Christmas' history, What is the origin of Christmas?

The true origin of Christmas: History of Christmas traditions
The origin of Christmas is pagan, although we usually associate it with Christian myths and Catholicism, since it represents the birth of the child Jesus. This is really wrong, especially when you consider how Christmas is accepted today. Let's learn more about the history of Christmas traditions.

What is the origin of Christmas?

There was always doubt whether Christmas was pagan in origin or was a Christian celebration. In 1990 there was a first case in which the school board in Solon (Ohio) made the decision to eliminate all representations of Christmas in any school setting, since it was a practice that went against the secular state of its own city, by not respecting the separation between Church and State.

In the end, the board would end up losing the case when the families opposed that the children could not celebrate Christmas at school, defending that Christmas was a secular act and that it was celebrated in all the cultures of the world. Prayers and reading of the Bible book, which were associated with the Christmas celebration, were eliminated.

Although some may find it hard to accept, the truth is that the origin of Christmas is not Christian. The first time that Christmas 25, as we know it today, was heard about Christmas was around two centuries after the birth of Christ, so, even after the birth of the baby Jesus, Christmas continued to be celebrated over the figure of Saturn, something that the Romans implanted.

What the Romans did was celebrate the Roman "Saturnalia", which was a festival in which the winter solstice was represented and the god Saturn was honored. At that festival the Romans had a great time, so the few Christians there were at the time, used to oppose such "crazy" celebrations.

Thus it is said that Christmas appeared to replace the celebration of Saturn, king of the Sun, who in English is called "sun", so it came to be taken as the birth of the son of God who in English is "are". Later, when the Christian religion was imposed throughout the Roman Empire, King Justinian what he did was declare Christmas as civic festivals, although this did not last long, because in the Middle Ages, Christmas festivities became days for drink and party. Get more general knowledge about christmas from kens quiz (Links to an external site.).