2009-12-13, 09:32 AM
xpimnoob Wrote:where did the idea that Christmas is Jesus's birthday come from?
where did the idea for a large guy with a white beard and reindeer come from?
and there are people everyone buying presents like it's a requirement rather than a gift.
from what i know, Christmas probably started in 300ish ad when a saint named nick gave people presents.
It's because Christmas (or Jól, Winter Solstice, w.e. you guys call it. God riddance, I have only 4 hours of sun a day now.) was a pagan celebration because the sun turned and days became longer. The Christian Christmas commemorates Jesus' birth at this time, because it's way simpler to convert someone to another religion by having similar parties and festivals and stuff at the same time periods.
The same applies with Halloween as well, kind of.