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| Christmas Facts: Theories regarding the origin of the date of Christmas |
 Many different dates have been suggested for the celebration of Christmas. No explanation of why it is celebrated on December 25 is universally accepted. Theories include the following:
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Posted by holiday-ideas on Friday, December 02 @ 17:03:23 EST (6368 reads)
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| Christmas Facts: Christmas dates of celebration |
Christmas is now celebrated on December 25 in Catholic, Protestant, and most Orthodox churches.
The Coptic, Jerusalem, Russian, Serbian, Macedonian and Georgian Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas on January 7.
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Posted by holiday-ideas on Friday, December 02 @ 16:44:46 EST (3957 reads)
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| Christmas Facts: The Christian story of Christmas |
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Historians are unsure exactly when Christians first began celebrating the Nativity of Christ. However, most scholars believe that Christmas originated in the 4th century as a Christian substitute for the pagan Festival of Saturn celebrations of the winter solstice.
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Posted by holiday-ideas on Friday, December 02 @ 16:40:33 EST (3663 reads)
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| Christmas Facts: The story of Christmas |
Christmas is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus.
According to the Christian gospels, Jesus was born to Mary in Bethlehem, where she and her husband Joseph had traveled to register in the Roman census.
Christ's birth, or nativity, was to fulfill the prophecies of Judaism that a messiah would come, from the house of David, to redeem the world from sin.
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Posted by holiday-ideas on Friday, December 02 @ 16:36:55 EST (4681 reads)
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