The official purpose of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, whom the globe’s roughly 2.2 billion Christians worship as the Son of God.
The unofficial purpose is to spend quality time and exchange presents with loved ones, preferably near a fireplace.
Based on the fact that Christmas (short for “Christ Mass”) takes place on December 25, one might reasonably assume that this is the date of Jesus’ birth.
The truth is a little more complicated.
First of all, no one can say with certainty precisely when Jesus was actually born. Many scholars believe he most likely wasn’t born on December 25, and in fact may have been a spring baby. The Bible does not mention a specific day, month, or year for his birth.
The timing of Christmas is further complicated by the discrepancies between the Julian and Gregorian calendars, which is why Christmas isn’t universally celebrated on December 25. January 6 is the preferred date for Armenian Apostolics, while most Oriental and Eastern Orthodox churches observe it on January 7.
One of the most widely accepted theories for the date of Christmas involves the winter solstice, which in ancient Rome took place on December 25.
According to the fourth-century theologian Augustine of Hippo, Jesus chose to be born on the shortest day of the year:
“Hence it is that He was born on the day which is the shortest in our earthly reckoning and from which subsequent days begin to increase in length. He, therefore, who bent low and lifted us up chose the shortest day, yet the one whence light begins to increase.”
This interpretation was later supported by Isaac Newton.
The December 25 date may also have been chosen by the Roman Catholic Church in an attempt to co-opt the pagan festival of Saturnalia, which was dedicated to the Roman deity Saturn.
The earliest theologians who discussed Jesus’ birthday mentioned that he was likely divinely conceived during Passover, the Jewish holiday on which he was also later crucified. They calculated Passover in the year of Jesus’ death as March 25, and arrived at December 25 (nine months later) as a likely date for his birth.
Eastern Christian communities used a different calendar, which calculated the date of Passover as April 6; that’s how we got January 6 as Christmas in some parts of the world.
Another theory centers more specifically around the Annunciation, or the day that the Archangel Gabriel told Mary she would give birth to the Son of God. The Annunciation is observed on March 25 — again, exactly nine months before December 25.
Whatever the case, Christmas taking place on December 25 is hardly a new phenomenon.
Christmas probably started being commemorated around the second century, and the church decreed that it be held on December 25 in 336 CE.
However, Christmas did not become a really significant Christian holiday until the ninth century.
In the end, some theologians argue that the precise date of the celebration doesn’t matter a great deal, as long as the spirit of the day is preserved.
Taken from Interesting Facts
December 25th is not the birthday of Jesus Christ. It may likely be the day the Angel appeared to Mary making September the birth month. What day in September? The day Satan chose to vilify: September 11th.
So, this Christmas celebrate the incarnation of Christ. That is the real miracle of Christmas. The actual birth of the Lord Jesus Christ was perfectly normal.
The word Christmas: Christ Mas, is not Latin it is Greek. In Latin it would translate: the anointed you are dismissed. Which is nonsense. However, in Greek it is: the anointed barley cake. Still sounds like nonsense until you consider that the pagans worshipped the queen of heaven and made her barley cakes and Israel followed their example:
“Jeremiah 44:17 (KJV)
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for [then] had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.”
It pays to serve the devil.
I would start a revolt within my immediate family if I were to stop “observing” Christmas on the 25th. So, I admittedly opt for peace in the family instead. But, that said, the 25th is actually much more sinister than one might think – https://444prophecynews.com/tragedy-abortion-and-christmas-handmaid-of-the-most-high/
Saturnalia was a Roman midwinter 5 day festival of partying and revelry honoring Saturn, who represented freedom from bondage. A Lord of Misrule was elected, people got time off, and there was a lot of drinking and partying. People gave each other little figurines as presents. Some Saturnalia traditions were later incorporated or absorbed into Christmas traditions, because it’s hard to get people to quit their fun traditions but you can always change the meaning.
A Lord of Misrule was often elected in the Middle Ages on Dec. 28. Monks in monasteries played pranks on each other. It got out of hand sometimes.
Christmas had gotten so rowdy that that stick in the mud Oliver Cromwell outlawed it in the British isles in 1647. It had already been outlawed in Scotland in 1640.
One of the reasons they put Jesus’ birthday on Dec. 25 was to compete with Mithraism. Mithras’ birthday was then.