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Celebrating Christmas on December 25 began as early as 2 century CE, history shows

By Martinus Ariya Seta, Dosen, Universitas Sanata Dharma

Most people, including Christians, believe the origin of Christmas is the pagan feasts to worship the solar god Sol Invictus, Saturn’s god Saturnalia, or the Persian solar god adopted by the Romans, Mithras.

Academically, this view is also known as historical religions theory.…

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