I read that Jesus was not born on Christmas which is unusual because it means Christ's birth. I heard that it is on yule, which is a holiday in Wicca and thousands of years before that Druidism. I heard that the Christmas tree and Santa are also from yule. Why isn't Christmas on Jesus's birthday?
(I'm not saying I think we should change it I like Christmas where it is nor am I saying I am a Christian or Wiccan)
2007-12-04 13:09:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Whoever said the Christ mass thing is wrong. mas means birthday in an older language, latin maybe?. That is okay tho.
2007-12-05 10:55:01 · update #1
Yes, it was. The earlier Christians tried to ease the transition from Paganism to Christianity, so they put their new holiday close to the date of Yule, and this is also true with most, if not all, of the other Christian holidays. You'd be surprised how many similarities they are between the holidays of the two religions. Ostara is Easter, both use symbols of fertility such as the rabbit and the egg. How convenient.
2007-12-04 13:20:15 · answer #1 · answered by Rachel the Atheist 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was Yule. Wicca, however, is a new religion that celebrates some of the old ways. Jesus' birthday is celebrated on Yule (and called Christmas) because Constantine, the last Emporer of Rome who declared Christianity the official religion of the country at a time when Rome was falling apart and he was desperately looking for a way of uniting the people so they stopped killing each other, got together with a bunch of Christianity's leaders at the Council of Naicea and they "decided" on such things as whether jesus was divine or not, whether his birthday should be celebrated, and how exactly the best ways were to convert the heathen pagans to the new religion.
He and his cronies then proceded to send a reign of terror over the land converting anyone they possibly could through terror, torture, rape, pillage, and murder.
Don't believe me? Go read a history book.
2007-12-04 21:18:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
actually the date yes Yule and the birth of Jesus was very different Yule was Or is the Pagan celebration of the winter solstice ( I already have my altar up lol) and the Catholic church found It easy to take that away and turn it into Jesuss birthday( well just by a few days apart) so many of the pagans would convert...I could go on and on but I think I summaraized It pretty well...
2007-12-04 21:14:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Australia we celebrate Yule Christmas on the 25th July.
2007-12-04 21:14:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christmas means Christ's Mass, not Christ's birth, and Wicca's not the religion Yule comes from, nor is it druidic, but yeah, you're right.
2007-12-05 09:26:46 · answer #5 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sound the alarm-Christianity is about to lose another one. Congratulations on your enlightenment.
Yule is the time of greatest darkness and the longest night of the year. The Winter Solstice had been associated with the birth of a "Divine King" long before the rise of Christianity. Since the Sun is considered to represent the Male Divinity in many Pagan Traditions, this time is celebrated as the "return of the Sun God" where He is reborn of the Goddess
2007-12-04 21:22:32 · answer #6 · answered by cubcowboysgirl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yup. it was adopted by christians in order to convert pagans by incorperating some of their holidays into christianity. Yule is originaly the celebration of the winter solstice and the rebirth of the Sun God. A lot of holidays were originaly pagan including easter and halloween.
2007-12-04 21:45:31 · answer #7 · answered by Andrea 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never had a yule, does it taste good?
2007-12-04 21:15:42 · answer #8 · answered by freekin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct. No one knows when Jesus was born. They celebrate it now because it's easier to convert pagans if you keep their celebrations intact. So that's what they did.
Does someone follow me and give me thumbs down? I really think so sometimes.
2007-12-04 21:14:36 · answer #9 · answered by punch 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
yes it was, but when the church decided on a bible, they told everyone to worship it and when the pagans say NO, they slander them and place holidays on the same days to try and divert attention away from them and/or convert them to christianity
2007-12-04 21:35:38 · answer #10 · answered by Sean L. 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋