Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays 3399Oh Bosh. Dec. 25 was the celebration of the Birth of Mirthra, celebrated about 1st century BC. Christianity adopted Dec. 25 about 4th cent. AD when Mithraism was viewed as...
That's not the way they see it. The Christians who do not celebrate Christmas do so as they believe the birth of Christ should not be buttociated with a pagan holiday. So they choose not to observe "Christmas" in any form. It's kind of like a boycott of the pagan holiday, because that pagan holiday includes a celebration of the birth of the Christ child. There is no day suggested as an alternative, as those Christians feel that the birth of Christ does not need to be necessarily celebrated. (especially as part of a pagan holiday!!!)
But if you were a Christian who felt very strongly that the birth of Christ should be solemnly and religiously CELEBRATED, and should have it's own legal holiday date specifically buttigned for that celebration . . .
And buttuming you had to pick an appropriate day to celebrate the birth of Christ, that day would be . . . EASTER!!! :)
Yes, I said Easter. Biblically, that is a lot more accurate of a timeframe for the possible birthday of the Christ child than "The 5th and 20th Day of December". Bible scholars know that the Christ child was born in the year 4 BC, sometime after March 12th but before April 4th. In the year 2005 of the current calendar system, Easter fell roughly in the middle of that time period of (March 13th to April 3rd) :) Before you ask how it is possible that Christ was born in the year 4 "Before Christ", you need to understand that the current calendar was created long after Christ was said to have been born, and the person who created the calendar took a WILD GUESS as to when the Christ child was born. (he was only off by a few years) -Dave
