IS THERE A MEANINGFUL CASE FOR CHRISTMAS ON DECEMBER 25?
Is There a Meaningful Case for Christmas on December 25? Is There a Meaningful Case for Christmas on December 25? Scripture does not give us the exact calendar date of Jesus’ birth. Yet December 25 is not necessarily arbitrary. There is a theologically coherent and deeply Jewish logic behind how early Christians thought about sacred time. Read aloud Pause Resume Stop Ready. Press “Read aloud” to listen. For many people, December 25 feels arbitrary. Some dismiss it as a borrowed pagan date, others assume it has no serious theological grounding, and many believers quietly accept it without ever asking whether there is a reason behind it. The truth is more nuanced, more Jewish, and more theologically rich than is often assumed. Scripture does not give us the exact calendar date of Jesus’ birth. That much is clear. But the absence of a verse stating “Jesus was born on December 25” does not m...
