<P> Associating it with drunkenness and other misbehavior, the Puritans banned Christmas in the 17th century . It was restored as a legal holiday in 1660, but remained disreputable . In the early 19th century, Christmas was revived with the start of the Oxford Movement in the Anglican Church . </P> <P> Charles Dickens and other writers reinvented the holiday by emphasizing Christmas as a time for family, religion, gift - giving, and social reconciliation as opposed to the revelry that had been common historically . </P> <P> In the 3rd century, the date of birth of Jesus was the subject of both great interest and great uncertainty . Around AD 200, Clement of Alexandria wrote: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> There are those who have determined not only the year of our Lord's birth, but also the day; and they say that it took place in the 28th year of Augustus, and in the 25th day of (the Egyptian month) Pachon (May 20)... Further, others say that He was born on the 24th or 25th of Pharmuthi (April 20 or 21). </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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