DEC 25, 24 .. MERRY CHRISTMAS 2024..

Jesus Is

The Reason

For This

Season

No one knows the exact time and place of Jesus’ birth. In the Bible’s New Testament, apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John share similar stories but they never actually name the date of Jesus’ birth. December 25 is largely attributed to the first Christian historian, Sextus Julius Africanus, around 221 A.D.

In one view of why December 25 was chosen as the official date for Christmas, historians believe the early church wanted to link the Son of God’s birth with the “rebirth of the sun,” which arrives after the winter equinox. A second view bases the date around Jesus’ date of conception on March 25, at the spring equinox. December 25 would then be the date of Jesus’ birth exactly nine months later.

At one point, the Church designated January 6 as Jesus’ baptismal date and the correct date for Christmas. But by the 9th century, Christmas was observed only as a minor holy day.

By the Middle Ages, Europeans created some of the Christmas customs we recognize today. In Strasbourg, apple-decorated fir trees appeared in homes. During the 17th and 18th centuries, people started to give gifts as symbolic of the Magi arriving in Bethlehem with offerings for the newborn baby Jesus. By the 19th century, fir wreaths laden with 24 candles representing the 24 days before Christmas were later reduced to a much safer four candles. Eventually, Christmas Day traditions spread beyond Europe to Latin and North America and other places around the world.

I really enjoy the input we get from.. NATIONAL TODAY / NATIONAL DAY CALENDAR.. The sources of most, but not 100%, of the information on our various “Days” such as today.

Christmas Tid-Bits..

In 2015, approximately 26 million Christmas trees were purchased at an average cost of $50.82 each.

In the United States, most consumers spend an average of $29.14 for Christmas cards.

About 64% of American consumers buy their gifts online.

Christmas wreaths are Christ symbols. The holly represents the crown of thorns Jesus wore at his crucifixion, and the red berries symbolize the blood he shed.

Christmas decorating lands some people in the E.R. The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that approximately 15,000 people visit hospital emergency rooms each November and December from holiday-related decorating accidents.

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Below is our Google Blogspot, Christmas 2024 Post.

https://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2024/12/dec-25-25-christmas-day-2024.html

We hope you will read it.

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Thank You Ginny so very much.

Our great friends Tim and Sue celebrate Santa Claus and Christmas.

Thank You Eva.

Thank You Olga!

We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Good tidings we bring to you and your Kin
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Cap and Patti

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