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The date of December 25th probably originated with the ancient "birthday" of the son-god, Mithra, which was related to the Semitic sun-god, Shamash, and his worship spread throughout Asia to Europe.

Later, the Roman Empire absorbed the pagan religions and rituals and converted this pagan legacy to a celebration of the god, Saturn, and the rebirth of the sun god during the winter solstice period. The winter holiday became known as Saturnalia and began the week prior to December 25th. The festival was characterized by gift-giving, feasting, singing and downright debauchery, as the priests of Saturn carried wreaths of evergreen boughs in procession throughout the Roman temples.Then after Christianity became the state religion of the Empire, the Emperor Constantine officially converted this pagan tradition into the "Christian" holiday of Christmas (336 AD).So the Christmas origin has pagan roots, and today the Christmas season is sadly over-commercialized. However, the "message of Christmas" is true - Jesus Christ's historical birth in Bethlehem about 2,000 years ago (though He was not born exactly on December 25th, which is chosen by the early Roman church to correspond to a preexistent Winter solstice festival only).http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/christmas-origin.htm