{"id":20913,"date":"2024-11-24T13:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T13:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20913"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:15:42","slug":"christmas-december-25th-origin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/christmas-december-25th-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u5723\u8bde\u8282\u572812\u670825\u65e5\uff1f\u65e9\u671f\u6559\u4f1a\u662f\u5982\u4f55\u9009\u62e9\u8fd9\u4e00\u5929\u7684"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Christmas is on 25 December because that is the day the early church chose to keep the birth of Jesus. Historians give two reasons: a reckoning from 25 March, and a Roman feast of the sun on the same day. Rome kept Christmas on 25 December probably by 336, and certainly by 354. The Bible gives no date. By the fourth century, Christians knew that their neighbours kept 25 December as a feast of their own. The Roman calendar of\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\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/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>Rome kept Christ&#039;s birth on 25 December probably by 336, certainly by 354. Historians give two reasons: nine months after 25 March, and a Roman sun feast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-history","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20924,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/evidence-christmas-pagan-origins\/","url_meta":{"origin":20913,"position":0},"title":"Is Christmas Pagan? No, but Some of Its Customs Are Older","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"27 11 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"No. Christmas is the feast of Christ's birth, not a copy of Saturnalia or Yule. 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