On Christmas day the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated, Christian believe that he is the son of God, Christmas day 2016 will be celebrated on 25 December. It is a holiday and people celebrate Christmas day with their families. On this day gifts are exchanged among each other and poor to show the love for humanity and beloved ones.
Christmas is a compound word: “Christ” and “Mass”, it means the mass of the Christ or Communion or Eucharist who sacrifice his life for the Christian and will come back soon in their life to protect them.
Christmas is a compound word: “Christ” and “Mass”, it means the mass of the Christ or Communion or Eucharist who sacrifice his life for the Christian and will come back soon in their life to protect them.
Date of the Christmas day
There is no
record of the date of birth of the Jesus Christ even it is not mentioned in the
Holy book Bible. But is it celebrated on the 25th of December, so
what is the history behind this date? Why we celebrate it on the 25th
December? The birth of the Jesus occurred between the 2 BCE and 7 BCE according
to our information. The First recorded date of the Christmas day was entered in
336 on 25 December, in the period of the Roman Emperor Constantine. After few
years, this day was officially announced in the era of the Pope Julius.
Why is Christmas day celebrated on 25th December?
There are
many stories about the Christmas day by different authors, some of them are
following:
The early
tradition of the Christian had said that it was the day when Mary announced
that she has a baby. It was the 25th
march on this day and after nine months she gave birth to her baby named Jesus
Christ. The date of birth of the Jesus Christ became 25th December
after the announcement of her pregnancy. 25th March is also the
important date for the Christian because they believe that it was the day when
the universe was made and it was the day when Jesus Sacrifice his life for
them.
Another
reason for celebrating Christmas day on 25th December is that the most of the
festivals of the Christian were celebrated in the winter season. And in the
early tradition, it was thought that it
should be celebrated along with these events. So, Christmas day was celebrated
with other ancient festivals like “Winter Solstice”, “Saturnalia”, and “Dies
Natalis Solis Invicti”.
Winter Solstice is celebrated on the 21st or
22nd of December. It is the day when there remains a little time
between the sun setting and the sunrise.
On this day, Christian worship sun for winning over the darkness of the winter
season.
Saturnalia is celebrated on the 17th
or 23rd of December. This day is celebrated to give honor to their
god “Saturn”. Every Christian had given a different name to celebrate the birth
of the Jesus.
According to the Jewish calendar, their festival Hanukkah is also celebrated on the same date. Jewish celebrates
this day to remember those days when they were unable to worship in the temple
and had many restrictions to practice their religion freely. In some religion,
Christmas day is celebrated on 6th January.
Christmas day 2016 in world
Christmas
day is celebrated on the 25th December and there fall a bank holiday
on this day.
Holiday
|
Date
|
Day
|
Week
|
Christmas
day 2016
|
25th December 2016
|
Sunday
|
51
|
Christmas
day 2017
|
25th December 2017
|
Monday
|
52
|
Christmas
day 2018
|
25th December 2018
|
Tuesday
|
52
|
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