Origin of Christmas
According to this article, it doesn’t have anything to do with pagan celebrations (and the pagans actually tried to hop on the shirt tails of the Christians), but rather the consensus that Christ was conceived on March 25 (the Feast of Annunciation)… and nine months later equals December 25.
HT: The Flying Inn
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Interesting. This seems to fly in the face of most of what I’ve heard from sources both pagan and Christian. What do you think, Richard?
It goes against a lot of what I’ve heard, too. I happened to read this blog post right after I posted that, and it seems to make sense.
Especially the point that early christian leaders weren’t stupid, and it seems unlikely that they would just import pagan dates to appease people.
But I don’t have any first hand knowledge of the history, and even if I read so-and-so’s book, who’s to say their understanding is correct. History can get interpreted all over the map.
Either way, though, I don’t have a problem celebrating christmas. If it was a pagan celebration, it *obviously* is not now… everyone knows it is a christian holiday, where we celebrate the Incarnation. If that weren’t the case, people wouldn’t try to use other expressions for the holiday in an attempt to be more inclusive.
So either the christian faith lead the way, or the christian faith grew to be more prominent… either way, we can freely celebrate christmas on December 25.
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