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Is Christmas a celebration?
Yes Christmas is pagan, and I'm not just saying that out of opinion. Look into, Lew White "Fossilized Customs". It explains everything. No, Christmas is not a pagan celebration. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas began in the early areas of Christendom in the 2nd or 3rd Centuries.
How did Christmas be a holiday?
Christmas is a birthday celebration for the savior of the world, Jesus Christ. The celebration began when pagan Romans declared a week of lawlessness to be December 17-25. The Christians did not like the pagan festival so they decided to take the last day of the pagan celebration, December 25, and make it a time to remember the birth of Jesus.
Was the Christmas tree derived from the pagan winter solstice celebration?
Yes. It was stolen from the Yule Tree decorating tradition of the pagan peoples.
Why do celebrate Christ's birth at Christmas?
The Christmas celebration, like most Christian holy days, was scheduled to usurp a Pagan celebration. In this case, the winter solstice which happens on the new moon phase each December.
What is Christmas a celebration of?
Traditionally, Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Although Jesus wasn't actually born on December 25th, the date was chosen as it coincided with the pagan celebration of the Winter Solstice, and Christ's mass was the Christian's alternative celebration. However, in more recent times Christmas has become very commercialized and with multiculturalism becoming more an more, Christ is very quickly disappearing from Christmas. "Merry Christmas" is becoming "Season's Greetings", and Christmas is becoming Xmas as a celebration of Christ's birth becomes a celebration of self indulgence and spending time with family.
When was the first Christmas after Jesus was born celebrated?
The early Christians did not celebrate Christmas. Many parts of the celebration of Christmas were originally from pagan religions, and were celebrated by non-Christians. In around 300 AD, the celebration of Christmas became a Roman Catholic holiday, and gradually thereafter was accepted by Protestants also. Even many early settlers in the colonies which became the US did not celebrate Christmas because they saw it as a pagan holiday. It was not seen by these Christians as having anything to do with Christ.
What does a Christmas tree symbol?
The celebration of Christmas it comes from a pagan celebration that has been adopted by modern religion to accommodate all festivities although the PC brigade might disagree.l I think it symbolizes the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ
Was the pagan holiday bad?
Many of the holidays we have today like Christmas and New years are based in part around former Pagan Celebrations. No holiday is bad. Holidays are times of celebration and family gatherings.
What best known pagan festival inspired many of today's traditional Christmas and Yuletide celebrations?
Answer: That would actually be the Pagan/Wiccan celebration of Yule... The birth of God. This is why Christians chose to celebrate the birth of their god at this time of year. Historically, Jesus was NOT born in December. However, as the world around them celebrated the birth of God during the Pagan festival of Yule, it would be easier to gain acceptance by adopting this holiday as their own. Answer: The best answer is probably none. The "pagan" influence on Christmas is overstated and often wrong. Yule is a pagan or non-Christian celebration so that part answers itself. Traditions like Christmas trees for example were not based on any pagan religion.
What is special about the Christmas tree?
It has something to do with Pagan traditions, as Christmas is Pagan holiday historically speaking, not in fact a Christian one. In general it is a symbol of friendship and celebration, but then again it really depends on what your religion is - and where you live.
A compering script for Christmas celebration?
copering programmes for christmas celebration
What is the difference between Christmas and eid?
To Christians Christmas is the celebration of the birth of our saviour Jesus. Easter is the day Christians celebrate the risen Christ, after his death on the cross. What very few people are aware of is that both of these 'Christian holidays' are in origin ancient pagan holy days. Christmas is associated with the winter solstice, Easter was the ancient celebration of fertility. This is why Easter is symbolized by eggs (fertility) and bunnies (procreation).
