Pieter Bruegel the Elder, "The Adoration of the Magi"
Greetings all, my dear friends. Following tradition, I want to congratulate my fellow Christians, Catholics or not, for the feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ that is celebrated today in most of the world.
Following tradition, I said, since there is not any historical evidence that Jesus was born on 25 December and the New Testament, far from supporting this thesis, rather the contrary. It should also be noted that the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the feast in January, in line with the Julian calendar, on which have been based all time calculations from the moment of their institution.
I in particular, I am inclined to believe that the tradition of celebrating the birth of Christ on this day was inherited, like many other Christian celebrations and ceremonies, myths and religions before the advent of our Lord, where the main figure makes its appearance on the historical scene in this very day, corresponding with certain astronomical phenomena.
However history is so often the most inexact sciences, which contribute more than men of letters, for our usual irremediable to enrich the narrative with fantastic details of the most dissimilar facts.
In any event, I congratulate you on this day, not the party itself, now has become a lucrative business in Western societies, but the treasure of faith, because to remember and celebrate the arrival the world of a man who changed history with love and wisdom.
Happy holidays.
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