The History of Christmas- Why do we Celebrate Christmas and why is Christmas on the 25th December?

Christmas is celebrated to remember the birth of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe is the Son of God. The name' Christmas' comes from the Mass of Christ( or Jesus). A Mass service( which is occasionally called Communion or Eucharist) is where Christians remember that Jesus died and also came back to life. The' Christ- Mass' service was the only one that was allowed to take place after evening( and before daylight the coming day), so people had it at Midnight! So we get the name Christ- Mass, shortened to Christmas. Christmas is now celebrated by people around the world, whether they're Christians or not. It's a time when family and friends come together and remember the good effects they have. People, and especially children, also like Christmas as it's a time when you give and receive presents! The Date of Christmas No bone knows the real birthday of Jesus! No date is given in the Bible, so why do we celebrate it on the 25th December? The early Christians clearly had numerous arguments as to when it should be celebrated! Also, the birth of Jesus presumably did not be in the time 1 but slightly before, nearly between 2 BCE/ BC and 7 BCE/ BC, conceivably in 4 BCE/ BC( there is not a 0- the times go from 1 BC BCE to 1!). The first' functionary' recorded date of Christmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336, during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine( he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). But it wasn't an sanctioned Roman state jubilee at this time. still, there are numerous different traditions and propositions as to why Christmas is celebrated on December 25th. A veritably early Christian tradition said that the day when Mary was told that she'd have a veritably special baby, Jesus( called the Annunciation) was on March 25th- and it's still celebrated moment on the 25th March. Nine months after the 25th March is the 25th December! March 25th was also the day some early Christians allowed the world had been made, and also the day that Jesus failed on when he was an adult and they allowed that Jesus was conceived and had failed on the same day of the time. Jesus failed on Nisan 14 in the Jewish timetable the date of the Jewish jubilee of Passover. The Jewish timetable is lunar( grounded on the moon, rather than fixed dates) and so it moves around compared with dates on' fixed' timetables like the Gregorian( or earlier Julian) timetable. The main source for the courting, of the generality of Jesus being on the 25th March, was an early church annalist called Sextus Julius Africanus( c160 – c240) who is quoted as suggesting this in the time 221. still, much of the quotations workshop of Sextus Julius Africanus come from latterly documents. Saint Ephrem the Syrian( 306 – 373) tutored that Jesus was conceived on Nisan 10! So March 25th came a' fixed' date to mark these' portable' dates on the Jewish timetable. The Solstice, Yalda and Saturnalia The Winter Solstice is the day where there's the shortest time between the sun rising and the sun setting. It happens on December 21st or 22nd in the Northern Hemisphere.( In the Southern Hemisphere, this time is the Summer Solstice and the Winter Solstice happens in late June).