Like many, every year my family celebrates the Birth of Christ on December 25. This is when most traditionally celebrate it. But is this when Jesus was actually born?
According to Luke chapter 2, the shepherds were abiding in their fields. This was most likely in the spring time.
So, how did we get the date of December 25? Well, when the Church wanted to set a day, they saw that many in the world were celebrating a pagan holiday on December 25 and decided to give the Christians an alternate celebration for that day – the celebration of the birth of Jesus.
You can find more info from the snopes.com article: http://snopes.com/holidays/christmas/jesus.asp
Yet, despite this, we still can (and my family will) celebrate Christ’s birth on Christmas (Dec. 25).
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