Okay, so how about the elves? The reindeer? The holly and mistletoe? The tree?
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Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 months agoDunno how the date Christmas is celebrated is relevant, or the character surrounding St Nicholas
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Not related to the Christian holiday of Christmas, they’re secular
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 months ago
At least you’re better than most Jesus freaks who try to square the circle and say holly stands for Jesus or something.
So when should they have the secular Christmas special which is the holiday most people celebrate?
Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jesus was actually born in the summer time. people.howstuffworks.com/when-was-jesus-born.htm
Christmas is a pagan holiday to celebrate the winter solstice. Traditional puritans banned Christmas in the 1500. Right around the time they were burning witches
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 months ago
The winter solstice is on the 21st of December, not the 25th. The dating of Christmas has nothing to do with it.
Christmas is the date it is because it is 9 months (human gestation period) after the Feast of the Annunciation (25th of March) which gets it’s date from an old attributed date of Jesus’ death.
In fact, the reason the UK tax date is in March is for the same reason - the new year was the Annunciation. Then 12 days difference due to the Julian/Gregorian shift.
h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 months ago
After the equinox, the sun “dies” for 3 days, then starts returning (25th). I read it on the internet.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 months ago
21+3 is 24.