Christmas is celebrated to keep in mind the birth of of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe is the Son of God.
The name 'Christmas' originates from the Mass of Christ (or Jesus). A Mass service (which is often called Communion or Eucharist) is where Christians remember that Jesus died for us and then came back to life. The 'Christ-Mass' service was the only one that was enabled to occur after sundown (and before dawn the next day), so people had it at Midnight! So we get the name Christ-Mass, shortened to Christmas.
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Christmas is now celebrated by people all over the world, whether they are Christians or not. It's a time when family and friends come together and keep in mind the good things they have. People, and specifically children, also like Christmas as it's a time when you offer and receive presents!
The Date of Christmas
Nobody 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 definitely had many arguments regarding when it need to be commemorated! Also, the birth of Jesus probably didn't occur in the year 1 but a little previously, someplace in 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 very first documented date of Christmas being commemorated on December 25th remained in 336, during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). However it was not an official Roman state celebration at this time.
However, there are several customs and theories as to why Christmas is celebrated on December 25th.
An extremely early Christian tradition stated that the day when Mary was told that she would have an extremely special baby, Jesus (called the Annunciation) was on March 25th - and it's still celebrated today on the 25th March. Nine months after the 25th March is the 25th December! March 25th was also the day some early Christians thought the world had actually been made, and also the day that Jesus died on when he was an adult. The date of March 25th was selected because individuals had calculated that was the day on which Jesus died as an adult (the 14th of Nisan in the Jewish calendar) and they believed that Jesus was born and had actually died on the same day of the year.
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Some individuals likewise think that December 25th may have likewise been selected since the Winter Solstice and the ancient pagan Roman midwinter festivals called 'Saturnalia' and 'Dies Natalis Solis Invicti' took place in December around this date - so it was a time when individuals currently celebrated things.
The Winter Solstice is the day where there is the fastest time in between the sun increasing and the sun setting. It occurs on December 21st or 22nd. To pagans this implied that the winter was over and spring was coming and they had a festival to celebrate 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 referred to as Yule and is where we get Yule Logs from. In Eastern Europe the mid-winter festival is called Koleda.
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The Roman Festival of Saturnalia took place 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 occurred) and was the 'birthday' of the Pagan Sun god Mithra. In the pagan faith of Mithraism, the holy day was Sunday and is where get that word from!
The Roman emperor Aurelian produced 'Sol Invictus' in 274. However there are records of early Christians linking 14th Nisan to 25th March therefore the 25th December go back to around 200!
The Jewish celebration of Lights, Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev (the month in the Jewish calendar that occurs at about the very same time as December). Hanukkah commemorates when the Jewish people had the ability to re-dedicate and praise in their Temple, in Jerusalem, once again following many years of not being allowed to practice their faith.
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Jesus was a Jew, so this could be another reason that helped the early Church pick December the 25th for the date of Christmas!
Christmas had actually likewise been celebrated by the early Church on January sixth, when they also commemorated the Epiphany (which implies the discovery that Jesus was God's son) and the Baptism of Jesus. Now Epiphany mainly celebrates the go to of the Wise Men to the baby Jesus, but back then it commemorated both things! Jesus's Baptism was originally viewed as more vital than his birth, as this was when he began his ministry. However quickly people desired a different day to celebrate his birth.
Most of the world utilizes the 'Gregorian Calendar' carried out by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. Prior to that the 'Roman' or Julian Calendar was utilized (named after Julius Caesar). The Gregorian calendar is more accurate that the Roman calendar which had too many 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 2nd 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 sixth 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 celebrated on, if the calendar had not been changed. Some people didn't want to use 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 right time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. They also took control of some of the customs from the Winter Solstice and gave them Christian significances, like Holly, Mistletoe and even Christmas Carols!
St Augustine of Canterbury was the person who most likely began the extensive celebration of Christmas in big parts of England by presenting Christianity to the areas run by the Anglo-Saxons in the 6th century (other Celtic parts of Britain were already Christian but there aren't many documents about if or how they commemorated the birth of Jesus). St Augustine of Canterbury was sent out by Pope Gregory the Great in Rome which church used the Roman Calendar, so western nations celebrate 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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