Another good book is The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name. This essay also covers when Jesus's Birthday might have been as well as a lot more about Santa
ItтАЩs complicated. Christians celebrated ChristтАЩs birth on December 25 well before 350 AD. St. Hippolytus refers to that date in his writings on the prophet Daniel in 202-211. (Before, incidentally, the initiation of the Roman pagan feast of Sol on that day, which didnтАЩt exist until 274.) December 25 was selected because it came 9 months after the annunciation. It was believed that Mary conceived at Passover. There were a few differences around when Passover took place that year, but eventually Christians settled on late March. Nine months later took us to late December.
The celebration of Christmas as a feast day was a Western Christian initiative (enter Pope Julius), but the date itself was determined considerably earlier.
And thatтАЩs probably a lot more on the subject than anybody wanted to know.
There's also some good evidence that it would have been at Sukkot in the fall since the tradition was to go back to the place of your birth to celebrate. This would put it at the right time for the inn to be full and Mary and Joseph to be traveling as well as a great opportunity to do a census. Also, Sukkot literally means to 'dwell' as in God dwelling so that lines up too. More on that and more on Santa at this Essay too:
Another good book is The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name. This essay also covers when Jesus's Birthday might have been as well as a lot more about Santa
https://polymathicbeing.substack.com/p/who-is-santa-claus
ItтАЩs complicated. Christians celebrated ChristтАЩs birth on December 25 well before 350 AD. St. Hippolytus refers to that date in his writings on the prophet Daniel in 202-211. (Before, incidentally, the initiation of the Roman pagan feast of Sol on that day, which didnтАЩt exist until 274.) December 25 was selected because it came 9 months after the annunciation. It was believed that Mary conceived at Passover. There were a few differences around when Passover took place that year, but eventually Christians settled on late March. Nine months later took us to late December.
The celebration of Christmas as a feast day was a Western Christian initiative (enter Pope Julius), but the date itself was determined considerably earlier.
And thatтАЩs probably a lot more on the subject than anybody wanted to know.
There's also some good evidence that it would have been at Sukkot in the fall since the tradition was to go back to the place of your birth to celebrate. This would put it at the right time for the inn to be full and Mary and Joseph to be traveling as well as a great opportunity to do a census. Also, Sukkot literally means to 'dwell' as in God dwelling so that lines up too. More on that and more on Santa at this Essay too:
https://polymathicbeing.substack.com/p/who-is-santa-claus
How about "Jesus's" rather than the common and regrettable usage of "Jesus'?" Fowler is to be admired.
And followed.
Biblical and classical names ending in S do not get another S.