Why people keep celebrating DEcember 25?

Question

Because people celebrated christmas. Infact history did not tell the real date, they were just approximating December 25.

Answer 1

the 12 days of Xmas.....

originally a pagan celebration, taken over by catholic dogma

it's on the decline, not to worry

Answer 2

Celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ is a very good witness to the rest of the world, at least here in America people know even if they don't want to admit it why we celebrate Christmas. The date really doesn't matter. Jesus Christ came to earth and gave His life for us, He gave us the victory over death with His sacrifice at the Cross at Calvery. Without Him there is no Hope. Christmas is a celebration of that Hope, and maybe we should do it more often than just once. I encourge you this Christmas season to read the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament, it gives the account of the birth of Jesus, it will touch your Heart as the Saviour of the world is Born. From humble beginings to the King of Kings, When He arose from that Grave the third day He forever opened the door to salvation to all who will believe, make sure you are ready at His coming, May God Bless You and have a great Christmas!!!

Answer 3

Yes. So? There's something wrong with choosing an arbitrary date? The Bible is very specific about when the Crucifixion was. Logic says that if Jesus died, he must have been born. Since the birth date wasn't spelled out as specifically as the death date, then it really isn't such a big deal to remember the specific date. In fact, the few clues seem to indicate that Jesus was born in the spring, when it was more likely that shepherds would be in the fields. btw, for a Christian, Easter is the more important holy day--Christmas marks the birth of a Savior; Easter marks the Gift of the Savior and the promise of the Redeemer was fulfilled.

Answer 4

The wintry climate soslstice of direction. that's what has been celebrated for hundreds of three hundred and sixty 5 days at that date. The date replaced into picked up in the process the 4th century advert while the pagan roman emperor Constantin teamed up with the christian sects to establish a equipment to impose a so called faith on the individuals so as to dominate them for good.

Answer 5

"Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. The date of the celebration is traditional, and is not considered to be his actual date of birth. Christmas festivities often combine the commemoration of Jesus' birth with various secular customs, many of which have been influenced by earlier winter festivals.

In most places around the world, Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25. Christmas Eve is the preceding day, December 24. In the United Kingdom and many countries of the Commonwealth, Boxing Day is the following day, December 26. In Catholic countries, Saint Stephen's Day or the Feast of St. Stephen is December 26. The Armenian Apostolic Church observes Christmas on January 6. Eastern Orthodox Churches that still use the Julian Calendar celebrate Christmas on the Julian version of 25 December, which is January 7 on the more widely used Gregorian calendar, because the two calendars are now 13 days apart.

The word "Christmas" originated as a contraction of "Christ's mass." It is derived from the Middle English Christemasse and Old English Cristes mæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038. In early Greek versions of the New Testament, the letter Χ (chi), is the first letter of Christ. Since the mid-sixteenth century Χ, or the similar Roman letter X, was used as an abbreviation for Christ. Hence, "Xmas" is often used as an abbreviation for Christmas.

After the conversion of Anglo-Saxon Britain in the very early 7th century, Christmas was referred to as geol, the name of the pre-Christian solstice festival from which the current English word 'Yule' is derived.

The prominence of Christmas Day increased gradually after Charlemagne was crowned on Christmas Day in 800. Around the 12th century, the remnants of the former Saturnalian traditions of the Romans were transferred to the Twelve Days of Christmas (26 December – 6 January). Christmas during the Middle Ages was a public festival, incorporating ivy, holly, and other evergreens, as well as gift-giving.

Modern traditions have come to include the display of Nativity scenes, Holly and Christmas trees, the exchange of gifts and cards, and the arrival of Father Christmas or Santa Claus on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Popular Christmas themes include the promotion of goodwill and peace.

A winter festival was traditionally the most popular festival of the year in many cultures. Reasons included less agricultural work needing to be done during the winter, as well as people expecting longer days and shorter nights after the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. In part, 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. Most of the most important gods in the religions of Ishtar and Mithra had their birthdays on December 25. Various traditions are considered to have been syncretised from winter festivals."


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Victor, I live in America, and not everyone celebrates Christmas. There are many who choose to celebrate Kwaanza, Hanukah, and, yes, even Yule, among many other forms of this holiday. Some only celebrate so that their children don't miss out on Santa Claus. Why do you think it is in America that you won't hear "Merry Christmas" in a department store? Hello...

Answer 6

The Emperor Constantine in Rome 'borrowed' the date from the pagans, who used it as a celebration date for Yule. This made it easier to push the pagans into accepting the new religion, as they could keep their celebration date and merge it into a false 'birth-date' for the alleged JC.
Tradition now, set in concrete and it will not go away.

Answer 7

True, there is no exact date. The church chose to celebrate Christ's birth at the end of the year.

Answer 8

ITS THE REAL DATE
its a long story but its the right date for Jesus birth

Answer 9

I heard that it was perhaps in September that Jesus was born. Contradictions for the date of his birth abound.

Answer 10

Does it matter when we celebrate it as long as it is being celebrated for the same reason? We are celebrating the birth of Christ and respecting him, that is all that matters.