CHRISTMAS 2,000 Years Before Christ - Clayton D Steep - December 1981

Clayton D Steep

How did customs, celebrated long before the birth of Jesus, come to be called "Christmas"? It was that festive season again. The little children were filled with anticipation and excitement. The whole family was busily involved in putting up decorations. Boughs of holly and evergreen were assembled and placed about the house. The mistletoe was hung. A tree was chosen and decorated with trinkets and ornaments. It was a season of giving and receiving presents, a time to sing songs, admire all the pretty lights and burn the yule log. There were to be parades with special floats, sumptuous meals and merry-making. A modern Christmas celebration? Not at all! At the end of December and the beginning of January all these festive celebrations were taking place in various nations of Europe centuries before Jesus was born! - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library