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RealMustangGuy · 61-69, MVIP
CallmeHopeless and Sharon4now are correct based on what I have studied about it. The Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year) on or around December 21 was a pagan celebration for the Sun God. Celebrating that the days would get longer and the Sun God would return.
Based on astronomers' research into the night sky at the time of Christ's birth and the great star, they place the birth sometime in the Spring.
The early Church moved Christmas to December 25 to provide a Christian holiday that would draw people away from the Sun God celebrations that were popular at the time.
Based on astronomers' research into the night sky at the time of Christ's birth and the great star, they place the birth sometime in the Spring.
The early Church moved Christmas to December 25 to provide a Christian holiday that would draw people away from the Sun God celebrations that were popular at the time.