Christmas Story- The Story of Many Beliefs

The Christmas story fascinates people of all ages from young to old. Though the birth of Jesus has been narrated as the main cause of celebration, the truth about its origin holds many references from the past.

Christmas story- What the Pagan origin says?

Many encyclopedias have actually proven that Jesus Christ was not born on the 25th of December, though the day has been marked with celebration since ages. Some clever scholars had considered the Pagan mid-winter festival, the Saturnalia, which actually marked the winter solstice.

The day was considered as the return of the Sun or honoring the Saturn who blesses the earth with huge harvest. However, there had been conflicting views on this opinion, since some scholars said that the return of the Sun was actually replaced by the concept of the return of the son on this day. In 529 A.D., the Roman church accepted Christmas as the call for celebration, when Christianity was officially announced the state religion. The origin of Christmas is now related to this story and since then it has been following in the footsteps of mirth and joy.

Bible Story

The Christmas story from the bible has an interesting tale to tell. Jesus was conceived in the womb of Mother Mary by the Holy Spirit and was born in Bethlehem in a place called Judea. Three Magi came to see Jesus from the east following the star in the sky to give their blessings. Since King Herod who reined Bethlehem wanted to kill Jesus, the Lord directed Joseph, father of Jesus, to move him and his wife Mary to a town named Nazareth. The prophecy of Jesus being called Nazarene was also fulfilled.

Considering the Pagan and Bible story, the real story of Christmas recognizes the Saturnalia festival which was brought in by Christianity in the 4th century so as to convert a large section of the Pagan masses into the Christian religion. Though, the Saturnalia festival had no connection to the birth of Jesus, the Christian leaders turned the last day of Saturnalia, 25th December as Christmas day.