The surprising reason why Christmas is celebrated on December 25

Unlike popular belief, it's not really the birthday of Jesus.


For many, Christmas causes sumptuously decorated decorated vitrees, religious services,Celebrations with family and friends, and of course, present in Galore. People pray, sing, dance andExchange gifts The days before Christmas to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ - and yet, what most people do not even realize is thatDecember 25th Is it not really anniversary of Jesus.

The Bible gives a modest but detailed account of the birth of Jesus Christ: he was born in a barn surrounded by farm animals, shepherds and angels. In these recordings of the birth of Jesus, however, there is not a single mention of a specific date or a fixed time of the year, according to theBiblical Society of Archeology.

In previous years of Christianity (before 200 adjustment), the birth of Jesus was not even considered enough to be celebrated. An early Christian scholarly namedOrigen of Alexandria I went so far from the Roman celebrations of birth anniversaries, calling "pagan" practices.

And when peoplemadeStart celebrating the birth of the years Jesus Christ, December 25 was not even the first date on which they chose to do so. AsBritannica Explains, people were originally thought that Jesus was born on 6 January 6. The other dates considered were on May 20, April 18, 28 April of 28 May, 2-2-2 November of 20 November of 20 November of 21 March and March 25, according toChristianity today.Finally, after many deliberations,Pope Julius I landed on December 25 as the date of birth of Jesus in the middle of the third century.

On December 25 was the chosen date of our Christmas celebrations due to biblical evidence? Not enough. Rather, according toStoryThe church has chosen this date in order to replace the pagan festival held the same day: the saturnalia festival. At first called the Nativity Festival, the custom of celebrating the birth of Jesus on December 25 eventually disseminated Egypt to England, and therefore the date of birth of Jesus was anything but stone.

However, everyone does not see December 25 as the birth day of Jesus. According toEuros news, Most Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas on January 7 in accordance with the old Julian calendar.

So, the essential is, it's not for some when Christ is borne if "Silent night"We thought it was December 25 for all these years! And if you want to discover even more Christmas, check out the30 American Christmas traditions, even you did not know.


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