Is a Christian Holiday
which falls on 25th December
and celebrated by Christians as
Jesus Christ’s Birth Day
On this Day Gifts are exchanged,
Christmas Tree is decorated
Gift from Santa Claus is expected
Was Jesus Born on 25th December? Bible has not given the exact date
What the Bible say? when Jesus was born, but it says
1 Luke 2 : 7 – 8
At the time of Jesus’ And she brought forth her firstborn son, and
wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in
Birth, Shepherds were a manger; because there was no room for them in
watching flocks at night the inn. And there were in the same country
in the fields. shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch
over their flock by night.
The Temperature at night in Bethlehem in the last week of December will be below
Freezing, especially at night and even Snowfalls.
On December 25 the weather would not have permitted shepherds watching over
their flocks in the fields at night.
This suggests that Jesus may not have been born in December 25 but in summer or
early fall i.e. September or October.
The census described by Luke
2 Luke 2 : 1 – 5
Now it came about in those days that an order went out
Jesus' parents came to from Caesar Augustus
Bethlehem to register in a
Roman census that there was to be a numbering of all the world. …,
everyone to his town. And Joseph went up from Galilee, out
of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, …, To
be put on the list with Mary, his future wife, who was about
to become a mother. And while they were there, the time
came for her to give birth. And she had her first son; and
folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where
the cattle had their food, because there was no room for
them in the house.
The Roman and Judean rulers knew that taking a census in winter would have
been impractical and unpopular.
A census would take place after the harvest season, around September or October,
when the weather was good and the roads were still dry enough to allow easy travel
Luke's account of the census argues strongly against a December date for Christ's
birth. For such an agrarian society, an autumn post-harvest census was much more
If 25th December is not Jesus’ Date of Birth then …
3 Luke 1 : 26 – 31
When Gabriel visited Mary, Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from
Elizabeth (John’s Mother) God to a town in Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin
was 6 months Pregnant who was to be married to a man named Joseph, of the
family of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary.…
And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be
John the Baptist was 6 Months older then Jesus
When was John the Baptist Born ?
John's (The Baptist) father, Zacharias, was a priest serving in the
Jerusalem temple during the course of Abijah (Luke 1:5).
It was during this time of temple service that Zacharias learned that
he and his wife, Elizabeth, would have a child (Luke 1:8-13).
Historical calculations indicate this course of service
corresponded to June in that year.
John's conception took place near the end of June,
adding nine months brings us to the end of March
as the most likely time for John's birth.
Adding another six months (the difference in ages between
John and Jesus) brings us to the end of September
as the likely time of Jesus' Birth.
A careful analysis of Scripture, however, clearly indicates
that Dec. 25 is an unlikely date for Christ's birth.
Then how 25th December was
set for Christmas.
Christmas has its roots in
pre-Christian Pagan religious traditions
The Romans Mithras, Months & Days
believed A Sun god are named
Born on after
in many gods
25th December Roman gods
Bacchus the goddess
the goddess Roman
Of Love god
god of wine. And
Saturnalia was a large and important public festival in Rome.
which honored the god of Agriculture & Harvest
which took place on 17 December up to 23 December.
The Yule-feast which lasts for twelve days from
21st December, During this time log-fires were burnt,
Shrines were decorated with greenery
and it was an occasion for feasting and drinking.
In the fourth century, the church decided to try to
a Roman pagan winter solstice festival:
the festival of Saturnalia as Christ’s Birthday
because pagans already observed this day as a holiday
The word 'Santa Claus', appears nowhere in the Bible.
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) he was kind, at night
was a bishop Born he use to bring
after 300 years after Jesus presents to the needy.
He Died on 6th of Dec. and in Europe this day was celebrated as a feast.
The celebration date was later changed from Dec. 6th to Dec. 24th eve.
The ancient inhabitants of northern Europe
believed a powerful pagan god,
cloaked in red fur, galloped across the winter sky.
These myths combined with the legends of the real life figure of
Nowhere does the Christmas Tree appear in the Bible
The Tree Decorating Rituals were borrowed
from the Roman Pagans.
The Romans were decorating the Trees
with apples and nuts during the Winter Solstice
on December 21
with a hope of the Sun returning to bring Spring
Christmas wasn't celebrated
Did the Early Christian
by the early church
until the fourth century.
In England quot;the strict Puritans refused to celebrate at all,
saying that no celebration should be more important than the Sabbath
Christmas A Banned Celebration in England
In England in June 1647, Parliament established punishments for
observing Christmas and certain other holidays.
Should Dec’25 be celebrated as Christ’s Birth?
There is no command in the Scripture by Christ
or His apostles to celebrate His birth.
Reasons for the growth of Christmas
Because of the Economic Factors.
The Christmas shopping season accounts
for 50% of the profit of the retailers.
The lure of the profit is so high that, since the 1870s,
merchants have vigorously promoted Christmas.
Learn not the way of the Pagans
Jeremiah 10 : 2 – 4
Thus saith the LORD,
Learn not the way of the heathen,
and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven;
for the heathen are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the people are vain:
for one cutteth a tree out of the forest,
the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
They deck it with silver and with gold;
they fasten it with nails and with hammers,
that it move not.
Worship not the
Images or Idols
Deuteronomy 27 : 15
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD,
Deuteronomy 5 : 7 - 9
Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Thou shalt not make thee any graven image,
or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them,
nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God.
Job 25 : 4 – 6
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
he that followeth me shall not walk in
Psalms 97 : 10
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: