Christmas traditions, explained | Origins of Christmas | EXPLORE MODE

We all know why we celebrate Christmas today. You know...CHRISTmas? But if you haven’t figured it out by now, Jesus was in fact NOT born on December 25th. See, no one really knows exactly when he came to Earth as an exact time or date was not documented in the Bible.
Many may claim that Christmas has lost its Christian values… Well, what if we told you it wasn’t about Jesus in the first place and that, in fact, his birth was not really a cause for celebration until the Catholic church decided to make it a thing?

You’re watching Explore Mode and today we are explaining the origins of Christmas traditions.

Sources:
History of Christmas
https://www.history.com/news/why-is-c...

History of Santa Claus / History of Saint Nicholas
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ne...
https://www.history.com/topics/christ...
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sant...
https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/...
https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/2...

Christmas Colors
https://www.npr.org/2016/12/20/506215...
https://people.howstuffworks.com/cult...

Coca- Cola invented Santa Claus?
https://www.bigcommerce.com/blog/how-...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...

Why do we kiss under the mistletoe?
https://www.history.com/news/why-do-w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldr

Christmas traditions explained | Origins of Christmas | EXPLORE MODE

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Edited by Amanda Lee