Atheists Love Christmas Too!

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Ever wonder where we get our Christmas traditions? This video explains where the most popular Christmas traditions come from.

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Christmas is an annual holiday, celebrated on December 25, that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.

The date of commemoration is not known to be Jesus' actual birthday, and may have initially been chosen to correspond with either the day exactly nine months after some early Christians believed Jesus had been conceived, a historical Roman festival, or the winter solstice.

Christmas is central to the Christmas and holiday season, and in Christianity marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days.

For many centuries, Christian writers accepted that Christmas was the actual date on which Jesus was born. However, in the early eighteenth century, scholars began proposing alternative explanations.

Isaac Newton argued that the date of Christmas was selected to correspond with the winter solstice, which in ancient times was marked on December 25. In 1743, German Protestant Paul Ernst Jablonski argued Christmas was placed on December 25 to correspond with the Roman solar holiday Dies Natalis Solis Invicti and was therefore a "paganization" that debased the true church.

In 1889, Louis Duchesne suggested that the date of Christmas was calculated as nine months after the Annunciation (March 25), the traditional date of the Incarnation.

Although a Christian holiday, Christmas is widely celebrated by many non-Christians, and some of its popular celebratory customs have pre-Christian or secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, music, an exchange of greeting cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various decorations; including Christmas trees, lights, garlands, mistletoe, nativity scenes, and holly.

In addition, Father Christmas (known as Santa Claus in some areas, including North America, Australia and Ireland) is a popular mythological figure in many countries, associated with the bringing of gifts for children.

Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas is a factor that has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world.

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[Born4gain]

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[magicabbie]

@kaccedi That's a nice bumper sticker slogan, but why would you disrespect your own faith for a catchy phrase. As I am sure you are well aware, your Jesus was was not nailed to a tree, but rather, to a cross.

[pillowbugg]

As an athiest, I truely love "Xmas"... awesome food, gifts and best of all, my immediate family spends all day together...playing games!

No television is allowed on. we set the timer and every hour it beeps; we HAVE to drop whatever we are doing and open one gift each. This essentially makes the festivities last all day long...thank goodness this isn't a Christian holiday any longer!

[BedBugAcres]

A scintillating solstice season to one and all!

[kaccedi]

The greatest gift wasn't found under a tree... but nailed to it.

[hrhjudy]

well if you research you find it is a pagan holiday.. its not that hard to figure out,, who goes around telling lies to children about some santa that does not exist and saying Jesus was born december 25th. the Bible calls these things with his name.. a form of godliness.... if we dont know the living God we run around trying to do things because it seems most people are doing it.... be it christians or whom ever... Jesus pleased only his Father in all things..

[HarunaSakura97]

Im a proud atheist. Just that my family doesn't know....

[kilkolio]

paganism is still faith

[duzyureks]

This is lovely, bro! Thank you so much!