Jesus was not born on Dec. 25. When was he born. Who started the celebration of Dec. 25--whose birthday.?

Christmas has its roots in pre-Christian religions; the reason was merely changed from appeasing the sun so that it returned in springtime, or the Saturnalia, or whatever other feasts were celebrated in mid-winter.

Exactly when Jesus was supposed to have been born might not have been important to the story of the nativity. I kind of think the Jesus of the gospels was probably a legend in who were assimilated proverbs and morals of a sect and tradition, and maybe attributes of several leaders of the sect.

A joyful Christmas to you, and a happy new year.

You are correct. Jesus was not born on December 25th. The Bible does not say when Jesus was born. The fact that Jesus' birth date was not recorded in the Bible proves that his birth is not as important as his death. This is in harmony with the statement found at Ecclesiastes 7:1, which says, “A name is better than good oil, and the day of death than the day of one’s being born.” This is true especially in Jesus' case because at the time of his death, Jesus had built up a good reputation and a faithful human record of willing service to His Father, Jehovah - something he had not yet established at the time of his birth as a human. (Read John 16:33) Thus his death, not his birth, is what Jesus commanded his followers to commemorate or celebrate. (Read Luke 22:19) Interestingly, though, December 25th is a birthday, just not that of Jesus Christ. Check this out:

THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS

*9 It was not until several hundred years after Jesus lived on the earth that people began to commemorate his birth on December 25. But that was not the date of Jesus’ birth, for it evidently took place in October. So why was December 25 chosen? Some who later claimed to be Christian likely “wished the date to coincide with the pagan Roman festival marking the ‘birthday of the unconquered sun.’” (The New Encyclopædia Britannica) In winter, when the sun seemed weakest, pagans held ceremonies to get this source of warmth and light to come back from its distant travels. December 25 was thought to be the day that the sun began its return. In an effort to convert pagans, religious leaders adopted this festival and tried to make it seem “Christian.”

10 The pagan roots of Christmas have long been recognized. Because of its unscriptural origin, Christmas was banned in England and in some of the American colonies during the 17th century. Anyone who even stayed home from work on Christmas day had to pay a penalty. Soon, though, the old customs were back, and some new ones were added. Christmas once again became a big holiday, and that is what it still is in many lands. Because of the connections that Christmas has with false religion, however, those who want to please God do not celebrate it or any other holiday that has its roots in pagan worship.*

If you would like more information about the origins of Christmas and other pagan holidays, feel free to request the book, “What Does the Bible Really Teach?” from Jehovah’s Witnesses.

There are multiple reasons that indicate this. Multiple scholars and theologians have come to realize that December 25th was not Jesus birthday. To begin with, the book Sacred Origins of Profound Things states: “For two centuries after Christ’s birth, no one knew, and few people cared, exactly when he was born.” There are no records of early Christians celebrating Jesus' birthday. As a matter of fact, NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE does anyone celebrate Jesus' birthday. The only birthdays ever mentioned in the bible were of kings and pharaoh's who didn't even serve God and consequently did a lot of bad things on their birthdays (such as beheading other people) ((Genesis 40:20; Mark 6:21).

So the Jewish calendar doesn't have an exact month that coincides with December. Rather, it has a month named "kislev" which falls in between November and December. Then there's "tebet" which falls between December and January. Both of these months are very cold and rainy in Jesus' birthplace, Bethlehem. Do you really think that it would be appropriate for a woman to have a baby in like an animal shed in the winter cold? Nope, the shepherds didn't stay outside at that time of the year. However, in Luke 2:8-12 it says that the shepherds were still outside when Jesus was born. Thus, Jesus must have been born in a warmer month. The bible does tell us when Jesus dies, so we do know his age at death. However, it never tells us when he was born, therefore, there is no possible way that people can exactly determine what day he was born on.

But anyways, according to The New Encyclopedia Britannica, on December 25th a pagan Roman festival commemorating the birth of the sun took place. Some pagan Christians wanted this date to coincide with Jesus' birthday. Because religious leaders wanted to attract more followers, they adopted this so that they could attract pagan individuals into "Christianity." As a matter of fact, Christmas was even banned in England and some of the early American colonies in the 17th century when its pagan roots were discovered.

Lol even my AP European History teacher commented a few weeks ago that Jesus wasn't really born on Christmas! :) But anyways, people pretty much just celebrate it because they don't want to let go of it. They like the presents and everything, and they fool themselves into thinking that God really loves it that they celebrate Christmas when, in reality, it couldn't be farther from the truth.

Long before the Christian Era itself,

A Festival was celebrated among the heathen.

At that precise time of the year (December 25),

in honor of the birth of NIMROD [the first to defy Yahweh]. He was the son of

the Babylonian "Queen of Heaven". This same

festival was adopted by the Roman Church,

giving it the name of Christ."

--The Two Babylons; p. 92-93

by Alexander Hislop

KNOWLEDGE IS [NOT] POWER AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR.

When Rome celebrated pagan holidays, Dec. 25th was the date of the sun god.... they just added Christ in this.

It's believed that Jesus was born in September.... we are still honoring his birth even if we got the date wrong.

Christmas was set in December because it coincided with other winter holidays. The church has a history of placing their religious holidays around the times of other pagan celebrations.

And Merry Christmas back to you!

They don't even know when he was born yet we know what he says word from word.

Enjoy your Christmas, at this stage it's more than a religious holiday, it's for family coming together, thank God.

he was born on halloween, but there was already a holiday on that day so they had to choose a different day to celebrate his birthday

Jesus never existed.

who cares its christmas?