some religions don't celebrate it.
2007-12-13 06:24:57 · 9 answers · asked by nancydesigner 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Duuuuhhhhh!!! Do you think it might be the birth of Jesus Christ? Some religions don't celebrate it because they don't believe Christ is the savior and the son of God.
2007-12-13 06:29:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well I'll prepare for the thumbs down but if you actually want the true answer this is it.
Christ was more than likely born in the springtime.
Christmas as in a December celebration is a pagan celebration to celebrate the end of the harvest and the winter solstice. Christianity started merging with pagans and took on most of their holidays--renaming them--so that the pagans wouldn't have to give up their traditions to be Christian.
That's why it's so close. This year Dec 22 is the winter solstice. However, only Christianity really felt the urge to merge with the pagan celebrations based on the concept of "conversion". Only Abrahamic religions believe that it is your duty to convert others to your religion, so they felt more inclined to take pagan concepts.
The Jewish faith is a little more race than faith. Many people believe you are born Jewish, you cannot become a Jew. They celebrate Hannukah, an 8 day miracle about a lamp that remained burning.
More Catholic countries celebrated Three Kings Day on January 6 (which is the origin of 12 days of Christmas). The world has many different religions, many who had no experience with the Celtic pagans and therefore did not celebrate the solstice calendar. They didn't need to pick Dec 25 as the birth of a savior that they did not believe in.
However, after you see all the thumbs down I get--research Christian holidays and their pagan roots.
2007-12-13 14:42:55 · answer #2 · answered by phantom_of_valkyrie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Origin of Christmas:
The word "Christmas" comes from "Christ + Mass"from the Catholic "mass"a term first used in 1038 AD. Date of Christ’s birthday is unknown: best guess is spring of 6BCyear: between 4-7BC. Dionysius, a Roman monk, invented a calendar in 526AD
.A year later it was discovered he made a mistake of several yearsThe shepherds were out in their fields at night and December too cold. Shepherds didn’t leave flocks in field but corralled them.
Dec 25 was birthday of Mithra, Iranian "GOD OF LIGHT".Liberius, Bishop of Rome, ordered adoption of Dec 25 in 354 AD Jesus birthday was celebrated as the "LIGHT OF THE WORLD"He felt this would turn the pagan feast into a "Christian" feast
In the year AD 274, when the winter solstice fell on December 25, the pagan Roman emperor Aurelian proclaimed December 25 as Natalis Solis Invicti, the festival of the birth of the invincible sun. In AD 354, Philocalus wrote a Christian martyrology that dates the nativity of Jesus Christ on December 25, and cites an earlier work as backup. From this we can deduce that Christmas was celebrated on the present date as early as AD 335 in Rome. It may be that Christmas was set on this day to supplant the pagan feast, or it may simply be a coincidence. Hippolytus and Tertullian, two early church fathers who lived before the Nicene Council set up our present method of determining the date of Easter, used March 25 as the date of Easter. If this is also the origin of considering March 25 to be the date of His conception, then it is possible that December 25 was calculated from March 25 (instead of the other way around) so that Christmas might be older than the Natilis Solis Invicti. However, there is no evidence dating earlier than AD 335 that Christmas was even celebrated, let alone on December 25.
PS. there weren't even "THREE" wise men. There were three gifts. The Bible never mentions a holiday called "Christmas " to celebrate. We are to remember the death of Christ every week until he returns again.
2007-12-13 14:38:43 · answer #3 · answered by doodlesfl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christmas originated as a pagan holiday to worship the sun and the season, the Christians adopted it later on, Christ was not even born in December
2007-12-13 14:33:56 · answer #4 · answered by Snarf 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Source is from many cultures who celebrated the winter soltice and the return of the sun etc.
BTW no one knows when Jesus of Nazareth was born, but it was probably spring...shepards of that time and any time for that matter don't watch their flocks at night unless it is lambing season....
2007-12-13 14:34:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some pagan rituals took place on the 25th December and so they decided that if Christmas was on that date it would be easier for people!
2007-12-13 14:34:38 · answer #6 · answered by ṡhαḋøώḋυṡτ ღ вιттєя ѕωєєт ღ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hallmark made it up to make more money, along with Woolworth's
2007-12-13 14:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by RLZOpal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
christianity.
2007-12-13 14:32:29 · answer #8 · answered by stefstudy 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
can you give me a hint?
= )
2007-12-13 14:32:31 · answer #9 · answered by cutiecathy272 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋