Was Christmas Celebrated Thousands of Years before Christ's Birth?

Mon, 06 Jan 2003 23:28:30 +0000

Did you know that the celebrations at Christmas might have nothing to do with the birth of Christ? In fact they may well lie in a feast called Sacaea that was celebrated thousands of years before Christ’s birth. Over 4000 years ago, in the region that is now Iraq, a five-day festival with the exchanges of gifts, the staging of plays, accompanied by merry making and processions, marked the end of winter and ushered in the New Year.

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Was Christmas Celebrated Thousands of Years before Christ's Birth?