I found the same place again last week and stayed there again. This is actually a photo from 2018 where I stayed at a beach bungalow in Pie de la Cuesta. Here’s a few more beach photos from near Acapulco. I made my way along the Costa Chica to Juchitan, where I turned north and headed for the Gulf coast. I highly recommend it.īack on the road, since last post I’ve taken more buses but also I’ve been pedaling more. I learned all this through a podcast by Mike Duncan called the History of Rome. The Bible does not specify Jesus’ birthday, so why not? That way people could be persuaded to believe they were not celebrating Sol Invictus, but the birth of Jesus. Church leaders tried to discourage the old pagan rituals but were unsuccessful so they just co-opted them by making December 25 the birth date of Jesus.
Around 330 AD the emperor Constantine converted the empire to Christianity. Over the years this eventually drifted to December 25. Sol Invictus celebrates the solstice, December 21, where the sun begins to take back the day. In particular Sol Invictus, the feast of the unconquered sun. In the 100s AD, and especially with the emperor Marcus Aurelius, the Romans began to embrace eastern cults. Beginning around 500 BC, Saturnalia, as it was called, was an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honor of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through to 23 December. It was a time of feasting, singing (often while drunk and naked), exchanging gifts, gambling, and partying. The Romans also adopted these traditions. Historically, mid winter festivals have been celebrated for millennia. Have you ever wondered why we celebrate December 25 as Jesus’ birthday? Me neither, but for those who have, here’s a brief explanation.
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