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  • Christmas Trees Have Always Been Part of Christmas on Random Biggest Christmas Myths and Legends

    (#2) Christmas Trees Have Always Been Part of Christmas

    THE MYTH:
    Christmas trees have meaning relative to Jesus.

    THE REALITY:
    Evergreen trees were already popular in Pagan rites before Jesus’s birth, but they didn’t become a widely-held symbol of Christmas until the Renaissance. German Protestants began bringing home and decorating the large trees that grew in their local forests, and the custom spread throughout the various German dukedoms, then jumping to England with the ascension of a German king to the British monarchy. German-settled cities in America began using the custom, and it spread from there.
  • The White House No Longer Has a Christmas Tree on Random Biggest Christmas Myths and Legends

    (#11) The White House No Longer Has a Christmas Tree

    THE MYTH:
    The White House no longer has a Christmas Tree, but instead puts up a Holiday Tree each year.

    THE REALITY:

    This is a silly, anti-Obama rumor that has surfaced every year since 2009. But it’s never been true, as you can see by the pictures that come out of the White House every year showing the Obama family putting up, decorating and posing with what’s clearly labeled a Christmas tree.

    The only hint of truth in this glorified e-mail chain rumor is that the Capitol Christmas Tree decorating program, which is not the same thing as the White House Christmas Tree, allows for handmade ornaments sent by people around the country. However, these ornaments can’t be religious or political in nature – reflecting the beauty of the state they represent, not a political agenda.
  • Christmas Is the Most Important Holiday in Christianity on Random Biggest Christmas Myths and Legends

    (#3) Christmas Is the Most Important Holiday in Christianity

    THE MYTH:
    Christmas is the central event of the Christian calendar.

    THE REALITY:
    Easter has far more significance on the Christian calendar than Christmas does. Historically, Jesus’s birth wasn’t celebrated until centuries after it occurred, while his death and resurrection were celebrated by the earliest converts to Christianity. Also, Easter is celebrated over a far longer period of time than Christmas on the traditional Christian calendar – lasting almost two months from February to April.
  • Christmas Was Once Banned in America on Random Biggest Christmas Myths and Legends

    (#10) Christmas Was Once Banned in America

    THE MYTH:
    Christmas was actually banned in America for a time.

    THE REALITY:
    This is true. The celebration of Christmas was, at one time, banned in part of the United States of America. But it wasn’t San Francisco liberals or a knuckling-under city council behind the ban, but the state of Massachusetts – in 1659. The Puritans who settled in New England wanted nothing to do with Church of England holiday celebrations, and this included a holiday that had less to do with Christ and more to do with drunkenness and frivolity.

    The Puritan government responded to British authorities attempting to ride herd on them by banning the holiday, and the ban was in place for 22 years. It wasn’t until well into the 1800s that Christmas was a holiday celebrated in large numbers in Boston.
  • Writing 'Christmas' as 'Xmas' Is Horribly Insulting to Christians on Random Biggest Christmas Myths and Legends

    (#5) Writing 'Christmas' as 'Xmas' Is Horribly Insulting to Christians

    THE MYTH:
    Shortening “Christmas” to “Xmas” is a horrible insult to religious people.

    THE REALITY
    :
    It’s not, at all. The first letter of “Christ” in Greek translates to “X,” as it also does in the Roman alphabet. While the abbreviation isn’t used in most Christmas-based advertising or scripture, the word “Xmas” dates all the way back to the 12th Century, when it was used in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The idea of keeping Christ in the word Christmas is both nonsensical and a-historical.
  • Jesus Was Born on December 25th on Random Biggest Christmas Myths and Legends

    (#1) Jesus Was Born on December 25th

    THE MYTH:
    Jesus was born on December 25.

    THE REALITY
    :
    There is no scriptural justification for this particular date being Jesus’s birthday. The date actually comes from scholar Hippolytus of Rome, who determined it early in the third century, assuming that the conception of Jesus took place at the Spring equinox, which he placed on March 25. He then added nine months, taking advantage of winter festivals that were already celebrated around that time.

    Of course, there are a number of errors in this reasoning, the least of which is that the human gestation cycle is actually 40 weeks, which would put Jesus’s birth sometime in mid-January. Not only that, but Luke makes a specific reference to shepherds grazing their sheep in the fields, which only took place in the warmer months of the year. December 25th wasn’t celebrated as Christmas until at least the 4th Century CE, when it became a vehicle to deter Christians from celebrating the Pagan winter solstice.

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Christmas is a religious holiday with a long history. Every December 25th is an important holiday for people to celebrate and commemorate the birth of Jesus. Christmas is the most solemn holiday in western countries and Christianity, and there are many legends and myths about this holiday that you may also have heard of. It is said that on the night of Christmas Eve, Santa Claus will drive a reindeer sleigh full of gifts to send to children who have performed well this year. 

The custom of dressing up Santa Claus and Christmas trees to celebrate Christmas has gradually become popular all over the world. The random tool will help us to know 12 interesting Christmas legends and myths.

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