The Origin of Christmas and Santa Claus. Christian investigators were confused about determining the year of Christ’s birth as between 5 BC and 7 AD, but the day of Christ’s birth, peace be upon him, is completely unknown and there are more than 10 different sayings.
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The Origin of Christmas and Santa Claus
Muslims and
some Christian sects believe that Christ, peace be upon him, was not born in
the winter that comes at the end of December, because God Almighty told us in
the Holy Qur’an that he, peace be upon him, asked his mother to shake the trunk
of a palm tree that had fallen on it, and fresh dates (ripe dates) only exist
in summer.
The origin of Christmas
Before
Christianity entered Europe, December 25 was a pagan holiday for the worship of
the sun, although it was impossible to determine an exact date. For the birth
of Christ, peace be upon him, the Fathers of the Church chose this day as a
date for celebration, because it was already being held in many Christian
countries, and Christians in other sects, such as the Armenians in Lebanon,
celebrate it in The seventh of January, due to the difference in the calendar
they work with, so the seventh of January corresponds to the 25th of December.
The origin of Santa Claus
The pagan
Germans claimed that Odin, the chief of their gods, would visit homes on December
24 and bring gifts to children, as part of their holiday known as Yule. The
tradition was added to Christianity when Europe was Christianized, calling him
Saint Claus. Although the attributes were all from Odin, the Christians called
him Saint Claus because of errors in the Translation of the name of Saint
Nicholas, which is known to Christians as Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and
is also known as Father Christmas. To the French, his name is Papa Noël, which
is a translation of Father Christmas. Santa Claus is his common name in Arab
Muslim countries, according to the French. He was not known even to Christians
in Egypt and the Arab countries until after the spread of cinema films in
recent decades. The character of Nicholas has evolved. In Germanic mythology,
Odin was riding a horse, but the Americans replaced him with a sled pulled by
eight deer. Children’s story writers and hymn writers contributed to the
formation of The character of Santa Claus until he reached the form known now
while retaining Odin's white beard and giving gifts on the aforementioned day.
This Odin is
the father of Thor, the white-bearded man who lives in the city of Asgard in
the Thor series of stories within the fictional Marvel Universe.
Exchanging gifts at Christmas
Exchanging gifts in late December is a pagan tradition known to the Romans, and the Catholic Church has forbidden this tradition for centuries due to its pagan origins.
Christmas tree
The custom of
decorating the Christmas tree is a pagan ritual linked to tree worship. It was
widespread in Germany before Christianity, and the Church was unable to abolish
it, so it incorporated it into its religion among many other distortions, and
then it spread from there to the rest of Europe. The favorite tree was the oak,
which was associated with the Chatti tribes of the Germans with their god Thor,
the god of thunder. This Thor is the one you see in the famous comic book
series that was turned into a movie series called Thor, he carries the hammer
and is the son of Odin, whom we talked about in The Origin of Santa Claus. This
weather changed and the type of trees changed to several trees, the most
widespread of which is the Fir tree, which they prefer over oaks because it is
an evergreen conifer. Some historians trace the origin of the use of evergreen
trees to the ancient Egyptians, Hebrews, and Chinese because they have a symbol
of life.
Christmas tree spread
In 1982, the
Christmas tree entered the Vatican for the first time during the reign of Pope
John Paul II.
The Christians
of Egypt did not know the Christmas tree from the Gospels or the church, but
rather they knew it from American cinema films, just like several Muslims who
like to imitate the Americans in everything out of social prestige. Perhaps
they were the first to decorate the Christmas tree in Egypt before the
Christians themselves.
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