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December the 25th is Christmas- not jesus's birthday. Before Christianity December the 25th was a Pagan festival. When Christianity arrived in Europe it couldnt remove all the old festivals so it adopted and adapted them to a Chistian message.
Im not sure when Jesus's actual birthday is. But Easter is the most important Christian festival. This too is taken from the old Pagan festival of Ostre which celebrated spring and new life. In Christianity Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The two festivals merged together. Which is why in Europe we still give each other chocolate eggs as presents at Easter time- an egg symbolising new life.
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