Introduction: Even after celebrating more than 1800 years of Christmas, why there is no peace within oneself and between communities when the Prince of Peace is already born (again and again)? Why is there ‘Peace’ only in the cold words written on books but not on the warm hearts of people? These and more could be some of the disturbing contradictions in the hearts of people who celebrate and also for those who don’t necessarily adhere to Christianity. I am one such disturbed mind. So, here comes this ‘Christmas Contradictions’ article. For the first three hundred years of the Church’s existence, birthdays were not given much emphasis, not even the birth of Christ. The day on which a saint died was considered more significant than his or her birth, as it ushered him or her into the kingdom of heaven. Christ’s baptism received more attention than his birthday on the January 6th feast of Epiphany.
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