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Christmas: A Candid History
by Bruce David Forbes
It is fun to ask people what exactly they’re celebrating on Christmas. Many of us, in fact, have no idea. We just celebrate it. It’s something with Jesus' birthday, family, gifts, shiny decorations, days off from work, and plenty of food. It’s just fun!
However, when we examine the history of Christmas, we cannot get a clear answer either. Winter festivals, similar to Christmas, are as old as the earth itself. It is something our ancestors did to endure harsh winter seasons long before Christianity came.
This book explains how a pagan tradition slowly turned into the most important holiday in the Western world. Fun fact: there is no evidence Jesus was born on December 25th.
I highly recommend it to anyone who is genuinely curious about fact-based Christmas history, transformation, and meaning. The book is easy to read, entertaining, and well researched. It enlightened me greatly; I learned too many things I had no idea of.
However, when we examine the history of Christmas, we cannot get a clear answer either. Winter festivals, similar to Christmas, are as old as the earth itself. It is something our ancestors did to endure harsh winter seasons long before Christianity came.
This book explains how a pagan tradition slowly turned into the most important holiday in the Western world. Fun fact: there is no evidence Jesus was born on December 25th.
I highly recommend it to anyone who is genuinely curious about fact-based Christmas history, transformation, and meaning. The book is easy to read, entertaining, and well researched. It enlightened me greatly; I learned too many things I had no idea of.