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Show Date of first Christmas mystery and feasting in honor of happiest of all days. 1 It's thought that a bay . will never be struck by J1 ening because it once sheik the Holy family during 6(1 storm. 6 a celebrating Christmas about the same time as the Roman holiday, Saturnalia, and the European Winter Solstice, the impact of the pagans' festival would be lessened. Also, a very early Christmas tradition recorded by St. Chry-sostom Chry-sostom and other writers, held that Christ's Birthday was December De-cember 25. And, December was the time of many winter festivities in all civilized lands. Even now not everyone celebrates cele-brates Christmas on the same day. At one time and another, the festivities have been held in January, March, April, May, October and November. And almost every month has been "proven" by some scholar to be the month of the great event. Today, many people celebrate cele-brate His Birth on December 6 and January 6. And other days in December and January are - "Christmas" in some places. But no matter when Christmas Christ-mas is celebrated it is always, everywhere, a time of rejoicing Imagine celebrating Christmas Christ-mas in August! Christmas might well have been in that month, for many scholars estimate that the true date of Christ's Birth falls late in August or in early September. Septem-ber. The exact month, day and even the year of Christ's Birth has been disputed for centuries. centur-ies. It will probably never be known because the Bible offers few clues, ancient manuscripts differ, and calendars have been changed too often. The setting of the Day as December 25 was not even made until 354 A. D. The date was decided by the Church, then under Pope Junius I. Why Dec. 25th? It is not known for sure why December 25th was chosen as the day but it is thought that Christian leaders hoped that by |