The Mishna and Talmud (Avodah Zara 8a) describe a pagan festival called Saturna which occurs for eight days before the winter solstice. It is followed for eight days after the solstice with a festival called Kalenda culminating with the Kalends of January. The Talmud ascribes the origins of this festival to Adam, who saw that the days were getting shorter and thought it was punishment for his sin. He was afraid that the world was returning to the chaos and emptiness that existed before creation. He sat and fasted for eight days. Once he saw that the days were getting longer again he realized that this was the natural cycle of the world, so made eight days of celebration. The Talmud states that this festival was later turned into a pagan festival.[93][94]
Unlike several Roman religious festivals which were particular to cult sites in the city, the prolonged seasonal celebration of Saturnalia at home could be held anywhere in the Empire.[95] Saturnalia continued as a secular celebration long after it was removed from the official calendar.[96] As William Warde Fowler notes: "[Saturnalia] has left its traces and found its parallels in great numbers of medieval and modern customs, occurring about the time of the winter solstice."[97]
The actual date of Jesus's birth is unknown,[98][99] but, in the fourth century AD, Pope Julius I (337–352) formalized that it should be celebrated on 25 December,[100][101] around the same time as the Saturnalia celebrations.[98][102] It is highly probable that part of the reason why he chose this date may have been because he was trying to create a Christian alternative to Saturnalia.[98] Another reason for the decision may have been because, in 274 AD, the Roman emperor Aurelian had declared 25 December the birthdate of Sol Invictus[99] and Julius I may have thought that he could attract more converts to Christianity by allowing them to continue to celebrate on the same day.[99] He may have also been influenced by the idea that Jesus had died on the anniversary of his conception;[99] because Jesus died during Passover and, in the third century AD, Passover was celebrated on 25 March,[99] he may have assumed that Jesus's birthday must have come nine months later, on 25 December.[99]
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