This is not necessarily true. Christian leaders wanted more members, so they converted celebrations of other Pagan religions (like the Roman Festival of the sun) into Christian holidays, and in this case, Christmas.Secret_Surfer wrote:Actually, though, in a manner of speaking that may be correct about Jesus not being born on Christmas, because, there was no Christmas day until a very special event happened and caused it to exist in the first place. That event was the birth of Jesus "Christ". "Christmas" did not exist until the day/night Jesus was born, thus "Christ" and "Mass" (a celebration) = "Christmas". The First Christmas ever. Jesus was not born on Christmas - Christmas was born because of Jesus' birth.
Tsunami wrote:Christian leaders wanted more members, so they converted celebrations of other Pagan religions (like the Roman Festival of the sun) into Christian holidays, and in this case, Christmas.
Tsunami wrote:The star on the tree? Christians say that it's the star that shined when Jesus was born, but think about the Roman festival of the sun (the sun would make a good star, yeah?). They'd exchange gifts on this particular day. Also takes place on December 25th. Hmm...
Tsunami wrote:Christmas trees? I don't think there's any explantion for this, other than Santa Claus wanting to make them pretty (and what does Santa have to do with Jesus?). But there were pagans who worshipped trees, so they included them in their holiday!
Tsunami wrote:Wikipedia is your friend! I'd rather be educated about these things, rather than believe what most people in society are told. When it comes to these things, there's usually more to it, y'know?
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