Not exactly, they celebrate Christmas - but we do not actually know the day/date on which Christ was born and it was convenient for the early church to supplant the pagan winter solstice festival with Christmas.
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summer solstice and winter solstice
the winter solstice is when two days of the year, when the noon sun is farthest or south equator WINTER SOLSTICE OCCURS ON DECEMBER 21
Alaskans celebrate the Summer Solstice by having many festivities and events. The residents often have many outdoor activities to celebrate the sun's arrival.
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Celtics celebrate winter solstice around the same time as Christians celebrate Christmas.
The concept of the winter solstice did not have one single discoverer. Throughout history, different ancient cultures independently observed and marked the winter solstice as the shortest day of the year, usually around December 21st.
The name for the holiday that Wiccans celebrate that coincides with the Winter Solstice is called Yule. Some will even celebrate Saturnalia.
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The vikings did not celebrate Christmas, as they were not Christian. However, they had a holiday that occured around the Winter Solstice, called Yule, or Jul, which Christians "borrowed" heavily from. The Christmas you celebrate is nearly identical to the Heathen Yule, complete with the decorated tree, wreathes, etc.
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The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year. Fans of yoga often celebrate the summer solstice with sun salutations.
Europeans Celebrated winter solstice on December 21
In most places that celebrate Christmas, it is just a few days after the winter solstice.
Only some Christians celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. However, people of any religion can celebrate Christmas in a non-religious context, since Christmas has borrowed many of the symbols and traditions related to celebrations of the winter solstice (in the northern hemisphere) and other secular and religious holidays.
It is believed that the Winter Solstice was celebrated by the Celts, the same group believed to build the Stonehenge. The Stonehenge appears to have been built to celebrate this time of year.
In early Christianity in the Roman Empire, there were many other religions competing with Christianity. To increase the appeal of Christianity, they fused many non-Christian festivals with a Christian overlay. For example, Christmas is the festival for the winter solstice. Since the roots of much of our celebration of Christmas are outside Christianity, some Christians choose not to celebrate the holiday.