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The Bible does not indicate the birth date of Jesus, nor does it say that we should celebrate his birthday. God did not order us to celebrate Christmas, and this holiday is not mentioned in the New Testament. In the 4th century, Emperor Constantine the Great proclaimed December 25th the birth date of the Savior. It was a subtle tactical move that made him want to impose a new faith. Although Christianity was accepted as the official religion in Rome, it remained alien to the people who celebrated their old pagan holidays. With a clear awareness that he could not uproot these millennial customs, Constantine decided to merge them with the new religion and thus make it closer to people.
1. The First Christians did not celebrate the birth of [Jesus] because they considered the birth of someone to be a pagan custom
2. There is no evidence that Jesus was born on this date. It was probably religious leaders who chose it because it coincided with pagan feasts celebrated around the winter solstice.
3. The Saturnalia, a Roman holiday celebrated in mid-December, served as a model for many of the Christmas celebrations. For example, they result in a rich feast, gifts and candles
4. Tree worship was common among the pagan peoples of Europe, even after they had adopted Christianity. at home or inside
5. Exactly on December 25, according to the Julian calendar, the winter solstice fell, or in other words, the day ceased to decrease and began to increase. Then the people believed that the new God was born - the Sun, which was one of the greatest pagan holidays. The overlapping of dates with this cult, which already reminded the Christian legend of the birth of Christ from the Virgin (the Sun was also born of a blameless heavenly goddess), was a successful move that united not only the Romans to the new religion, but also all the newly converted peoples
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