Christmas! The best loved holiday of the year! Christmas trees, ornaments, a warm hearth, ceremonial ribbons and lights, gifts, and lots of love and gift exchanged. Of all the holidays and traditions, the Christmas holiday ceremony is the most cherished of all. The origin of what the December holidays celebrate, and the ceremonial origins of Christmas, will surprise you.
Christmas, a subject often debated. One thing we know with certainty is that Christmas does not celebrate the birth of Jesus, but rather the birth of the Sun, celebrated in ancient times between December 17 and December 23 – when the winter solstice took place. December 25 was a popular pagan holiday since antiquity, way before Jesus was born. The Bible itself provides evidence in the testimony of Luke, noting that Jesus was most likely born in the fall, around the end of September. What is it then that we celebrate on Christmas?
December 25 is a holiday dedicated to Saturn, and celebrated from antiquity into Roman times before the Catholic Church popularized the pagan holiday, called “Saturnalia,” celebrated up until 336 AD, by associating it with the “birth” of Jesus. Thus, the Catholic Church usurped the traditions of Saturnalia and lied to its followers. Interestingly, Jesus, whether he even lived or not, has turned out to be philosophically speaking, as much of a life giver as the Sun to our solar system. Theories of a cyclical, electrical universe pose a scenario of a Golden Era when Saturn ruled the solar system; Ancient Egyptian mythology’s “Ra.”
Today, more than a few researchers, collaborating across the fields of Science and Philosophy, and cross-referencing between Astronomy and Anthropology, claim this theory is more than probable. December 25 therefore, is connected to our most ancient origins and has been celebrated since. Whether Saturn was our Sun or not makes no difference, it only adds to the energy of our present reality, which is already highly charged. The Christmas season is revered as one of unity, sharing, family, warmth, love, remembrance, gratefulness, promises, and honor. The traditions of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Pancha Ganapati, for example, are the traditions of Saturnalia. The spirit of this ancient festive holiday that says goodbye to life – represented by the harvest of Fall, also promises to return with the much celebrated first sprouts of Spring!
The research and study of our ancient origins is a fascinating subject, but one we respectfully leave to individual interest and observation. What we do know, is that the period of winter marked by its beginning on the winter’s solstice each December 21 through December 25 is one we celebrate today with family gatherings, delicious foods, music, dancing, gift-giving, general merry-making, and spectacular decorations, especially in the art of ribbons.
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