Dear Giovanni,
If we are going to get technical (and aren't I always, except for actual 'tech' stuff?
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Jesus was 2-3 years of age during the 'massacre of the innocents' when Herod the Great was dying. He was sick with syphilis and crazy, and figured this way, every family in Israel would mourn his death, since it was the cause of all their 2-3 yr olds being murdered by his mercenaries.
That happened in 4 BCE, so Jesus had to have been born in 7 or 6 BCE to have been 'threatened'. The New Testament claims Herod was trying to murder Jesus, and all the other kids were 'collateral damage'.
7.Jan. IS 25.Dec., according to the previous Julian calendar, by Julius Caesar.
But the important thing is, we all want some happiness and good cheer in the dark days of winter, and I support that for those of all Faiths or No Faith; though I DON'T like the Islamist way to have a rip-roaring time by such acts as the ramming attack at the Christmas Fair in Germany, or the attack on the Cathedral in Egypt, or the attack on churches in Iraq, or.... Sorry. I'm getting boring.
Best,
Joey
Dear Joey, and all the friends here, thank you and Happy Christmas, Hanuka, or whatever you celebrate, and Happy New Year. I take the opportunity to apologize for my absence from the Forum, I am extremely busy recently. I have been requested to help the assembly of the Christmas Nativity scene in the local church and this is keeping me very busy, but I happy with what I did.
Dear Samson, they must be Orthodox, because they celebrate Christmas on 7th January believing that it is closer to the date of the birth; but that is questionable too, because even the year is not exactly known. For what I know, historians believe that it must have happened between 2 to 5 years before the year zero.
Kind regards
Giovanni
