Could someone educate me more on christmas?

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blithevisionary

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Yes I know that it is not really Jesus' birthday. I have read and heard that it was sometime in the spring. And that in the bible only 2 birthday's were mentioned, and one involved a beheading - according to my friend who is a Jehova's Witness. But I would like to know some of this for myself instead of he said she said. Except...my bible is in another state. Oh and whenever I want to learn more about something..someone always just says "read the bible" but that is pretty vague...Mind telling me which part? Or where to start? Or what book to start with, at least for the particular subject? I'm sorry but it just does not work for me to read it front to back. I have to read it out of place. Dag... I really wish I had my bible here with me. Could you tell me some good places to start off? well.. .for this particular post, maybe dealing with the christmas thing is the best way to start. Thank you =) I'm just a person looking for some spiritual rehabilitation, which will also help me get out of this depression =/ please no attacks, you will be reported.
Thank you a lot for your help people =)
Not going to church very often in my short lifetime, I had to create my own relationship with God, and I would just like to know him and what he has done just a little bit better. Could you recommend some stories of the bible I should read?
get into a church family??? Great help. thanks. (sarcasm) And as for developing a relationship with God. That's what I am trying to do. That's why I am even asking the question. The only people in my family who appear to be really devout also appear to be really hypocritical at the same time. I can't turn to them.
 
I do not have the time to get into the details here but there are many. And I am not one of these people who reads the bible over and over. I read it in school once and that was enough. The Christmas traditions were set for many reasons and people debate them all the time.
As for Jehovah's Witness's, I find their religious beliefs with many faults and contradictions. I'm not saying that they are not good people, but their religious rationale is pretty flawed so I do not discuss religion with them, having worked next to one years back. His logic never made sense. And he was quite nasty when you challenged him. Maybe he felt the lack of his own rationale too.
Christmas has NOTHING to do with beheadings. Trust me on that .
 
read the beginning of Mathew which is in the new testament. Christians (i am one) know that December 25th is probably not his real birthday but we take once a year to celebrate Jesus's birthday. we give gifts to celebrate Jesus's birthday. And we like to decorate and stuff but thats not our main point. And christmas is a holiday to celebrate Jesus's birthday although some dont celebrate christmas for that reason. And for christians it really is about the birth of christ and its a huge thing at our church such as other holidays like thanksgiving and Easter which serve christian beliefs as well.
so us christians take once a year to celebrate Jesus' birthday and it doesnt matter which day as long as we do and although we give presents and decorate, thats not our main point. christmas is a happy holiday and its a big part of our lives cause christ was born and he would save us from our sin! God bless!
i hope this helps. (The beggining of Mathew is where it talks about Jesus being born).
 
Christmas (pronounced /krɪsməs/), also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days. The nativity of Jesus, which is the basis for the anno Domini system of dating, is thought to have occurred between 7 and 2 BC. December 25 is not known to be Jesus' actual date of birth, and the date may have been chosen to correspond with either a Roman festival or the winter solstice.

Modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, Church celebrations, and the display of various decorations—including the Christmas tree, lights, mistletoe, nativity scenes, and holly. Santa Claus (also referred to as Father Christmas, although the two figures have different origins) is a popular mythological figure often associated with bringing gifts at Christmas for children. Santa is generally believed to be the result of a syncretization between Saint Nicholas and elements from pagan Nordic and Christian mythology, and his modern appearance is believed to have originated in 19th century media.

Christmas is celebrated throughout the Christian population, but is also celebrated by many non-Christians as a secular, cultural festival. Because gift-giving and several other aspects of the holiday involve heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, Christmas has become a major event for many retailers.

The word Christmas originated as a compound meaning "Christ's Mass". It is derived from the Middle English Christemasse and Old English Cristes mæsse, a phrase first recorded in 1038. "Cristes" is from Greek Christos and "mæsse" is from Latin missa. In Greek, the letter Χ (chi), is the first letter of Christ, and it, or the similar Roman letter X, has been used as an abbreviation for Christ since the mid-16th century. Hence, Xmas is often used as an abbreviation for Christmas.

For many centuries, Christian writers accepted that Christmas was the actual date on which Jesus was born.[8] However, in the early eighteenth century, some scholars began proposing alternative explanations. Isaac Newton argued that the date of Christmas was selected to correspond with the winter solstice, which in ancient times was marked on December 25. In 1743, German Protestant Paul Ernst Jablonski argued Christmas was placed on December 25 to correspond with the Roman solar holiday Dies Natalis Solis Invicti and was therefore a "paganization" that debased the true church.[5] In 1889, Louis Duchesne suggested that the date of Christmas was calculated as nine months after the Annunciation on March 25, the traditional date of the conception of Jesus.
 
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