Christmas Did Not Come from Saturnalia?

“Saturnalia, an ancient Roman festival honoring the agricultural god Saturn, occurred in mid‑December. Saturnalia rituals later became Christmas traditions. ” ~ Bing

Last night I listened to a radio host say that Saturnalia is not the origin of Christmas as we have been led to believe. However, my signal was weak, and it faded out before I could hear his argument. Now I am on a search to see if this is true. I’m putting “Christmas did not come from Saturnalia” in the search bar. Here is what I have found:

“Christmas didn’t only take from Saturnalia. Christmas is a synthesis of several different celebrations, including Yule and other Druidic practices. The idea of having a Christmas tree, wreaths, and other greenery comes from Norse and Germanic folklore. Caroling comes from pagan songs, for instance.” – Bing

That’s practicing superstitions. Superstitions are beliefs causing actions that are outside of Scriptures.

FTA: Saturnalia, held in mid-December, is an ancient Roman pagan festival honoring the agricultural god Saturn. Because of when the holiday occurred—near the winter solstice—Saturnalia celebrations are the source of many of the traditions we now associate with Christmas, such as wreaths, candles, feasting and gift-giving. ` Saturnalia

Saturnalia and Christmas — how a Pagan Roman festival paved the way for modern Christmas

Finally! I found an article to prove that Saturnalia is not the foundation for Christmas! Christmas & Dec. 25th: NOT Derived from Saturnalia -written by a Roman Catholic…🤔🤨🙄 Early Church fathers were not immune to error, so keep that in mind when you read this article. Satan is clever and can make us believe a lie as truth. That’s why discernment and knowing the scriptures is not an option but a necessity.

FTA: Fr. William Saunders, in one of his consistently excellent articles for The Arlington Catholic Herald (12-19-13), wrote:

St. Luke also recorded how the Archangel Gabriel told Mary that Elizabeth was six months pregnant with John (Lk 1:36), which means the Annunciation occurred March 25, as we celebrate. Nine months from March 25, or six months from June 24, renders the birth of Christ at Dec. 25, our Christmas.

St. Luke related the announcement of the birth of St. John the Baptist to his elderly parents, St. Zechariah and St. Elizabeth. St. Zechariah was a priest of the class of Abijah (Lk 1:5), the eighth class of 24 priestly classes (Neh 12:17). Each class served one week in the temple, twice a year.

Josef Heinrich Friedlieb has established that the priestly class of Abijah would have been on duty during the second week of the Jewish month Tishri, the week of the Day of Atonement or in our calendar, between Sept. 22 and 30. While on duty, the Archangel Gabriel informed Zechariah that he and Elizabeth would have a son (Lk 1:5-24). Thereupon, they conceived John, who after presumably 40 weeks in the womb would have been born at the end of June. For this reason, we celebrate the Nativity of St. John the Baptist June 24.

“Christmas is on Dec. 25, but it wasn’t always. Dec. 25 is not the date mentioned in the Bible as the day of Jesus’ birth; the Bible is actually silent on the day or the time of year when Mary was said to have given birth to him in Bethlehem. The earliest Christians did not celebrate his birth.” – Bing

Here is my understanding of when Christ was not born, that I think makes the most sense: From Luke 2

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

2(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

3And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

5To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

In Israel there is much cold, and snow and it would have been an undue hardship for the travelers heading to their hometowns for the census. Now, it could be that the travelers would have left for home in the fall and spent the cold months there. Most likely they left after harvest was done.

8And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

If it is cold this time of year in Israel, then shepherds are not going to be tending their sheep at night when the temps drop making it even colder. In a teaching by a Messianic Rabbi that I read years ago, he said that these sheep were for the sacrifices and were without blemish. The shepherds would not have exposed these sacred animals to the detriments of freezing cold nights.

Oh my! That Roman Catholic “Father” sent me on to a side note of Christ’s birth date. Simply put, God did not tell us when Jesus was born. Could it be because He did not want us to worship Him in the same manner as the heathen (pagans) do in their worship of their sun god? I believe so!

My final note: Whether Saturnalia is or is not the foundation for the Christ Mass (I have found no good evidence to say it’s not) we are not to do as the heathen do in our worship of Him. Baptizing paganism has no scriptural authority. Slapping a “Jesus” mask on the sun god Saturn/Tammuz does not make him the true Jesus. If we are to observe Our Beloved Savior’s birth on a particular day, our Father would have revealed the day His Son was born. Let us rejoice that our Savior was born on any, or all, our days. Hallelujah! Amen! 🤗