Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)

The Bible doesn’t mention a specific date for the birth of Jesus.
Most Christians believe it was a date set arbitrarily, in the 3rd century by a group of men.
Most historians favour a spring date in late March, with 28 March the most favoured date.

Happy Christmas.

Mar 28 at 8:32amWeb
Show threadGeofCox22h ago

@MarkHoltom

Christmas has little to do with christ - early christians merely adopted the date and other aspects of much older midwinter celebrations - often after trying but failing to suppress them (for example the eastern European 'Father Frost' figures were initially outlawed - only when this failed was the older figure christianised as 'Santa Claus'). Every aspect of christmas - its date, feasting, giving presents, bringing greenery into the house, all the details around Farther Christmas, etc, predate christianity.

Show threadRob Johnston 🍁18h ago
@GeofCox @MarkHoltom At our regimental Christmas party in the army, the most junior person would switch jackets with the most senior officer and dine at the head table, and the regimental commander would eat with the ranks. That role switching was also part of the Roman festival of Saturnalia (near today's Christmas date).
Show threadSteve Holden20h ago
@MarkHoltom @MostlyTato Is this more or less important than the number of angels who can dance on a pin?😉
Show threadƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ16h ago
@MarkHoltom
I think I'd rather celebrate the life and death of Virginia Woolf on 28th March. At least she was real (and wrote loads of stuff down).
#HappyDrownYourSorrowsDay
#VirginiaWoolf #28March #OTD #DOTD #Bloomsbury