Christmas and Its Long History of Change

Take Christmas Day, December 25. According to popular belief, December 25 is the date of Jesus Christ’s birth. Yet some scholars assert that December 25 was only used as a day of convenience for both Christians and pagans after the death of the Roman emperor Constantine in the 4th century. In Roman religious tradition, December 25 was the Natalis Solis Invicti, or the Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun, a celebration tied to the official religion of the Roman empire in 207 AD, Sol Invictus. Sol Invictus was in celebration of the Persian sun god, Mithra (Roman Mithras).

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