What Was The Original Christmas Day
An old roman festival played a a major part in the choice of this particular day.
What was the original christmas day. According to the song the twelve days of christmas on the first day of christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree other versions of the song may vary but this is the original. 324 for the first time. The festival of christmas takes place on 25th december every year to celebrate the birth of jesus christ. The origin of christmas differs as the precise date of the birth and historicity of jesus are much debated.
The day on which a saint died was considered more significant than his or her birth as it ushered him or her into the kingdom of heaven. December 25 in ancient rome was the dies natali invictus the birthday of the. Christmas literally meaning the mass of christ is a traditional holiday in the christian calendar. Under the roman emperor justinian a d.
This day december 25 336 is the first recorded celebration of christmas. 527 565 it was recognized as an official holiday. A feast central to the christian liturgical year it is preceded by the season of advent or the nativity fast and initiates the season of christmastide which historically in the. Christmas christian festival celebrating the birth of jesus the english term christmas mass on christ s day is of fairly recent origin.
December 25 is referred to in documents as christmas day in a d.