I believe that the roots of Christmas and all things Christmas, are in ancient Persia. The Magi (wise men) traveled from Persia and brought gifts to Mary for the baby Jesus, and had predicted his birth. In Persia, the Magi was a person who brought gifts for children and hope at the beginning of the Nowruz celebration. In Iran, he is …
I believe that the roots of Christmas and all things Christmas, are in ancient Persia. The Magi (wise men) traveled from Persia and brought gifts to Mary for the baby Jesus, and had predicted his birth. In Persia, the Magi was a person who brought gifts for children and hope at the beginning of the Nowruz celebration. In Iran, he is called Father Nowruz, Uncle Nowruz, or Baba Nowruz. It is believed that this concept spread west to the Christian world, and the Baba Nowruz or Magi concept was converted to Santa Claus. Santa wears the same cape and robe that Baba Nowruz wears.
There are many links from the ancient Zoroastrians to Christmas that we celebrate today. Beginning with the Yuletide or Yalda, (night of December 20th), December 21 is the beginning of the Yalda season in Persia ending with Nowruz (end of the winter solstice), which is still celebrated today. The ancient Persians decorated a Yalda tree, an evergreen cypress tree to represent the solar system. On the top of the tree was the sun, and around the tree were decorations of the stars and planets. Persians also put two silver/gold ribbons around the tree, representing galactic dust. While the Yalda tree was a part of Yalda celebration in Iran, the Christmas tree became a tradition in Germany during the reformation. In ancient Persia, in both Yalda and Nowruz celebrations, family gathered together and gave gifts, especially to children. December 25th, the birthday of Mehr/Mithra/Messiah was celebrated by Iranians going back as early as 5,000 bc. Even the word Sunday, goes back to Yalda birth of the Sun, with Day. Yule, Yalda, Juldag also means birth of the Day and light.
It is believed that the three 'wise men' in Persia who were priests (Magi) from the Zoroastrian religion predicted the birth of Jesus and according to their belief, he would be the messiah, or the Mithra of the time, and will become the King of the Jews and the Son of God.
Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Blessings to All.
I believe that the roots of Christmas and all things Christmas, are in ancient Persia. The Magi (wise men) traveled from Persia and brought gifts to Mary for the baby Jesus, and had predicted his birth. In Persia, the Magi was a person who brought gifts for children and hope at the beginning of the Nowruz celebration. In Iran, he is called Father Nowruz, Uncle Nowruz, or Baba Nowruz. It is believed that this concept spread west to the Christian world, and the Baba Nowruz or Magi concept was converted to Santa Claus. Santa wears the same cape and robe that Baba Nowruz wears.
There are many links from the ancient Zoroastrians to Christmas that we celebrate today. Beginning with the Yuletide or Yalda, (night of December 20th), December 21 is the beginning of the Yalda season in Persia ending with Nowruz (end of the winter solstice), which is still celebrated today. The ancient Persians decorated a Yalda tree, an evergreen cypress tree to represent the solar system. On the top of the tree was the sun, and around the tree were decorations of the stars and planets. Persians also put two silver/gold ribbons around the tree, representing galactic dust. While the Yalda tree was a part of Yalda celebration in Iran, the Christmas tree became a tradition in Germany during the reformation. In ancient Persia, in both Yalda and Nowruz celebrations, family gathered together and gave gifts, especially to children. December 25th, the birthday of Mehr/Mithra/Messiah was celebrated by Iranians going back as early as 5,000 bc. Even the word Sunday, goes back to Yalda birth of the Sun, with Day. Yule, Yalda, Juldag also means birth of the Day and light.
It is believed that the three 'wise men' in Persia who were priests (Magi) from the Zoroastrian religion predicted the birth of Jesus and according to their belief, he would be the messiah, or the Mithra of the time, and will become the King of the Jews and the Son of God.
Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Blessings to All.