That's likely an important reason Christmas is celebrated when it is: to co-opt the pagan festivals. (Jesus probably wasn't actually born on December 25. Scholars — including, in a 2012 book ...
It's often claimed that many of today's Christmas traditions derive from the pre-Christian observances of pagan cults suppressed by Roman authorities. The story goes that, after Christianity ...
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Saturnalia and Christmas — how a Pagan Roman festival paved the way for modern ChristmasBut it wasn’t Christmas quite yet. The influence of Saturnalia on Roman culture was significant, contributing to the social fabric of the era. It also shared links with other Roman and pagan ...
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