The Truth About Christmas
December 25th.
Probably isn’t Christ date of birth. Within years after his crucifixion his
actual birth date was confused and lost. It’s interesting how many God’s were allegedly
born on December 25th, years before Christ.
The Greek God Dionysus,
Egyptian God Osiris, Persian God Mithras, and the Roman pagan God Attis who was
born of a virgin named Nanna. Even the man Nimrod who died in 2167 B.C. was
given deity status post death had a
birthday on December 25th.
The longest,
darkest, and often coldest night of the year is on the winter solstice of
December 21st. At this time it’s natural to become depressed. A
holiday celebration would be just the tonic to fight this, especially one that
involves gift giving. Who in their right mind wants to celebrate a long, cold,
dark winter night?
Many pagan religions
celebrated the birth of the Sun festival on the 25th. to show the
longest, darkest days were behind them. The Christians easily made the jump
from rebirth of the sun to the birth of the son of God.
Babylonians would
bring evergreen trees into the home in late December to celebrate something
that didn’t hibernate or go into dormancy at their fertility festivals. It gave
them hope in their darkest hours. Isn’t that what Christmas, (no matter what
the source or origin) does for all of us?
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