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A history of the celebration of Christmas
Christmas wasn’t celebrated by the early church until the fourth century. In the fourth century, the church decided to try to redeem a Roman pagan winter solstice festival: the festival of Saturnalia. This December holiday was considered the "birthday of the unconquered sun." Romans danced in the streets with gifts under their arms and greenery atop their heads.
Based on Biblical evidence Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in the fall ......
