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celebrate it, and how the idea of Christmas and its celebrations all started. You
are going to be quite surprised with what you are going to hear!"
"It all started a very long time ago, way before the time of Prophet Muhammad,
praise and peace be upon him, and many years after Allah had taken Prophet
Jesus, peace be upon him, to the heavens.
At that time, Constantine was Emperor of Roman. He became so famous that a
city in Turkey was named after him, it was called Constantinople, but today it has
been renamed Istanbul.
When Constantine became Emperor of Rome many people envied him because
they wanted to be the Emperor, and so there were always uprisings somewhere
in the Roman Empire.
Most Romans were pagans. They worshiped lots of false gods carved out of
wood or stone. Some of these gods, the Romans said, had sons and daughters.
Other Romans, like Constantine, worshiped the sun or even the moon." "That's
silly," said Sarah, "didn't they realize that the statues were useless and made by
are going to be quite surprised with what you are going to hear!"
"It all started a very long time ago, way before the time of Prophet Muhammad,
praise and peace be upon him, and many years after Allah had taken Prophet
Jesus, peace be upon him, to the heavens.
At that time, Constantine was Emperor of Roman. He became so famous that a
city in Turkey was named after him, it was called Constantinople, but today it has
been renamed Istanbul.
When Constantine became Emperor of Rome many people envied him because
they wanted to be the Emperor, and so there were always uprisings somewhere
in the Roman Empire.
Most Romans were pagans. They worshiped lots of false gods carved out of
wood or stone. Some of these gods, the Romans said, had sons and daughters.
Other Romans, like Constantine, worshiped the sun or even the moon." "That's
silly," said Sarah, "didn't they realize that the statues were useless and made by