 9

That's just an estimated date. They just picked the date so we could celebrate it.

Answer 10

Nope. It was only guessed by some kings in the history.