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To: restornu; null and void
Forgive my laziness for not looking it up, but when did December 25th start being celebrated as the birthday of Jesus?
1,621 posted on 11/06/2005 1:04:57 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup (GO BENGALS!)
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To: operation clinton cleanup; null and void
There are so many theories I guess anyone will do....

Was Christ really born on Dec. 25? — A reader in Sterling

1,624 posted on 11/06/2005 1:21:57 PM PST by restornu (me and my Ghost strolling down the ave!)
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To: operation clinton cleanup; null and void
Emperor Constantine......early 300's AD.....he was codifiying something that was already well practiced. Maybe for a couple of hundred years. I don't think anything was particularly wrong with taking over Saturnalia and replacing it with something better.....

A good choice by any reckoning.

1,639 posted on 11/06/2005 4:52:36 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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