WHAT IS

CHRISTMAS

?
 Christmas
Is a Christian Holiday
which falls on 25th December
and celebrated by Christians as
Jesus Christ’s Birth Day

On this Day Gifts are exchanged,

Christmas Tree is decorated
&
Gift from Santa Claus is expected
Was Jesus Born on 25th December? Bible has not given the exact date
What the Bible say? when Jesus was born, but it says
1 Luke 2 : 7 – 8
At the time of Jesus’ And she brought forth her firstborn son, and
wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him
Birth, Shepherds were in a manger; because there was no room for
watching flocks at them in the inn. And there were in the same
country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping
night in the fields. watch over their flock by night.

The Temperature at night in Bethlehem in the last week of December will be below
Freezing, especially at night and even Snowfalls.

On December 25 the weather would not have permitted shepherds watching over
their flocks in the fields at night.

 This suggests that Jesus may not have been born in December 25 but in summer or
early fall i.e. September or October.
 The census described by Luke
2 Luke 2 : 1 – 5
Now it came about in those days that an order went out
Jesus' parents came to
from Caesar Augustus
Bethlehem to register in a
that there was to be a numbering of all the world. …,
Roman census everyone to his town. And Joseph went up from Galilee, out
of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, …, To
be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about
to become a mother. And while they were there, the time
came for her to give birth. And she had her first son; and
folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where
the cattle had their food, because there was no room for
them in the house.

The Roman and Judean rulers knew that taking a census in winter would have
been impractical and unpopular.

A census would take place after the harvest season, around September or October,
when the weather was good and the roads were still dry enough to allow easy travel

 Luke's account of the census argues strongly against a December date for Christ's
birth. For such an agrarian society, an autumn post-harvest census was much more
likely.
 If 25th December is not Jesus’ Date of Birth then …
3 Luke 1 : 26 – 31
When Gabriel visited Mary, Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from
Elizabeth (John’s Mother) God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin
was 6 months Pregnant who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the
family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.…
And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be
Jesus.

John the Baptist was 6 Months older then Jesus

When was John the Baptist Born ?
John's (The Baptist) father, Zacharias, was a priest serving in the
Jerusalem temple during the course of Abijah (Luke 1:5).

It was during this time of temple service that Zacharias learned that
he and his wife, Elizabeth, would have a child (Luke 1:8-13).

Historical calculations indicate this course of service

corresponded to June in that year.
 John's conception took place near the end of June,
adding nine months brings us to the end of March
as the most likely time for John's birth.

Adding another six months (the difference in ages between

John and Jesus) brings us to the end of September
as the likely time of Jesus' Birth.

A careful analysis of Scripture, however, clearly indicates

that Dec. 25 is an unlikely date for Christ's birth.
 Then how 25th December was
set for Christmas.
Christmas has its roots in
pre-Christian Pagan religious traditions

The Romans Mithras, Months & Days

believed A Sun god are named
in many gods Born on after
and goddesses. 25th December Roman gods

Jupiter
Venus Saturn
Bacchus the goddess
the goddess Roman
(Dionysus), Of
Of Love god
the Women
And of
god of wine. And
Beauty agriculture
Fertility
Saturnalia was a large and important public festival in Rome.
which honored the god of Agriculture & Harvest
which took place on 17 December up to 23 December.

The Yule-feast which lasts for twelve days from

21st December, During this time log-fires were burnt,
Shrines were decorated with greenery
and it was an occasion for feasting and drinking.

In the fourth century, the church decided to try to

redeem
a Roman pagan winter solstice festival:
the festival of Saturnalia as Christ’s Birthday
because pagans already observed this day as a holiday
 Santa Claus
The word 'Santa Claus', appears nowhere in the Bible.

Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) he was kind, at night

was a bishop Born he use to bring
after 300 years after Jesus presents to the needy.

He Died on 6th of Dec. and in Europe this day was celebrated as a feast.
The celebration date was later changed from Dec. 6th to Dec. 24th eve.

The ancient inhabitants of northern Europe

believed a powerful pagan god,
cloaked in red fur, galloped across the winter sky.
These myths combined with the legends of the real life figure of
Bishop Nicholas.
 Christmas Tree
Nowhere does the Christmas Tree appear in the Bible

The Tree Decorating Rituals were borrowed

from the Roman Pagans.
The Romans were decorating the Trees
with apples and nuts during the Winter Solstice
on December 21
with a hope of the Sun returning to bring Spring
 Christmas wasn't celebrated
Did the Early Christian
by the early church
Celebrate Christmas?
until the fourth century.

In England "the strict Puritans refused to celebrate at all,

saying that no celebration should be more important than the Sabbath

Christmas A Banned Celebration in England

In England in June 1647, Parliament established punishments for

observing Christmas and certain other holidays.

Should Dec’25 be celebrated as Christ’s Birth?

There is no command in the Scripture by Christ

or His apostles to celebrate His birth.
 Reasons for the growth of Christmas

Because of the Economic Factors.

The Christmas shopping season accounts

for 50% of the profit of the retailers.

The lure of the profit is so high that, since the 1870s,

merchants have vigorously promoted Christmas.
 Bible Warns
Learn not the way of the Pagans

Jeremiah 10 : 2 – 4

Thus saith the LORD,

Learn not the way of the heathen,
and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven;
for the heathen are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the people are vain:
for one cutteth a tree out of the forest,
the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
They deck it with silver and with gold;
they fasten it with nails and with hammers,
that it move not.
 Worship not the
Images or Idols
Deuteronomy 27 : 15
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD,

Deuteronomy 5 : 7 - 9
Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Thou shalt not make thee any graven image,
or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them,
nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God.

Job 25 : 4 – 6
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
 Jesus Says

John 8:12
he that followeth me shall not walk in
darkness,

Bible Says

Psalms 97 : 10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil:
Do You Still
Celebrate
Christmas?
 Say: He is God, The One!

God, The Eternally Besought of All!

He Begetteth Not Nor Was He Begotten.

And There is none comparable to Him.

HOLY QURAN

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