History of xmas

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For many centuries, Christian writers accepted that Christmas was the actual date on which Jesus was born.[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-8][u][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000][9][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000] In the early eighteenth century, scholars began proposing alternative explanations. [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Isaac_Newton][u][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000]Isaac Newton[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000] argued that the date of Christmas was selected to correspond with the winter solstice,[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-Newton-4][u][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000][5][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000] which in ancient times was marked on December 25. In 1743, German Protestant Paul Ernst Jablonski argued Christmas was placed on December 25 to correspond with the Roman solar holiday [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Dies_Natalis_Solis_Invicti][i][u][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000]Dies Natalis Solis Invicti[/i][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000] and was therefore a "paganization" that debased the true church.[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-9][u][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000][10][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000] In 1889, [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Louis_Duchesne][u][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000]Louis Duchesne[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000] suggested that the date of Christmas was calculated as nine months after March 25, the traditional date of the conception of Jesus.[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-Roll87-10][u][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000][11][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000] On the Roman calendar, March 25 was the date of the [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Spring_equinox][u][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000]spring equinox[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000].[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-Bradt-11][u][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000][12][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000] In modern times, it is celebrated as [/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Annunciation][u][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000]Annunciation[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000].[/color][/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-CathAnnun-12][u][size=25][color:1f0a=#ff0000][13][/u][/color][/size][/url]
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