Jesus christ birthday

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Hello everyone. If you want to congratulate Jesus christ birthday to christians. How do you say this?Let me know a few ways if possible. ?

Rover_KE · Accepted Answer

'Merry Christmas.'

'Have a lovely Christmas.'

Fivejedjon · Answer

While Christmas Day is celebrated as the day on which Jesus was born, it is not generally referred to as his birthday.

Sunny123 · Answer

fivejedjonWhile Christmas Day is celebrated as the day on which Jesus was born, it is not generally referred to as his birthday.

Merry christmas Jesus = what?

Khoff · Answer

sunny123Merry christmas Jesus = what?

That is what you would say in the unlikely even that you met Jesus himself on Christmas Day.

Sunny123 · Answer

khoff sunny123Merry christmas Jesus = what?That is what you would say in the unlikely even that you met Jesus himself on Christmas Day.

You mean "Merry christmas Jesus" = "Happy birthday Jesus" ?

Dave_anon · Answer

Hi

I don't want to be too pedantic but, in fact, no one knows the day on which Jesus Christ was born. My guess is that he would have found it odd to be congratulated routinely on that day, although his coming-of-age would have been noted, in his early teens

Christmas was chosen as the day to celebrate his birth but that is not the same as celebrating on the actual day on which he was born

It is likely that a mid-winter date was chosen many years after Jesus' death so that it would coincide with or replace pagan solstice festivals. It is good to greet Christians (and other folk too) with 'Happy Christmas!' but it's not, strictly speaking, a birthday greeting

Dave

CalifJim · Answer

sunny123Merry christmas Jesus = what?

Nobody knows exactly which day of the year Jesus was born, but December 25 was chosen (a very long time ago) as the day to commemorate the occasion of his birth (and life and teachings to a certain extent). "Christmas" is another word for that day, and the Christian world celebrates that day as a holiday.

So when you say "Merry Christmas" to someone, it means "I hope you will be happy on Christmas Day. You are saying that you hope they will enjoy all the special meals and activities (like gift-giving and singing special songs and decorating their homes) that are traditionally done by Christians on that holiday, December 25. You are not talking to Jesus in any way or wishing Jesus a happy birthday.

CJ

Sunny123 · Answer

dave_anonHiI don't want to be too pedantic but, in fact, no one knows the day on which Jesus Christ was born. My guess is that he would have found it odd to be congratulated routinely on that day, although his coming-of-age would have been noted, in his early teensChristmas was chosen as the day to celebrate his birth but that is not the same as celebrating on the actual day on which he was bornIt is likely that a mid-winter date was chosen many years after Jesus' death so that it would coincide with or replace pagan solstice festivals. It is good to greet Christians (and other folk too) with 'Happy Christmas!' but it's not, strictly speaking, a birthday greetingDave

Thank you dave_anon. Here in Iran we celebrate the birthday of our prophet and out 12 imams. For example tomorrow is the birthday of our 12th Imam Mahdi. As the exact date for the bithday of our prophet and or twelve imams are clear. Therefore as the prophet and imams are really to many people in Iran. When some people meet each other on these particular days. They greet each other in a particular way. or in these days when we start talking to our friends on telegram or Viber or other messaging apps. then we send them particular things like below.

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As you see in the pictures , the pictures or the animated pictures accompanied with some writings. As the writings says ....
????? ???? ???? ?? ??? ? ?????? ????? ??? = The bithday of Majesty Mahdi, congratulations to everyone. The Persian phrase is correct and meaningful to anyone in Iran. But I just translated that into English as best as I could. I want to know .... Could you please help me to say that in english in a better way?

CalifJim · Answer

sunny123????? ???? ???? ?? ??? ? ?????? ????? ???

Google doesn't do very well translating this as Happy birthday of Imam Mahdi on all Shiites.

More likely it's Congratulations to all Shiites on the birthday of Imam Mahdi.

If transported into English-speaking cultures it would probably come out as something like Happy Imam Mahdi Day.

CJ

Dave_anon · Answer

Hi

My feeling is that religious greetings don't translate well unless the people of the particular faith choose their own way of translating them. I certainly understand what you say about a religion having a known person with a birthday on which to celebrate but I'm not sure how to say it

As Jim suggests, Happy Imam Mahdi Day sounds right to me

Dave

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