Christmas

Celebrating the Lord's birth was an early Christian tradition but did not have a universally fixed day until the fourth century and then it happened to coincide with a day some pagan sects celebrated the Sun God. The early Christians did not usually celebrate birth days because they believed true birth to true eternal life was the last day of earthly existence. The pagans were accustomed to celebrating birthdays. For Christians the central feast day was still Passover. For the Jews this celebrated freedom from slavery in Egypt and for the Christian freedom from slavery to sin.  For the Christian, Passover concluded with the Resurrection and proceeded toward Pentecost.