December 25 Birthday
December 25 is Christmas, celebrated as the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The actual date of his birth is unknown and was not celebrated by early Christians. The choice of December 25 was likely influenced by the Roman festival of Saturnalia and the festival of Sol Invictus (the Unconquered Sun). The first recorded Christmas celebration on this date was in Rome in 336 CE. The Puritans banned Christmas in England and in early America because they considered it unbiblical. It became a federal holiday in the United States only in 1870. Also born this day: Isaac Newton, who would describe the laws that governed the very star the Magi followed. People born on December 25 fall under the zodiac sign of Capricorn. The birthstone is Tanzanite and the birth flower is Holly. Historical events on December 25 include 800 CE: Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor, 1066: William the Conqueror crowned King of England, 1991: Gorbachev resigns, USSR ends. Famous people born on December 25 include Isaac Newton (1642), Charlie Chaplin (1889), Annie Lennox (1954).