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.

Who Invented Christmas?

Question:On December 25 people will celebrate Christmas. They say that it is the birthday of Christ. But I really doubt that it is the birthday of Christmas especially that month and year of the birth of Christ is not mentioned in the Bible. So my question is: who invented Christmas?

Answer:

It is true that the month, year and date of the birth of Christ is not mentioned in the Bible. It is not even mentioned in any other books. But if we would examine the Bible, we would learn that Christ was born during the time of the decree of Caesar Augustus:

And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that ll the world should be registered. (Luke 2:1, New King James Version)

During that time, the shepherds were watching their flocks outside.

Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. (Luke 2:8, New King James Version)

These are the hints when was the birth of Christ.

We couldn't find document that would tell us the real date of the time when Caesar Augustus decreed such decree. But by considering what the shepherds did during that time, we could tell that Christ was born not during the winter time. And we already know it is winter time during December, and the flock couldn't stay outside of the field during winter. In other words, December is not the real month when Christ was born.

So, who really invented Christmas?

Christmas actually is derived from the words, "Christ" and "Mass". We could find the term "Christ" in the Bible but the term "Mass" is no where in it. The term "Mass" is originally a Catholic term, and therefore, "Christmas" is merely an invention of the Roman Catholic Church.

How Did You Remove the Navigation Bar of Blogger.Com?

Question: I noticed that your blog is actually hosted by Blogger.Com yet you successfully removed the Navigation Bar of Blogger.Com here in your blog. How did you do it?

Answer:

I understand why you wanted to remove the navigation bar of blogs hosted by the Blogspot.Com of the Blogger.Com. I know that your reason regarding that matter is the same as mine.

So much for that, here's how.

For Widgitized Layout:

1. Login to Blogger.Com using your own username and password.
2. After loging in, you are now in your Dashboard. Then click the "LAYOUT" under the blog that you want to edit. Then you the LAYOUT page will be open.
   
3. Click the "EDIT HTML".
   
4. In the EDIT TEMPLATE field, you'll notice the codes. That codes is the codes for your blog's layout. Now, find the content that looks similar to this:
   
   -----------------------------------------------
   Blogger Template Style
   Name: Denim
   Designer: Darren Delaye
   URL: www.DarrenDelaye.com
   Date: 11 Jul 2006
   -----------------------------------------------
   */
   
   Just below the "*/" insert this code:
   

   #navbar-iframe {
   height:0px;
   visibility:hidden;
   display:none;
   }

5. Then click the "SAVE TEMPLATE". After that the navigation bar of your blog is already removed.

Hope my answer helps.

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