ORIGINS OF CHRISTMAS DAY


(The following is a draft only I am checking scriptures to confirm)-
There is also a story of Nimrod in the Bible. Nimrod was the ruler of Babel during the construction of the tower to heaven, built to confront God. When the people were scattered by the confounding of their language, Nimrod’s body was torn into several parts, his mother, (whom he had married) then ordered the people to go out and gather evergreens and decorate them in honor of her departed son as an attempt to consolidate power. Nimrod’s birthday was Dec. 25th. The prophet Jeremiah warns against this practice, saying cursed are those who go into the forest and cut a tree to decorate it.