The early Church commemorated the birth of Christ on December 25 because it was 9 months after March 25, the accepted date for the Annunciation. A Roman Emperor, concerned with Christianity’s growth,co-opted the Dec. 25 date already celebrated as Christmas Day and created from whole cloth a “Sun festival” that, in any event, was 4 days late (since the winter solstice (Dec. 21 is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere).
The passing of the winter solstice is going from death to rebirth.
Jesus died for our sins, and provided a ‘path’ that allows us to be reborn in a pure state, after death.
That is the clearest ‘reason’ we celebrate Christ’s Mass.
The REAL point is that in our country, we are supposed to have the freedom to celebrate ANY religious holiday, ANY WAY we want to.
We are being told as a society that OTHERS may have that freedom, but WE DO NOT.
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