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What year was December 25th established as Christmas?

Question #150689. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Feb 22 2024.
Originally posted Feb 22 2024 9:15 PM.

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There is some dispute as to exactly when, but many sources cite the year 336 CE.
The earliest evidence of Christ's birth being marked on December 25 is a sentence in the "Chronograph of 354." Liturgical historians generally agree that this part of the text was written in Rome in AD 336. Though Christmas did not appear on the lists of festivals given by the early Christian writers Irenaeus and Tertullian, the early Church Fathers John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo, and Jerome attested to December 25 as the date of Christmas toward the end of the fourth century.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas

Response last updated by psnz on Feb 22 2024.
Feb 22 2024, 9:16 PM
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