From Winter Solstice Festivals to Christmas
From Winter Solstice Festivals to Christmas The Winter Solstice: We all know that December is Holiday month and are several celebrations, all people waiting all year for them. Contrary to some mentalities, Christmas it belongs to Jesus Christ as the name actually tells us. On 24 December it is the Christmas Eve and between 25-27 December it is Christmas. Since the cultures predate Christianity, indeed are Pagan Winter Solstice rituals and celebrations which match the Christmas date. But this does not make Christmas of Pagan origin and neither having any association with such category of feasts. The winter solstice represents the shortest day and longest night of the year. After the winter solstice the days are longer. Humans are aware of this phenomenon since Neolithic period. Therefore, in honour of receiving back the sun, the civilizations created festivals as gratefulness. The most common during Winter Solstice festivals were the use of fire and light with traditional sy
