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December 25th Originated  Article By: Timesoftrouble Religion
and spirituality  About the Birth of Christ  Submitted:Dec 24,
2012    Reads: 10    Comments: 2    Likes: 1     "The fact is
that Christmas, as we know it, is a rather modern innovation.
Christ's birthday was not celebrated until more than 300 years
had gone by, years in which accurate birth records (if there
were any) had been lost. The early church remembered and
celebrated Christ's Resurrection from the dead, which was more
important. But the church was slow in adding Christmas to its
list of dates worthy of recognition. Luke pinpoints the era of
Christ's birth by naming Augustus as Rome's imperial ruler.
Roman history shows that Caesar Augustus was born 691 years
after founding of the City of Rome. Luke 2 further tells that
Cyrenius was Syria's governor; again, thanks to Rome's
exhaustive record of names and events, historians have
determined what is believed to be the particular c