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Allegedly, no one really knows if Jesus was actually born
exactly on December 25th. December is the winter solstice and what is known, is
that some Christian leaders back in 336 C.E. set the date to December 25 in an
attempt to coincide and other wise eclipse a popular pagan holiday in Rome
known as Saturnalia that celebrated "Natalis Solis Invincti" or
Birthday of the Invincible Sun God. A church theologian back in the mid-fourth
century later wrote, "We hold this day holy, not like the pagan because of
the birth of the sun, but because of Him who made it.

Originally Christmas was celebrated with a simple mass, but eventually
Christmas has replaced a number of other holidays in many other countries, and
many traditions have been absorbed into the celebration in the process. I will
discuss more of this in later posts.