Is Christmas biblical? Possible Duplicate:
  Why is Christmas on December 25th?
  When did Christmas (the birth of Christ) first begin as a Christian celebration?
  On which date was Christ born?
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  Why do some traditions *not* celebrate Christmas or Easter in any official fashion?
  Does Christianity allow Christians to celebrate other holidays?
  Why do some traditions *not* celebrate Christmas or Easter in any official fashion?
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I have a curiosity about our celebrations, for instance Christmas, based on Jesus birth. It is not biblical.

25 December is a pagan date, commemoration of Mitra's birth and not Jesus's birth.

The only clue about Jesus birth is that of the shepherds who visited Him, they were still in the fields, which lets us eliminate the month of December, as the harsh winter in the northern hemisphere did not allow the action.

And I never saw a Christian not celebrating the Christmas even it been a pagan celebration.

There are other dates that I have doubts but I'll leave them for another question later.

Is my information correct about it?
If Christians were left to celebrating sacred events on days where no other pagan celebration has ever occurred, there would be no days available for Christian celebrations.  So, on a day where some people at a certain time celebrated the birth of a god that never existed, Christians (Catholic and Protestant) choose to celebrate the birth of Jesus the Messiah.  The two celebrations have absolutely nothing to do with each other, other than that they occur on the same day.  (The common days for the Orthodox Christmas are January 6 and 7).

It is certainly possible that it was originally selected because it had been the celebration of a birth of a false deity before.  That would make sense.  The idea of redeeming a day of worshiping the birth of a false deity by celebrating the birth of the one true Lord and Messiah and worshiping Him is a great idea.

This would be especially so for people who come out of false religions worshiping false gods.  As they continue to live in a culture that has various sacred observances, why not provide an alternative to these that worship the true and living God?

So, Jesus was definitely born, and it's a great thing to remember this incredible event each year in worship.  We don't know exactly what day He was born, but December 25th is certainly fine.  The kids are out of school, there are a lot of sales going on, and we have a day off of work.  Why not?