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Is Christmas a whiteman's holiday?

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Happy Saturnalia

Saturnalia was the festival celebrated to glorify the past days when the god Saturn ruled, according to the Roman tradition, until Constantine, the Emperor of Rome in the 4th century, decreed that Romans must convert to Christianity. Saturn, the ancient god of agriculture, was the reason for a festival each year beginning on December 17th and Constantine figured he could keep the same date, just change the God being celebrated.

Jesus, according to secular historians and astronomers was probably born on April 17th in the year 6 BC. They arrived at that date by matching verses from the Old Testament with events from history that were not in the Bible.

So "Merry Christmas" is about 4 months early.
 
Iranian and I celebrate

All other Iranians I know celebrate as well

Christmas has lost its true meaning.

I'm sorry but it is true.
 
Originally posted by: Jpark
last time i checked it was a christian holiday
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"Whosoever shall be found observing any such day as Christmas, or the like, either by forbearing labor, feasting, or any other way upon such account as aforesaid, every such person so offending shall pay for each offense five shillings as a fine to the country."
-- Massachusetts law, 1659.
 
Originally posted by: Aimster
Iranian and I celebrate

All other Iranians I know celebrate as well

Christmas has lost its true meaning.

I'm sorry but it is true.
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It's "true meaning" is the celebration of the winter solstice, with families gathering for feasting and gift-giving. This is how it has been celebrated in most northern hemisphere cultures for thousands of years.

The Christian celebration of Christmas BTW has Persian ties, having likely evolved from Zoroastrianism and Mithraism.
 
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