How did the official day for celebrating Christmas in Ireland become December 25?
In modern Christian cultures, we mark Winter Solstice as December 21-22 and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. But celebrating a supernatural birth on December 25 dates back to ancient pre-Christian times when the Celts celebrated Alban Arthuan, the Winter Solstice…the rebirth of the sun. December 25 was also the day the Romans celebrated the birth of the Sun God. When Constantine legalized Christianity and declared it the official religion of the Roman Empire, he needed to find ways to help Roman society to make the transition to Christianity. Since Romans were already accustomed to celebrating the birth of a god on December 25, and since no exact day is mentioned in the Bible that tells us exactly when Jesus was born, Constantine strategically converged the ancient celebration of the birth of the Sun God with the Christian celebration of Christ’s birth and declared December 25 the day of Christ’s birth. Since Irish Celts had been celebrating December 25 for a long
