{"id":20924,"date":"2024-11-27T21:04:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T21:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20924"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:45:07","slug":"evidence-christmas-pagan-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/evidence-christmas-pagan-origins\/","title":{"rendered":"O Natal \u00e9 pag\u00e3o? N\u00e3o, mas alguns dos seus costumes s\u00e3o mais antigos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No. Christmas is the feast of Jesus&#039; birth, and the evidence does not show that Christians copied it from a pagan festival. How its date was chosen is still debated. Some of its customs, such as greenery, gifts and candles, look like older Roman and northern winter customs, and in some places the Church took old customs over on purpose. What the faith brought to the old feasts it met was someone to thank. In June 601 Pope Gregory the\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 wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. Christmas is the feast of Christ&#039;s birth, not Saturnalia or Yule renamed, though some of its customs, such as gifts and greenery, are older.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biblical-debates","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20913,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/pt\/learn\/christmas-december-25th-origin\/","url_meta":{"origin":20924,"position":0},"title":"Why Is Christmas on December 25? 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