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When Christmas finally comes, you can
see the fluorescent bulb and lights with signs around that reminds you how
Jesus is the only reason for this sacred day. Every board, placard, and signs
contain sentimental messages to convey to people about the full-day activity.
But do these signs put you in thought
about the accurate biblical date of Christmas? How 25th December is Christmas day? What Christmas tree symbolizes? Find these in later
sections.
Myths and
History about Christmas
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Christmas
tree a Symbol of Everlasting Life
December 21st and 22nd
are the shortest days and the longest night simultaneously and they are called the winter solstice. The ancient chronographers and people believed that the sun was
their god. As the god became ill, winter had come every year to serve the sun
god.
It made them celebrate the solstice that
the winter would eventually make their sun god recover from illness. Evergreen
boughs would revive in trees when the sun god began to recover.
· For
the honor of Egyptian god called Ra, and Roman god of agriculture, called
Saturnalia, ancient people used to decorate all their stuff with evergreen
boughs
· Egyptians
believed that the sign of green boughs was the sign of their god was recovering
that representing their triumph of life over death
On the other hand, the Romans believed that
solstice was the sole reason for upcoming crops and green fields that was going
to grow in summer. So, they used to mark the occasion with green boughs for
their temples and homes.
· The
mysterious Druids, ancient Celts priests used to decorate their homes or temples
that represent green boughs as a symbol of everlasting life
Jesus
Born on 25th December, Truth or not
The church leaders once decided to
choose a date for their sacred cult activities while there were many popular
and different kinds of celebrations. So, after all, the discussion they chose to
celebrate their cult activity on 25th December, 336 A.D. in Rome.
They mainly challenged a rival religion,
called the Cult of Mithra, which this secluded community used to celebrate the birth of
their god of light on 25th December as well.
There are other theories stated by the
church leaders, behind choosing the 25th of December as Christ’s
birth date. Such as,
· Julius
Sextus Africanas, the Christian historian discovered that the date of 25th
December as Jesus Christ’s birth was identified a hundred years earlier
· Many
chronographers believed, as the world was created on March 25th was right after four days later of the spring equinox, a new era has begun since
that day
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Biblical
historians believed that the whole idea of Jesus had also fallen on March 25th
and replacing the date nine months later, they identified Jesus’ birth
Christmas is the
Top listed Important Day
This
one is quite astonishing to many people. Despite Jesus' birth, enchanting
people, gifting, a Christmas tree, a placard, and a gift card, this day is not the most
important day at all. People instead love to call ‘Easter’ an important day as
it symbolizes Jesus’ eternal life rising from death.
Christmas
is definitely a winner in the context of Jesus Christ’s birth but people take
Easter more in their hearts. As Jesus promised to live his eternal life
resurrecting from death for the whole of humankind, it easily catches all the
importance from others.
Moreover,
people celebrate Easter over 2 months at a stretch, on the other hand, Christmas
barely moves over 7-8 days!
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Using ‘Xmas’
instead of Christmas Considering Disregarding
Removing
‘Christ’ from Christmas is a sin! Is this fact or fake? Many people think removing
Christ’ from Christmas is sacrilegious. Replacing Xmas represents secular X
that degrades Jesus’ dignity. Is this the truth?
Take
a look at the ‘Christmas’ word, the word ‘Christ’ comes from the Greek word "Χριστός" Do you see anything
similar? Notice the first letter, ‘X’ and it means, ‘Chi..’ The word, ‘Chi’ writes as ‘X’ in the Roman alphabet.
So,
taking all this into account, Xmas in place of Christmas is in no way a demeaning
matter rather it’s quite logical.
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Facts about Red
and White Dress of Father Christmas
·
Many
people believe that the traditional red and white dress of Santa symbolizes the
red and white colors of a can of coke
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Santa’s
clothing comes from a Dutch Figure Sinterklaas that was also based on Saint
Nicholas
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Santa’s
robe was once green but turned red over time
In
conclude, Christmas is all about happiness and joyous moments that put us all
together in a place. Jesus was a blessing for all humankind, not just for
the specific community, that’s why people from all over the world love this day
despite all the myths or negativity. People love gift giving, presenting
different stuff or in some way, weird or funny stuff.
Wish
your Christmas and holidays gets all the happy moments and a very merry Christmas
to all of you.
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