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Berryville, Arkansas is 11 miles south of Eureka
Springs on I-62E," It's A Mystery" is located on the
northwest side of the town square in the quaint and
historic Berryville, Arkansas.
Springs on I-62E," It's A Mystery" is located on the
northwest side of the town square in the quaint and
historic Berryville, Arkansas.
| It’s A Mystery Bookstore 107 Public Square, Berryville, AR 72616 Hours: Monday - Friday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday: 9:00AM to 3:00 PM Phone: 870.423.1145 |
| Book Talk Nite Talk Nite Details Third Thursday of every month! 4pm - 5:30pm @ Grandview Hotel on Berryville Square SIGN-UP is needed! |
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| November 2009 |
Nov 6 - 29: Drop When You Shop-Can Food Challenge for Loaves & Fishes Nov 19 - BookTalk - Middlesex -Jeffrey Eugenides Nov 26 - Thanksgiving Nov 29 - Berryville Merchants OPEN House Event! |
| December 2009 |
Dec 4&5: Christmas Windows Around the Square 6p-8:30p Dec 5th: Berryville Christmas Parade - 6p Dec 11&12: Christmas Windows Around the Square 6p-8:30p Dec 18&19: Christmas Windows Around the Square 6p-8:30p Dec 24th: LAST DAY OF SHOPPING! Dec 25: Merry Christmas to All! Dec 25 - January 31 - BookStore CLOSED |
Why is Christmas Day on the 25th
December?
No one knows the real birthday of
Jesus! No date is given in the Bible, so
why do we celebrate it on the 25th
December? The early Christians
certainly had many arguments as to
when it should be celebrated! Also, the
birth of Jesus probably didn't happen
in the year 1AD but slightly earlier,
somewhere between 2BC and 7BC
(there isn't a 0AD - the years go from
1BC to 1AD!).
Christmas was first celebrated as a
proper day, on the 25th December, in
the 4th century, in the time of the
Roman Emperor Constantine (he was
the first Christian Roman Emperor). He
first bought the Roman pagan
'sun-day' (the first day of the week)
and the 'sabbath' (the Christians holy
day) together to what we now call
Sunday.
This date was probably chosen
because the Winter Solstice and the
ancient pagan Roman midwinter
festivals called 'Saturnalia' and 'Dies
Natalis Solis Invicti' took place in
December.
The Winter Solstice is the day where
there is the shortest time between the
sun rising and the sun setting. It
happens between December 22nd and
December 25th. To pagans this meant
that the winter was over and spring
was coming and they had a festival to
celebrate it and worshipped the sun for
winning over the darkness of winter.
(The Winter Solstice in Scandinavia
and some other parts of northern
Europe is called Yule and is where we
get Yule Logs from.)
The Roman Festival of Saturnalia took
place between December 17th and
23rd and honoured the Roman god
Saturn. Dies Natalis Solis Invicti means
'birthday of the unconquered sun' and
was held on December 25th (when the
Romans thought the Winter Soltice
took place). As the days grew longer
from this day on, it was thought to be
the birthday of the sun and the God
Jupiter! (In Roman mythology, Saturn
was the father of Jupiter.)! And before
the Romans, the Greeks had
celebrated the birthday of the God
Zeus (the Romans called Zeus Jupiter)
on December 25th.
Want to learn more? Check this out!
December?
No one knows the real birthday of
Jesus! No date is given in the Bible, so
why do we celebrate it on the 25th
December? The early Christians
certainly had many arguments as to
when it should be celebrated! Also, the
birth of Jesus probably didn't happen
in the year 1AD but slightly earlier,
somewhere between 2BC and 7BC
(there isn't a 0AD - the years go from
1BC to 1AD!).
Christmas was first celebrated as a
proper day, on the 25th December, in
the 4th century, in the time of the
Roman Emperor Constantine (he was
the first Christian Roman Emperor). He
first bought the Roman pagan
'sun-day' (the first day of the week)
and the 'sabbath' (the Christians holy
day) together to what we now call
Sunday.
This date was probably chosen
because the Winter Solstice and the
ancient pagan Roman midwinter
festivals called 'Saturnalia' and 'Dies
Natalis Solis Invicti' took place in
December.
The Winter Solstice is the day where
there is the shortest time between the
sun rising and the sun setting. It
happens between December 22nd and
December 25th. To pagans this meant
that the winter was over and spring
was coming and they had a festival to
celebrate it and worshipped the sun for
winning over the darkness of winter.
(The Winter Solstice in Scandinavia
and some other parts of northern
Europe is called Yule and is where we
get Yule Logs from.)
The Roman Festival of Saturnalia took
place between December 17th and
23rd and honoured the Roman god
Saturn. Dies Natalis Solis Invicti means
'birthday of the unconquered sun' and
was held on December 25th (when the
Romans thought the Winter Soltice
took place). As the days grew longer
from this day on, it was thought to be
the birthday of the sun and the God
Jupiter! (In Roman mythology, Saturn
was the father of Jupiter.)! And before
the Romans, the Greeks had
celebrated the birthday of the God
Zeus (the Romans called Zeus Jupiter)
on December 25th.
Want to learn more? Check this out!
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