- December 25th is not Jesus’ birthday
- January 6th is also not Jesus’ birthday
- The Bible doesn’t tell us how many magi/wisemen visited Jesus
- Christmas was created to cancel out the pagan holiday – Saturnilia
- 125 AD, is the first recorded mention of a celebration of Jesus’ birth and it comes from a note from, Telesphorus, the 2nd bishop of Rome declaring that church services should be held to memorialize the nativity of Jesus (Collins, 12)
- 320 AD is the year when Pope Julius I chose December 25th as the official day to celebrate Jesus’ birthday (Ibid, 13)
- 325 AD is when Constantine made December 25th the official day for Christmas (ib., 13)
- Clement Carke’s A visit from St. Nicholas (1822 AD), also known as, The Night Before Christmas, and Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol (1843 AD) gave us our modern day Christmas celebration (ib., 100).
- Writing “Xmas” instead of Christmas is orthodox.
- The virgin birth is true.
- Jesus is the reason for the season
- Love one another and they will know we’re his disciples
If you know other historical facts, leave us a comment.
Resources
Stand To Reason Podcast. Greg Koukl. The Origins of Christmas. December 9 2007.
Collins, Ace. Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas
