Perhaps you are saying: “Are you serious?” That is an
understandable reaction, but before you discount the idea, please
be open minded enough to consider a few points. To begin with,
it is the birth of a Jewish man, indeed an Israeli rabbi, that people
are celebrating. His name was Yeshua, a contemporary form of
the name Joshua. The genealogy of Jesus recorded in the gospels
includes Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and David. Both his
mother Miriam and his legal father Joseph were devout Jews.
The circumcision of Yeshua on the eighth day is recorded and he
was presented in the temple in Jerusalem, as was required for all
first born sons of Israel. So Christmas is celebrating the birth of
a Jew, in fact an Israeli “Sabra!” (Sabra is a modern term
meaning one born in the land of Israel.)
And yet most scholars will agree that Yeshua was in fact born in the Spring, not in the Winter. December 25th was just chosen by the church to attract members of other religions who were celebrating other holidays (namely yule) into Christianity. So in reality, when you think you're celebrating the birthday of Christ, you're actually celebrating the Winter solstice four days late.
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Christians adopted the winter solstice celebration and now, Christmas is the celebration of Christ's birth in its own right. It's no less legitimate to having a birthday anniversary during the week and having a birthday celebration in the following weekend.