A look into the origin of the dating of Christmas to the winter solstice and various solar associations around Jesus Christ from Irish sources. It also examines what we know of the oldest traditions surrounding the day. The basic takeaway is that although Christ was identified with the sun and most specifically light in the earliest sources, he is also thought to be separate from the sun, as the source of the light of the sun and the controller of the sun, but not the physical sun. Nevertheless, the sun is one of the ways in which his power was comprehended. In the future we will look at a complete view of the ancient idea of Christ through the medieval Irish sources. Unfortunately I forgot to include the important detail of the winter solstice alignment at the Brugh na Boinne. I will cover that elsewhere.

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