**The Truth About Christmas**

Everyones Favourite Holiday

The story of Christmas is a cult classic you could say. It's got miracles, and Virgins and God's only begotten son.

So what's the catch? Where is the story ACTUALLY derived from? What does it all mean?

The Story Goes...

Mary, a young virgin girl was engaged to Joseph. God sent an Angel to Mary to explain that she would become pregnant and conceive a child by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Mary birthed Jesus in a crude stable on the evening of December 25 in Bethlehem

Lets start with the easy stuff

First off, the bible only mentions two birthdays celebrations, in reference to ego-driven selfish Kings

Genesis 40:20 "And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday"

Matthew 14:6
"On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias..."

There is never a mention, not a single verse which describes the dates or celebrations of the prophets such as Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Moses etc.

Jesus' birthday goes unrecorded as well, therefore early Christians didn't celebrate it. The exact date is unknown.

In the Gospel of Luke (15:23) an angel informed Zacharias (John the Baptist's Father) that his wife would have a son. John was conceived around the middle of June

After 9 months, John the Baptist would have been born in mid March

Jesus was conceived about 6 months after John

This would mean Jesus was conceived in December, and 9 months later would be September.

Here's a couple biblical verses which add evidence to a non-winter birth date

"there were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night" Luke 2:8

If Jesus had actually been born December 25, in the midst of winter, it'd be too cold for shepherds to be taking care of their flock in the fields

But if Jesus wasn't actually born December 25, what's the importance?

Well I'm glad you asked. It's the date of the Winter Solstice

What is the Winter Solstice?

It's typically the shortest day of the year and marks the beginning of winter

Well, that's cool and all, but what's the importance here you might ask?

Well, it's the same day that many Sun Worshippers used for the celebration of their pagan gods

Here's a list of December 25 Birthdays

Horus (Egypt), Buddha, Krishna (India), Zarathustra (Iranian), Mithra (Persian), Dionysus (Greek), Tammuz (Babylonian)

Surely you recognize most of these. You know the funny thing is many were all born of Virgins too

Quite the coincidence

Lets elaborate on the narratives of some of our Sun Gods shall we?

Dionysus of Greece, said to have a miraculous birth and turn "water to wine"

Followers ate a sacred meal of bread & wine that became the body and blood of their god

Said to have been crucified & resurrected

Mithras, in Persian mythos was miraculously born from a rock. After his birth he was adored by some Shepherds

The main ritual of Mithras' cult was a holy meal of bread and wine, and a purification ritual of baptism was performed

I'm starting to get some deja vu, how about you?

Krishna is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu & is considered **one and the same**

Vishnu is said to have descended into the womb of Devaki to be born as a **divine incarnation**

He killed demons & performed miracles

"the whole sky was filled with his glory" when he ascended (died)

Ok last one,

Tammuz, born of Semiramis who was also called Ishtar & 'Queen of Heaven'

She claimed she was impregnated through the rays of her ex-husband the Sun god Nimrod

Tammuz died & was resurrected

The cross was also a sacred symbol. It's shaped like the letter Tau

If you're still unconvinced w/ the similarities b/w the Story of Jesus and other pagan deities, get this

Pagan Scandinavia celebrated a winter festival called Yule, held in late December/Early January

Yule is synonymous w/ Christmas and is still used in some European countries

Koliada/Koleda is a Slavic pre-Christian winter ritual

it was later incorperated into Christmas and is still used in the Old Church Slavonic language.

I hope you now understand that yet again, Pagan solar events are the original Christmas and Jesus' story as we know it is just an amalgamation of these previous religions.

We're still not done yet though.

Back to our friend Tammuz of Mesopotamia

This is the story of the Christmas tree. Just like how eggs and rabbits are the pagan idols/symbols of Easter, the Christmas Tree is such an idol as well

After Tammuz's death, his mother Semiramis claimed that from a dead tree stump, an evergreen tree sprang to life overnight

Semiramis goes on to say that every year, on the anniversary of his birth (Dec 25) Nimrod would visit the evergreen tree and leave gifts

I hope the picture is becoming clearer for you

Mother of Sun God Adonis was said to be mystically changed into a tree and brought forth her divine dead son

Romans, during the feast of Saturnalia, decorated houses with evergreen shrub clippings and decorated them with bits of metal and replicas of their god Bacchus

By the mid 500's, Germans used evergreen trees to symbolize hope for incoming spring

The Christmas Tree was first introduced by the Queen of England in 1841 when Queen Victoria's husband brought a tree from Germany and put it up in Windsor Castle

The bible explicitly tells us not to do this

Evidenced by Jeremiah 10:3
"Learn not the way of other nations... A tree from the forest is cut down ... They decorate it with silver and gold"

Just another golden calf. An idol being worshiped against the command of God

If I get some love on this thread I'll go on and do some research on Santa Clause for you all. This was just something I thought was most important and wanted to get out there.

Hope you like it. As always, appreciate likes and retweets! Comments and questions welcome :)