100 days till Christmas...
Is it just me, or does the western world gear itself around Christmas more and more each year?
I heard someone recently comment about the "real" meaning of Christmas. I got to thinking what that was - why do we do certain things at Chritmas time, and also why do we abandon ourselves to excesses, excusing it with "well, its Christmas.."
I thought it might be interesting to point out some little known things about the origins of this most important event in the Hallmark / retail year...
1. - The birthday of Jesus Christ
For the first three hundred years of the current era, there was no festivity of the birth of Jesus. Some churches celebrated Jesus' birthday in the spring time and some celebrated it on January 6 (Epiphany).
I heard someone recently comment about the "real" meaning of Christmas. I got to thinking what that was - why do we do certain things at Chritmas time, and also why do we abandon ourselves to excesses, excusing it with "well, its Christmas.."
I thought it might be interesting to point out some little known things about the origins of this most important event in the Hallmark / retail year...
1. - The birthday of Jesus Christ
For the first three hundred years of the current era, there was no festivity of the birth of Jesus. Some churches celebrated Jesus' birthday in the spring time and some celebrated it on January 6 (Epiphany).
posted by Squire at 2:07 PM
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