On the first day of Christmas my pagan love gave to me…one winter solstice! Throughout history, societies across the world have held festivals and ceremonies marking winter solstice, the day of the "sun's rebirth." Most often, winter solstice celebrations honored the symbolism of fire and light, along with life, death, the rising sun, and the moon. The pagan celebrations during Winter Solstice or Saturnalia are what we discuss on this week's podcast. We dig into the top 12 traditions that most still practice around Christmas and how they evolved into how it's celebrated now. We also play a fun "guess the country" game with the name of Santa Claus/Father Christmas, let us know how you fair with the answers.

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