Christmas Forum: Why Christmas is December 25
Posted by: Chris Whitten (chris@ThisIsToPreventSpam-673-RemoveThis.interesting.com) on 22 Nov 2002 at 6:15:43 PM
In-Reply-To: christmas posted by anonymous on 10:48:00 AM 18 Nov 2002
: my questionis why christmas is on the 25th of december.
:The most obvious answer is that December 25 is Christ's birthday. But Biblical scholars do dispute this. Many believe he was born in January or February, or even September.
Many historians believe that the holiday is celebrated in late December to supplant the traditional pagan celebration of Winter solstice.
Chris
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