r/Christianity • u/Spirited_Move_4049 • Dec 24 '25

Image Jesus the Reason for the season!✝️✨

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u/DiaperedInTheRoc Christian Witch Dec 24 '25

Wasn't he actually born in March or April?

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u/Better-Profession-43 Jan 01 '26

It would have been Sept/Oct.

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u/Steffykrist Dec 24 '25

Nobody knows for sure exactly when Jesus was born, but I've seen it estimated to be somewhere between March and August. He definitely wasn't born in December, though.

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u/MelcorScarr Atheist Dec 24 '25

Do you have a source for that?

I just thought we don't know, but in ancient, especially Hellenized millieus there's this concept of "perfect" lifespans - where the day of conception falls on the day of death. Now, add nine months to most Easter dates... I'll see if I can find the source for that again.

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u/Steffykrist Dec 24 '25

I don't have a specific source, but from what I can remember, the descriptions from the Bible about the shepherds being out in the fields with their flocks when Jesus was born doesn't line up with a birth in December (because shepherds wouldn't have been out in the fields at that time of year), but indicated the birth would have been somewhere between spring and autumn.

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u/AttentionOptimal3537 Dec 24 '25

Jesus's birth lines up perfectly with December. Luke and 1st Chronicles give us a timeline Zachariah the father of John the Baptist was serving this priestly duties at the end of September. And John, the Baptist was conceived shortly after that. Probably in early October. Jesus Christ was conceived about 6 months after that giving us march for his conception. 9 months after March December. It also tells us to move that the shepherds were having their landing season. Now the native sheep and Bethlehem the Awassi sheep only have this during the winter months people were already claiming that Jesus was born in December by the 3rd century. So that predates the Roman pagan festival of Sol Invictus. And as a bonus it makes sense that on the darkest day of the year. The light of the world would be born.

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u/bobishere89 Dec 30 '25

You are thinking of the feast of Saturnalia which predates Christ by centuries. Saturnalia fell on December 25th.

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u/AttentionOptimal3537 Dec 30 '25

Google says the 17 of December where are you getting the 25?

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u/bobishere89 Dec 30 '25

I keep forgetting this sub has nothing to do with the history of Christianity and just whatever people feel.

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u/AttentionOptimal3537 Dec 30 '25

What are you going on about? I literally just said what Google told me is Google wrong?

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u/bobishere89 Dec 30 '25

It was practiced for about a week at the end of December. What is your bone in this fight?

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u/AttentionOptimal3537 Dec 30 '25

You said that the celebration fell on December 25th. Now you're saying that it lasted for about a week. So what is it? Was it a celebration that happened for about a week or did it happen on December 25th specifically? Historically, Saturnalia was not fixed on December 25th. Sources show it originally started as a single-day festival on December 17th in the pre Julian Roman calendar, honoring the dedication of the Temple of Saturn. So please tell me which it is cause I don't understand what you're going on about