why do we celebrate christmas on december 25th when Jesus was born in September/October time?

Answer 1

Ok, most people think this, but it is believed that Jesus was born even before that. If you read in the Bible(I don't have the exact verses or anything), it says that the Magi traveled for 2 years, and that they met him in Nazareth, not in the manger.

Answer 2

Date of Christmas
Christmas was moved to December 25th to coincide with a pagan holiday. This got more pagans to celebrate Jesus' birthday. This move was one of the reasons why the church split in 1043. It was then that the Pope went to Rome and the Patriarch of the Orthodox church went to Constantinopole.



Christmas is on December 25 because the Roman Catholic Church established it to compete with pagan traditions for winter solstice that also celebrated near that date.
Winter solstice is the passing of the shortest day, when days begin getting longer. Thus, early missionaries associated the bringer of light, Christ, with the coming of the light in the form of longer days and warmth.


Christmas is celebrated as the birth of Christ, however no one know what day he was born on, just sometime in December. In 350 AD Julius I, a Bishop of Rome, chose December 25th as Christmas's official day.
It says nowhere in your bible that Jesus was born in December. He was probably born in the Spring, why would shephards be tending their flocks in the winter time.

Answer 3

The Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano made some interesting observations. "The date of 25 December as is well known, was chosen by the Catholic church of Roman in the 4th century. this date in pagan Rome was dedicated to the Sun god..although Christianity had already been affirmed in Rome by an Edict of Constantine..the myth of the sun god was still widespread centred on 25 December, were deeply rooted in popular tradition. This gave the Church of Roman the idea of impressing a Christian religious significance on the day by replacing the Sun god with the true Sun of Justice, Jesus, choosing it as the day on which to celebrate his birth."
Do you find it acceptable that a religious leader/s would give a seemingly Christian meaning to events and symbols whose roots go back to ancient paganism? 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 says it best - "what fellowship do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what sharing does light have with darkness?"

Answer 4

How does anyone know when he was born? If you look at different religions (Mithras, Egyptians), their god was also born on December 25th! This is because December 25th is the day when the sun starts to rise in the sky, and the days become longer again, hence the "rising of the son/sun".

Answer 5

Some people plagiarized all the pagan celebrations but the origins are still pagan, including celebrating the birth of a "crucified savior, born of a virgin, etc" (Mithra). That should give you some clue as to the truth of the legend of Jesus.

Answer 6

Yeshua (Jesus) was born during the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot)... which is generally around the time of September on our calendar. The "church fathers" knew when he was born, but they and the general Romish population were fiercely anti-Jewish. Why would the Elohim of Israel have the Messiah of Israel born on a pagan birthday? See source link for more information.

Answer 7

Technically if you revert the modern calendar to the calendar during the time of his birth, he was born in late feb/march which is the sign of pisces, the fish.
The often show snow with the nativity, but that is wrong. The shepards were in the fields with young lambs and there was no snow in that part of the world. But due to the young lambs being out there it shows that it was actually spring.

But if you would like to investigate more about this and any other bible related questions, check out my sources.

Answer 8

According to Winter Solstice traditions December 25 was historically the day devotees of Mithras celebrated the "dies natalis solis invicti" or 'birthday of the invincible sun god.'

Mithra is the god of glory, protector of mighty soldiers who initiates those going into battle through his ancient rituals. His followers demanded a high standard of behavior, “temperance, self-control, and compassion -- even in victory”.

The Aryan sun-god Mithra first appears in Sanskrit/Persian literature around 1400 BCE. The cult was incorporated into the Roman empire in the 1st century BCE.

Mithra was born of a virgin rock in a cave on the winter solstice in Persia (December 25 in the Julian calendar).

Roman Emperor Aurelian declared December 25 to be the official birthday of Mithra, (circa 270 CE).

Mithra was worshiped on Sundays, was illustrated with a nimbus, or halo, around his head and had his last supper with his followers before returning to his father in heaven.
Mithra is believed not to have died, but to have ascended to heaven, whence it was believed he would return at the end of time to raise the dead in a physical resurrection for a final judgment, sending the good to heaven and the wicked to hell, after the world had been destroyed by fire in order to grant his followers immortal life following baptism.

Followers of Mithra had a leader called a 'papa' (pope), who ruled from the Vatican hill in Rome; celebrated the atoning death of a savior who has resurrected on a Sunday; celebrated sacramenta (a consecrated meal of bread and wine), termed a Myazda (corresponding exactly to the Catholic Missa (mass), using chanting, bells, candles, incense, and holy water, in remembrance of the last supper of Mithra).

The emperor Constantine was a follower of Mithra until he declared December 25 the official birthday of Jesus in 313 CE and adopted the cult of Christianity as the state religion.

Answer 9

The quotes from Mickeyc is from the Book of Mormon!!! Makeyour own mind up about that.
We shouldnt act any differently on 25th Dec than we should any other day of the year.
I dont have time for a 2 day 'smarm in'.

Answer 10

The Church recognizes that Christ was not actually born on December 25th, but Church leaders have encouraged members to join with the rest of the Christian world to recognize the significance of the Savior's birth on this day. While it's true that many ancient Christmas customs originated in pagan practices, Christians have changed the meanings of these symbols towards the worship of the Savior (i.e., they are no longer symbols of pagan worship).

Latter-day Saints believe the feelings of goodwill often exhibited during the traditional Christmas season inspire people to do good and show more Christlike mannerisms in their daily lives. The Book of Mormon teaches:

"For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, I show unto you the way to judge; for every thing which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God. But whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in Christ, and deny him, and serve not God, then ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of the devil; for after this manner doth the devil work, for he persuadeth no man to do good, no, not one; neither do his angels; neither do they who subject themselves unto him." (Moroni 7:16-17)

Therefore, since the traditional Christmas traditions inspire people to good, we know that they are approved of by God.