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Evergreen trees, yule logs, a plump man in a fur-lined red suit and a flying reindeer. All these are symbols of a world deep in making merry in the name of Christmas. Few in Kenya might know about the real meaning of these symbols or whether they have anything to do with Jesus.
First, some quick facts about Christmas from the Encyclopedia Britannica: "The precise origin of assigning December 25 as the birth date of Jesus is unclear. December 25 was first identified as the date of Jesus' birth by Sextus Julius Africanus in 221 and later became the universally accepted date.
"This date is that December 25 was the Christianising of the dies solis invicti nati (day of the birth of the unconquered sun), a popular holiday in the Roman Empire that celebrated the winter solstice as a symbol of the resurgence of the sun."
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