Today is a big day: Why celebrate Christmas on December 25? get to know

Although the Bible does not mention the date of Jesus' birth, December 25 is celebrated every year as Jesus' birthday. History says that Jesus was born on the night of December 24 in the lap of a virgin mother Mary in a cow shed in Bethlehem. It is said that he originated from the elimination of violence and discrimination from the world. Most even consider Jesus to be the child of the sun. But there is disagreement about when Christmas was first celebrated. Christ's birth date is calculated as AD. However, many people think that Jesus was born a year before him. But presumably, the first Christmas was celebrated in 336 AD, during the reign of the Catholic King Constantine. A few years later, Pope Julius declared that December 25 would be celebrated as Christmas. The Julian and Gregorian calendars also disagree about Christmas. Many Orthodox and Coptic churches still celebrate Christmas on January 7 according to the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar.

The ancient Romans were worshipers of nature. Therefore, many people think that the Roman Pagans can also enjoy the festival thinking that Christmas is celebrated on December 25. However, history does not recognize this fact. According to history, Christians did not want to give special attention to pagan religion. Instead, he always tried to keep a little distance.

Again, according to the Roman calendar, Mary found out that she was pregnant on March 25. Jesus was crucified again on that day. December 25 comes after 9 months. The calculation is not very difficult.

The origin of the word Christmas

The word Christmas is originally a combination of Greek and Latin words. The word Cristes comes from the Greek Christos and the Latin missa. Again, the first letter of the ancient Greek spelling Christos is equivalent to the Latin letter X. And therefore, from the middle of the sixteenth century, the letter X began to be used as an abbreviation of the name of Christ.

Why is Christmas celebrated?

1st Christmas was celebrated in India in 1668. Job Charnak is said to have started the first Christmas celebration. Dakshinayana begins after Uttarayana of the sun is completed. From this day on, Bella grew up little by little. At the same time, the severity of winter also started to decrease. Also, on this day, the world suffered from all kinds of pain. That is why everyone celebrates the day with joy by giving gifts to each other. Christmas is celebrated on December 25 in more than half of the countries of the world, except Russia, Georgia, Egypt, Armenia. According to the Julian calendar, Christmas is celebrated here on January 7. About 2000 years ago, Jesus showed the people of the world the way of redemption and welfare. At Christmas, therefore, Christians think of him in Christmas carols, candles, gifts.