What is Christmas?
What is Christmas? In: Christmas Death History of Jesus www.y-Jesus.com/History Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? Discover the Facts From Scholars Ads Christmas Simply put, Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Additional input: Traditionally, it's supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Historically, it's "winter festival". Christmas is just a couple days following the "shortest day" for the northern hemisphere. That means that the north poll of the earth's axis is pointing AWAY from the Sun. As the earth continues it's trip around the Sun, the days start to get longer. According to older European celebrations, when the Sun started back north, there was reason to celebrate and that was the beginning of the Winter Festival. When Constantine united Europe under the "Universal Religion", he incorporated several of the more familiar holid...