Telemere125 t1_j2ee4s1 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Reply to comment by yirzmstrebor in Our timeline is categorized in before and after Christ, but Christ's birthday isn't the day the year changes. by Apo51209

Oh yea there’s dozens of religious celebrations around winter solstice, usually celebrated sometime around Dec 20-25. Nothing revolutionary for the Christians to celebrate a major event then

yirzmstrebor t1_j2ejb09 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:56 PM

And, as the shortest day/longest night of the year, it's commonly associated with death and resurrection/rebirth, so the themes fit nicely with Jesus.

SetTheWorldAfire t1_j2f531p wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:27 PM

Jesus is the sun, the light of our world, born in the east and the reason for the seasons

thunderchungus1999 t1_j2fbhjj wrote on December 31, 2022 at 9:14 PM

IIRC it this because in the northern hemisphere December usually tends to be at the height of winter (lack of production or active field plowing) and the longest night is the ideal setting dor a reunion in a holding protected from the elemental dangers of a harsh winter night, especially when you consider that before the development of advanced engineering then all resources would have to be pulled into one fortress since civilian homes couldnt hold that many people.