I am such a huge fan of Christmas. Can you tell me more about it?
It's a festival that is supposed to commemorate the birth of Jesus.
Does it have pagan roots?
I'm not sure if it has pagan roots, but it has definite Christian roots. It's celebrated on the 25th of December throughout the world
What is another interesting fact about Christmas?
The story goes that Mary and Joseph were offered a stable since the inn was out of rooms on that fateful birth night
Has there been any physical evidence to support the biblical story?
by a majority of Christians, as well as culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the holiday season centered around it.
The traditional Christmas narrative, the Nativity of Jesus, delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in accordance with messianic prophecies. When Joseph and Mary arrived in the city, the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born, with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then further disseminated the
sun as a god and so were afraid when winter came and it seemed that the lifegiving sun grew weak; thus they celebrated the Solstice, the winter day when the weakening sun regained its strength. In fact, many Christmas traditions have their roots in pre-Christian traditions but it was the birth of Jesus that made a season of fear into a season of hope.
Such fears are mentioned in tales of animal and even human sacrifice meant to appease the pagan gods such as Odin in hopes of surviving winter. Christmas