Why do some people celebrate Christmas in January?
Christmas is a pretty big deal for most people. We spend time with our families, eat delicious foods, and watch movies like A Christmas Story. However, not everyone celebrates Christmas on December 25th—some churches celebrate it on January 7th instead! And why would they do that? Well if you’re asking yourself this question right now then I’m going to tell you why:
Some people in the Eastern Orthodox church celebrate Christmas on January 7.
Some people in the Eastern Orthodox church celebrate Christmas on January 7. This is because they use the Julian calendar, which has shifted so much that what we consider Christmas on December 25th is January 7th on their calendar!
This means that if you have an Orthodox friend or family member who celebrates Christmas in January, you can ask them about it and get a better understanding of why your friends might be doing this.
These churches still use the Julian calendar, which has shifted so much that what we consider Christmas on December 25th is January 7th on their calendar!
The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC, and it stipulated that months should last exactly 11 days. This meant that December would begin on the day after September 22nd (9/23), which would have been New Year’s Day back then. It also had leap years every fourth year—but because it was based on a lunar cycle rather than solar cycles, we get four extra days added to our Gregorian year every 400 years or so!
The Gregorian calendar was created by Pope Gregory XIII after he realized that there were too many inconsistencies between ancient Roman calendars and those used in other countries around Europe. He decided to make one standard calendar for all Christians so they could celebrate holidays more consistently across Europe as well as around the world (though some still use different calendars).
Why do they have a different calendar? In the time of Julius Caesar, the Roman calendar was very complicated and out of order.
The Julian calendar was a reform of the Roman calendar that was introduced in 45 BC by Julius Caesar. It replaced the previous Roman calendar, which was based on lunar months and had to be adjusted about every five years.
The new Julian calendar had 365 days per year and 12 months with 31 days each (instead of 30). The extra day at the end of February occurred because it was considered a leap year if there were fewer than 355 days between two successive solstices or equinoxes; otherwise, it would have been skipped over entirely.
The Eastern Orthodox church retained the use of their Byzantine calendars until 1700 when they agreed upon adopting this new Gregorian system as well (though they still celebrate Christmas on December 25th).
The civil year started in the spring, and it was made up of months of either 29 or 31 days.
The civil year is made up of months that are either 29 or 31 days long, depending on when the first day of spring falls. The extra months are added at irregular intervals and sometimes don’t always fall in line with this calendar.
Some years they’re added after Christmas! For example: if December 25th was a Sunday then you would have had to wait until January 1st to celebrate Christmas (it would also be called New Years Day).
The extra months were added at irregular intervals to make up for this, but eventually, the calendar got way out of sync with the seasons.
The Julian calendar was designed by Julius Caesar in 45 BC, and it had 13 months of 28 days each. Every four years, an extra month gets added to make up for the fact that the seasons are not in sync with each other.
This system was based on what we now know as Kepler’s Laws: planets orbit their suns at different speeds depending on their distance from them (known as their orbital periods). These laws were first discovered by Johannes Kepler around 1609 AD.
Why are they still using this old calendar? There were two reasons for this.
The second reason for the use of January is that some people did not know about it. For example, in Russia and other Eastern European countries, where Orthodox Christianity has been the dominant religion since at least the 15th century, there was no need to change their calendar to celebrate Christmas on December 25th because they already celebrated Christmas on January 7th.
So why do they still use this old calendar? There were two reasons for this: some believed that it was a Catholic plot against Orthodoxy; others thought that it had been pushed by Protestant countries to separate themselves from Catholics (and therefore Christians)
First of all, some people didn’t know about it; although a new calendar was introduced in 1582, Constantinople (the capital city) and many other cities did not adopt it until 1923!
First of all, some people didn’t know about it; although a new calendar was introduced in 1582, Constantinople (the capital city) and many other cities did not adopt it until 1923!
The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 44 BC. It was based on the solar year which is 365 days long instead of our current 365.25 days. However, this method only works well if you’re far away from your equinoxes and solstices so that you don’t have to add an extra leap day every four years (like we do now). The Julian calendar ends up with 366 days per year after 2900 years since its inception!
Now let’s talk about why this change occurred:
Another reason is that some didn’t accept it. For example, some believed that it was a Catholic plot against Orthodoxy, or that it had been pushed by Protestant countries to separate themselves from Catholics (and therefore Christians).
Another reason why some people celebrate Christmas in January is that many didn’t accept it. For example, some believed that it was a Catholic plot against Orthodoxy, or that it had been pushed by Protestant countries to separate themselves from Catholics (and therefore Christians).
The Orthodox Church still uses the Julian calendar today—it’s just a few days off from ours (Christmas falls on January 7th). However, some churches use this holiday as their celebration date instead of Christmas itself. For example, there’s one church in Russia that celebrates Christmas on December 25th and another church in Ukraine where that celebrates Easter instead!
What do our readers think about this topic? Do you know more about why certain churches use their calendars?
I’ve been into the whole Christmas thing for quite some time now, and I’m always surprised to learn that some Christians celebrate in January. Even more surprising is the fact that a lot of other people have never heard about this practice before either.
So what do your readers think about this topic? Do you know more about why certain churches use their calendars? Would you like to share your opinion on why it’s still used today? We don’t have any answers for you here, just some questions. But if you do read up on this topic and find out more about it, please let us know!
