Thursday, December 18, 2008

When Did People Start Celebrating Christmas?

Question: You said that the term Christmas is invented by the Roman Catholic Church. So, when did the people start to celebrate Christmas?

Answer:

The term Christmas is indeed an invention of the Roman Catholic Church. The celebration itself is another invention of the Roman Catholic Church.

Prior to the introduction of Christmas, the Roman empire before celebrated the feast of their Sun god Mithras. The feast is called Natalis Solis Invicti or the birthday of the unconquerable Sun and this feast was celebrated on December 25. This feast is of course a pagan festival.

The Roman Catholic Church started to introduce Christmas in the midst of the fourth century (after the death of Christ). Christmas is actually the Christianized pagan feast. Instead of celebrating the birthday of the Sun God, the Catholic Church introduced Christmas as the birthday of Christ.

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