Christmas is commemorated to remember the birth of 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 often called Communion or Eucharist) is where Christians bear in mind that Jesus died for us and then came back to life. The 'Christ-Mass' service was the only one that was permitted to happen after sunset (and prior to daybreak the next day), so individuals had it at Midnight! So we get the name Christ-Mass, shortened to Christmas.
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Christmas is now commemorated by people worldwide, whether they are Christians or not. It's a time when friends and family come together and remember the good ideas they have. People, and particularly children, also like Christmas as it's a time when you give and receive presents!
The Date of Christmas
No one knows the real birthday of Jesus! No date is given in the Bible, so why do we commemorate it on the 25th December? The early Christians definitely had lots of arguments as to when it should be commemorated! Likewise, the birth of Jesus probably didn't occur in the year 1 however a little earlier, someplace between 2 BCE/BC and 7 BCE/BC, perhaps in 4 BCE/BC (there isn't a 0 - the years go from 1 BC/BCE to 1!).
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The first documented date of Christmas being commemorated on December 25th was in 336, throughout the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the very first Christian Roman Emperor). However it was not a main Roman state celebration at this time.
Nevertheless, there are various traditions and theories regarding why Christmas is commemorated on December 25th.
A very early Christian tradition said that the day when Mary was informed that she would have a very special infant, Jesus (called the Annunciation) was on March 25th - and it's still commemorated today on the 25th March. 9 months after the 25th March is the 25th December! March 25th was likewise the day some early Christians believed the world had been made, and also the day that Jesus passed away on when he was an adult. The date of March 25th was picked since individuals had actually computed that was the day on which Jesus passed away as an adult (the 14th of Nisan in the Jewish calendar) and they believed that Jesus was born and had passed away on the very same day of the year.
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Some people also believe that December 25th might have also been selected due to the fact that the Winter Solstice and the ancient pagan Roman midwinter celebrations called 'Saturnalia' and 'Dies Natalis Solis Invicti' took place in December around this date - so it was a time when people already commemorated things.
The Winter Solstice is the day where there is the quickest time in between the sun increasing and the sun setting. It takes place on December 21st or 22nd. To pagans this meant that the winter was over and spring was coming and they had a festival to commemorate it and worshipped the sun for winning over the darkness of winter. In Scandinavia, and some other parts of northern Europe, the Winter Solstice is known as Yule and is where we get Yule Logs from. In Eastern Europe the mid-winter celebration is called Koleda.
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The Roman Festival of Saturnalia happened between December 17th and 23rd and honoured the Roman god Saturn. Dies Natalis Solis Invicti implies 'birthday of the unconquered sun' and was held on December 25th (when the Romans thought the Winter Solstice happened) and was the 'birthday' of the Pagan Sun god Mithra. In the pagan religious beliefs of Mithraism, the holy day was Sunday and is where get that word from!
The Roman emperor Aurelian produced 'Sol Invictus' in 274. But there are records of early Christians connecting 14th Nisan to 25th March therefore the 25th December go back to around 200!
The Jewish festival of Lights, Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev (the month in the Jewish calendar that takes place at about the exact same time as December). Hanukkah celebrates when the Jewish people were able to re-dedicate and worship in their Temple, in Jerusalem, again following several years of not being allowed to practice their religion.
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Jesus was a Jew, so this might be another factor that helped the early Church select December the 25th for the date of Christmas!
Christmas had actually likewise been commemorated by the early Church on January sixth, when they likewise commemorated the Epiphany (which means the discovery that Jesus was God's kid) and the Baptism of Jesus. Now Epiphany primarily celebrates the check out of the Wise Men to the child Jesus, however at that time it celebrated both things! Jesus's Baptism was initially seen as more crucial than his birth, as this was when he began his ministry. But soon people wanted a separate day to commemorate his birth.
The majority of the world utilizes the 'Gregorian Calendar' executed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. Prior to that the 'Roman' or Julian Calendar was utilized (called after Julius Caesar). The Gregorian calendar is more accurate that the Roman calendar which had a lot of days in a year! When the switch was made 10 days were lost, so that the day that followed the fourth October 1582 was 15th October 1582. In the UK the modification of calendars was made in 1752. The day after second September 1752 was 14th September 1752.
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Many Orthodox and Coptic Churches still utilize the Julian Calendar therefore commemorate Christmas on the 7th January (which is when December 25th would have been on the Julian calendar). And the Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates it on the 6th January! In some part of the UK, January 6th is still called 'Old Christmas' as this would have been the day that Christmas would have commemorated on, if the calendar had not been changed. Some people didn't want to utilize the new calendar as they thought it 'cheated' them out of 11 days!
Christians believe that Jesus is the light of the world, so the early Christians believed that this was the correct time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. They likewise took over a few of the customs from the Winter Solstice and provided Christian meanings, like Holly, Mistletoe and even Christmas Carols!
St Augustine of Canterbury was the person who most likely started the widespread celebration of Christmas in large parts of England by introducing Christianity to the regions run by the Anglo-Saxons in the sixth century (other Celtic parts of Britain were currently Christian but there aren't many files about if or how they commemorated the birth of Jesus). St Augustine of Canterbury was sent by Pope Gregory the Great in Rome and that church used the Roman Calendar, so western nations commemorate Christmas on the 25th December. Then individuals from Britain and Western Europe took Christmas on the 25th December all over the world!
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