by Anura Guruge
on December 14, 2022
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last year, i.e., 2021, of course.
In addition to having a bit of fun (given that I am sure that there are folks Googling this (even as I write)) I am trying to make a point.
By tradition, in the WESTERN Church, Christmas, for the last 1,500 years at least Christmas is celebrated each & every year on December 25th — the day of the Winter Solstice in the old Roman Julian calendar. I am not even going to bother going into how Christmas really is a celebration of the Winter Solstice than the birth of Christ. For a start, per the Biblical accounts, Christ certainly was not born in the middle of Winter.
Actually I hope YOU KNOW that the Bible does NOT, in any way, shape or form, mention a date for Christ’s birth. So, December 25th as Christmas is arbitrary.
Parts of the Easter Church, that still adheres to the Julian calendar for their holidays, celebrate Christmas on what is January 7th! That is worthwhile remembering.
Contrast Christmas FIRMLY ANCHORED to December 25th & Easter which is a MOVEABLE FEAST, i.e., it does not occur on the same day each year. Have you ever thought about that. Christmas is fixed on the day of a pagan holiday while Easter is moveable.
Well there is so much we can talk about on this topic, but this is enough.
I was just trying to draw your attention to the arbitrary nature of Christmas on December 25th.
