کریسمس: پدیده‌ای غربی یا ایرانی؟

Christmas ? a Western or Iranian celebration by Issa Dibaj p.10 ? 12. Before Christianity came to Iran, there was a festival for Mithra in Iran. When the Christians came they took this festival and changed it into a celebration of Christ?s birth. The Romans then took this custom from the Persians and so brought it to Europe. So Issa Dibaj argues that Christmas was originally Iranian.