It is often said that a December 25 date for Christmas was simply a pagan Roman holiday, Saturnalia, turned to a Christian purpose. The winter solstice is celebrated in countless cultures worldwide. But there is evidence that the date was actually determined by earlier Christians, who believed that saints died on the same day of the year they were conceived. They calculated that Jesus was put to death on March 25, and therefore, if that was also the day of his conception, he would have been born on December 25th.
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