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History of Christian Christmas



History of Christian Christmas originates from the time when the celebration took on a Christian observance. The History of Christian Christmas does not have any records about the celebration of Christmas by the early Christian churches. Only the Christians pursued the Roman Pagan Festival or Saturnalia in order to avoid persecution by the Romans.

The popularity of Christmas was spurred during the 1800s. In 1834 Prince Albert the husband of Queen Victoria introduced the custom of Christmas trees and carols from Germany. The Christian churches felt the importance of Christmas celebration from then. In the early days carols were barred from the premises of the church, as it was again referred to as non-Christian. Simple folks or nativity carols were performed outside the church. It was St. Francis who actually brought carols into the formal worship of the church.

According to some legends referred to in the History of Christian Christmas the Christian Christmas celebration was invented to compete against the early Pagan winter festivals. The Romans not only observed 25th of December as the birthday of their Sun god. The Jewish Festival of Lights or Hanukkah, The Yule Festival by the Norse, The Birthday festival of Lord Mithra by the Romans also commenced on the same day. The church became successful in taking the merriment, light and gifts from these festivals.

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