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45 BCE
Julio Cesar dictates that on December 25 the birth of Apollo is celebrated
The sun god's birthday is December 25. Christianity changes on December 25 (birth of Apollo), for the birth of Christ, and from there the birth of Christ is celebrated every December 25. -
45 BCE
the birth of Mitran is celabrated
On December 25, the Romans celebrated the birth of Mithras, the Iranian god of justice. with time, this fact was changed with a religious narrative, as it does now. -
Period: 45 BCE to 45 BCE
Saturnal Festivals
the roman saturnalia was a festival that represent the winter solstice and they honored the Saturn god, where they give parents to each other, as we do now. -
1 CE
Suposed birth of Jesus Christ
In the Christian context, December 25 of the year zero was the day Jesus Christ was born, and today his supposed birth is still believed and celebrated. -
519
Emperor Justinian officially declares Christmas as a holiday
Emperor Justinian officially declared Christmas as a feast of the Empire. As a Christian celebration, which spread throughout the world and continues to our day. -
Dec 25, 1492
First american christmas
On December 25, 1492, “La Hispaniola” was celebrated in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It's what we can call the first American Christmas celebration -
Jun 1, 1521
the Epiphany of the Lord is celebrated for the first time in Mexico
During the colonization and evangelization in Mexico, the Spanish Catholic tradition called "Epifanía del Señor" or "Fiesta de la Iluminación" began to be celebrated. This tradition was also changed, and now we know it as Kings Day -
Dec 25, 1526
First mexican Christmas
In 1526 Fray Pedro de Gante wrote to the King of Spain, Carlos V, about celebrating Christmas with the natives, replacing a winter festival called Huitzilopochtli in commemoration of the birth of the God of War. Now we celebrate Christmas as a religious celebration, as the fruit of evangelization. -
the first Christmas tree is installed in Spain
the princess Sofia Troubetzkoy puts the first Christmas tree in the palace of Spain, from there its Christmas representation was created, and tradition reached México. -
The first electric Christmas lights was invented
Edward Johnson came up with the idea of using small bulbs to decorate trees or houses at Christmas time from the bulbs that were used in old telephone exchanges. Now we use better developed and commercialized Christmas lights with the same objective, to decorate the houses and trees.