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to the heathen festivals at the same time of
the year. The first recorded celebration of
Christmas on December the 25th took place
in the Roman Empire in AD 336, and about
350 AD, December 25th was declared the
official date for celebrating Christ's birth, and
in the Jerusalem church, the celebration
began about 440 AD. I'm not going to spend
a lot of time on the origin of Christmas
because that is not that important to me. I'm
more concerned with the customs and
practices of today and how they do not line
up with Scripture. But long before Christ's
birth, December the 25th was observed in
Rome by ancient pagans as the birth of the
sun god who was known by different names
among different nations. We talk about the
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