i'm asking coz i recently found out that it wasnt the birthday of christ.
2007-12-18 00:02:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Christmas, as you know it developed over time.
The church would let new ones bring their pagan rites and rituals in with them. It made it easier to convert them. A practice scorned in the Bible. Very wrong.
The practice of carol singing, gift giving, lights around the house existed before Christ. The first century Christians would have nothing to do with it. The 2nd century Christians was censured by Tertulllian for allowing it to infiltrate christian worship.
The above rites and rituals and icons, idolized 'household gods', the god Saturn, the god Mirtha, and some emperors.
Transferred over to use in the name of Christ doesn't clean it up any. It's still idol worship. As told by Tertullain.
2007-12-21 11:45:14 · answer #1 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well when Constantine made Christianity legal folks decided it would be good to celebrate Jesus' birth. The problem was this was a few hundred years later and they didn't know when it was. So they co-opted the birth festival of some other god and made that Christmas.
Because the shepherds were out watching their flocks many think it was around Passover and so his birthday would be in April.
2007-12-18 08:13:40 · answer #2 · answered by Lupin IV 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if you combine what everyone has said together you will get what christmas is. it is the day we honor the birth of jesus however the day it is is on theday that the pagans celebrated winter solstice. all the traditions were jammed together. christmas trees comefrom the pagans while the whole star on top of the tree is a christian thing. you see christmas isnt just about jesus its a celebration of life which on one hand is directly linked to god obviously. people get mad at each other about this topic only becuase they see to not truly understand what thisseason is about...giving and being thankful.
2007-12-18 08:23:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't see your problem. Look to modern times.
The Queens official birthday is celebrated by the Queen's birthday parade, and only by her family on the actual day.
It is thus as a matter of convenience so the weather would possibly be better than on the actual day.
It really does not matter on which day you celebrate a birthday , it is a celebration so enjoy it.
2007-12-18 08:25:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It originated with Christians wishing to celebrate the coming of Christ. Scripture does not say on what day Christ was born, though various people have tried, using probably incorrect methods, to work it out. One of these early attempts resulted in a calculation of December 25th and this date became popular in Rome. Hence Western Europe, initially largely Roman Catholic, adopted 25th December as the day on which to celebrate Christ's birth. The church has always known and taught that this was not accurate, but many people - writers of carols and nativity plays - tend to ignore this.
You will doubtless get some answers referring to pagans, Yule, Mithras etc.. These ideas are not founded on historical fact but on modern pagan mythology.
2007-12-18 08:12:09 · answer #5 · answered by greenshootuk 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Christmas is the day when we celebrate the birth of Christ. It is not the exact day He was born (people believe He was born in the spring) but it was a day chosen by men to honor and celebrate Him. If people tell you otherwise, they are confused and do not understand the true meaning of Christmas.
2007-12-18 08:10:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The day was originally celebrated because of an actual event on earth - the winter solistice.
2007-12-18 08:10:16 · answer #7 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
They made it the same day as the Winter Solstice celebrations to try and get Pagans to convert to Christianity.
2007-12-18 08:05:25 · answer #8 · answered by Vivi 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋