What is Christmas really about?
I find it ironic that some people who celebrate Halloween also want to spread the rumor that Christmas was not originally about Jesus (especially those who do so with a Christmas tree and nativity scene up in their homes). Christmas has always been about Jesus' birth. Christmas has not always been celebrated on December 25th - religious leaders could not agree on a date. According to the History Channel, Pope Julius I chose December 25th - and the holiday was then called the Feast of the Nativity. Other sites credit other people with selecting the date, but all the sites I found agree Christmas was originally called The Feast of the Nativity. It is commonly held December 25th was chosen for Christmas to absorb the many pagan celebrations that centered around the winter solstice. However certain sites paint a vastly different scene on why and how the holiday was celebrated than other sites. The sites I keep seeing people point to say the exact same same thing about