Uploaded December 2010 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Please share this video with your Christian friends/family. As requested, I have taken a more objective look at the symbolism surrounding the Christian holy days of Christmas and Easter. In addition, I more closely examine the origins of Santa Claus as well as the Easter festival. Thanks to everyone that watched the original. I hope this re-edited version will be more acceptable to share with your Christian friends/family. Please remember to rate. Merry Christmas! =)
The Seasons:
Due to time constraints my explanation of the seasons was not scientifically accurate. My video only serves to demonstrate the varying positions of the Earth's equator in relation to the Sun, which results in the four seasons. For a more in-depth explanation of how the seasons are produced, please visit this link:
youtube.com/watch?v=DuiQvPLWziQ
Citations:
Pope Julius I and Dec. 25th:
newadvent.org/cathen/03724b.htm
"In 385, therefore, 25 December was not observed at Jerusalem. This checks the so-called correspondence between Cyril of Jerusalem (348-386) and Pope Julius I (337-352), quoted by John of Nikiû (c. 900) to convert Armenia to 25 December (see P.L., VIII, 964 sqq.). Cyril declares that his clergy cannot, on the single feast of Birth and Baptism, make a double procession to Bethlehem and Jordan. (This later practice is here an anachronism.) He asks Julius to assign the true date of the nativity "from census documents brought by Titus to Rome"; Julius assigns 25 December."
Please share this video with your Christian friends/family. As requested, I have taken a more objective look at the symbolism surrounding the Christian holy days of Christmas and Easter. In addition, I more closely examine the origins of Santa Claus as well as the Easter festival. Thanks to everyone that watched the original. I hope this re-edited version will be more acceptable to share with your Christian friends/family. Please remember to rate. Merry Christmas! =)
The Seasons:
Due to time constraints my explanation of the seasons was not scientifically accurate. My video only serves to demonstrate the varying positions of the Earth's equator in relation to the Sun, which results in the four seasons. For a more in-depth explanation of how the seasons are produced, please visit this link:
youtube.com/watch?v=DuiQvPLWziQ
Citations:
Pope Julius I and Dec. 25th:
newadvent.org/cathen/03724b.htm
"In 385, therefore, 25 December was not observed at Jerusalem. This checks the so-called correspondence between Cyril of Jerusalem (348-386) and Pope Julius I (337-352), quoted by John of Nikiû (c. 900) to convert Armenia to 25 December (see P.L., VIII, 964 sqq.). Cyril declares that his clergy cannot, on the single feast of Birth and Baptism, make a double procession to Bethlehem and Jordan. (This later practice is here an anachronism.) He asks Julius to assign the true date of the nativity "from census documents brought by Titus to Rome"; Julius assigns 25 December."
