Christian/Muslim ThreadsChristmas is a Pagan HolidayChristmas was originally celebrated on January 7 and still is by the Orthodox faiths. Constantine mandated December 25 as the day Christians celebrate the birth of the Lord and more out of political expediency than for religious reasons since December 25 was the winter solstice and the annual celebration dedicated to Mithra (the sun god). So the fact Nimrod's date of birth is December 25 is coincidence and has no bearing on why this day was mandated by Constantine as the day Jesus was born.
The Reformation resulted in Christmas being banned in all nations not controlled by Catholicism because it had become a season of wild parties and excesses similar to the pagan Saturnalia. This changed in England after Queen Victoria married her German cousin Prince Albert who introduced what we refer to today as the Christmas tree to England.
The United States Congress made Christmas a national holiday in the mid 1800's and it is the first national holiday legislated by Congress. The various customs associated with Christmas have many diverse ethnic and national origins.
BTW, Jesus was probably born on September 3, 3 B.C. The Qur'an is far from an accurate source concerning what Christianity teaches. Paul wrote: Romans 14:2-12
3 Let not him who eats regard with contempt him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats, for God has accepted him. 4 Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and stand he will, for the Lord is able to make him stand. 5 One man regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Let each man be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God. 7 For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; 8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. 10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God. 11 For it is written,
"As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me,
And every tongue shall give praise to God."
12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
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Colossians 2:16-17
16 Therefore let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. NAS
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