Re: Jesus rejected for Christmas
To echo what yahwe said, the 25th December was never explicitly mentioned in the bible, even accepting any changes and development in the types of calender used there wasn't afaik any recurring celestial observations to tie into the time of his birth. The time Christmas is celebrated on was taken from the beliefs that preceded christianity; which just goes to show you can take god to the people but they feel mighty odd if you **** up tradition. They celebrated at that time, they just changed what they celebrated.
Far from avoiding christians they're just accepting the ambiguity of the date and letting people do what they want.
Oh and because its government related and so can't advocate one religion over another, but we'll ignore that.
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