who started the first christmas?
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The first recorded date of Christmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336, during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). But it was not an official Roman state festival at this time.
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The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as Twelvetide, is a festive Christian season celebrating the Nativity of Jesus. In most Western ecclesiastical traditions, "Christmas Day" is considered the "First Day of Christmas" and the Twelve Days are 25 December through 5 January, inclusive.
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Christians use it as a sign of everlasting life with God. Nobody is really sure when Fir trees were first used as Christmas trees. It probably began about 1000 years ago in Northern Europe.
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The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around 280 A.D. in Patara, near Myra in modern-day Turkey. ... Over the course of many years, Nicholas's popularity spread and he became known as the protector of children and sailors.
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Universalists openly celebrated Christmas for years in New England in the 1780s. ... Unitarians called for public observance of Christmas around 1800. It was not Biblically sanctioned and they wished to celebrate a secular holiday. Our founding fathers were UUs, free-thinkers and Deists.
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The true 12 days of Christmas varies across some 50 religious denominations, but the Catholic version has the Christmas season starting on December 25 and concluding with the Epiphany. Each day represents the celebration of a martyr, saint or a feast connected with Jesus' birth.
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The actual author of First Timothy has been traditionally identified as the Apostle Paul. He is named as the author of the letter in the text (1:1).
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The popular American myth of Santa Claus arrived in England in the 1850s and Father Christmas started to take on Santa's attributes. By the 1880s the new customs had become established, with the nocturnal visitor sometimes being known as Santa Claus and sometimes as Father Christmas.
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1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
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Christmas (or Feast of the Nativity) is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
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Chapter 1 of Matthew's Gospel recounts Jesus's birth and naming and the beginning of chapter 2 reveals that Jesus was born in Bethlehem during the time of Herod the Great. Magi from the east came to Herod and asked him where they would find the King of the Jews, because they had seen his star.
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What are the 12 days of Christmas? The 12 days of Christmas is the period that in Christian theology marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and runs through January 6 (the Epiphany, sometimes also called Three Kings' Day).
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Do They Know It's Christmas? has been Official Christmas Number 1 three times. First was the original in 1984, then five years later, the Kylie-led Band Aid II managed the feat. 2014's version did hit Number 1, but didn't hold on until Christmas.
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With the Christianization of Germanic Europe, numerous traditions were absorbed from Yuletide celebrations into modern Christmas. ... Odin, transformed into Father Christmas, then Santa Claus, prospered with St Nicholas and the Christchild, became a leading player on the Christmas stage."
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The 12 Days of Christmas start on Christmas Day and last until the evening of the 5th January - also known as Twelfth Night. The 12 Days have been celebrated in Europe since before the middle ages and were a time of celebration.
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The nativity accounts in the New Testament gospels of Matthew and Luke do not mention a date or time of year for the birth of Jesus. ... Matthew 2:1 states that "Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king".