{"id":20917,"date":"2024-11-26T05:04:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T05:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20917"},"modified":"2025-05-12T18:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T18:07:33","slug":"christmas-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/christmas-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Dibattiti biblici: Il Natale \u00e8 biblico? Il Natale \u00e8 nella Bibbia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Is the celebration of Christmas mentioned in the Bible? But we must look deeper than a surface-level reading. While Christmas itself is not mentioned, the Gospels do recount the wondrous story of Christ&#039;s nativity - the angelic proclamations, the journey to Bethlehem, the humble manger, the adoration of the shepherds and Magi. These accounts invite us to marvel at the mystery of the Incarnation and God&#039;s love made manifest. Psychologically humans have an innate need to commemorate major events through\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Psychologically humans have an innate need to commemorate major events through\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biblical-debates","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20943,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/bible-christmas-celebration\/","url_meta":{"origin":20917,"position":0},"title":"Biblical Debates: Is It a Sin to Celebrate Christmas?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Novembre 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"What does the Bible say about celebrating Christmas? 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