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Christmas Is Indeed A Pagan Holiday
I know there are religious people who don’t want to hear this but Christmas is a pagan holiday. These days we’re disconnected from history and our ancestors. I’ll explain in Pagan-Roots-Of Christmas-Bob Davis Podcast 887.
Winter Solstice
The winter solstice is especially relevant here. The shortest day in the northern hemisphere. December 21st. The next day the sun starts its journey back toward us and the days will start getting longer.
A Time To Rest, Repair And Recharge
Second people have taken this time to hunker down, rest and prepare for the coming brighter and warmer months. This goes back millennia.
The Shortest Darkest Days
In contrast to those in warmer and brighter places those of us who live in the far northern reaches of North America and Northern Europe know only too well how dark it gets. Even more how long those dark and cold nights can be.
Jesus Was Not Born On December 25th
We are told Jesus Christ the bringer of light, was born in December. Truth is the bible doesn’t say when the savior was born.
The Bringer Of Light Was A Summer Baby
Moreover astronomers believe Christ was probably born in the summer, or fall somewhere between 6 or 7 BC, and 3 or 2 BC.
Rome and Saturnalia
Finally it was the Roman Catholic Church that set Christ’s birth on December 25th. Oddly enough, the new celebration would coincide with the celebration of the Roman God Saturn.
Santa IS A Pagan Symbol
Even more, Santa’s origins are rooted both in a Greek Saint in about 300 AD, and the Norse god Odin. Above all once Artist Norman Rockwell and the advertising industry shaped and advanced the idea of Saint Nick as a rosy cheeked white bearded grandfatherly symbol. Our modern Santa. For more on Odin, click here.
Holiday Season
This year I spent a little time and thought about our Winter Holiday Season, which starts with the celebration of the harvest on Thanksgiving, includes a parade of totems in New York City, and ends with New Year’s.
Natural Rhythms
Are we immune to natural human rhythms?
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Christmas Is Indeed A Pagan Holiday
I know there are religious people who don’t want to hear this but Christmas is a pagan holiday. These days we’re disconnected from history and our ancestors. I’ll explain in Pagan-Roots-Of Christmas-Bob Davis Podcast 887.
Winter Solstice
The winter solstice is especially relevant here. The shortest day in the northern hemisphere. December 21st. The next day the sun starts its journey back toward us and the days will start getting longer.
A Time To Rest, Repair And Recharge
Second people have taken this time to hunker down, rest and prepare for the coming brighter and warmer months. This goes back millennia.
The Shortest Darkest Days
In contrast to those in warmer and brighter places those of us who live in the far northern reaches of North America and Northern Europe know only too well how dark it gets. Even more how long those dark and cold nights can be.
Jesus Was Not Born On December 25th
We are told Jesus Christ the bringer of light, was born in December. Truth is the bible doesn’t say when the savior was born.
The Bringer Of Light Was A Summer Baby
Moreover astronomers believe Christ was probably born in the summer, or fall somewhere between 6 or 7 BC, and 3 or 2 BC.
Rome and Saturnalia
Finally it was the Roman Catholic Church that set Christ’s birth on December 25th. Oddly enough, the new celebration would coincide with the celebration of the Roman God Saturn.
Santa IS A Pagan Symbol
Even more, Santa’s origins are rooted both in a Greek Saint in about 300 AD, and the Norse god Odin. Above all once Artist Norman Rockwell and the advertising industry shaped and advanced the idea of Saint Nick as a rosy cheeked white bearded grandfatherly symbol. Our modern Santa. For more on Odin, click here.
Holiday Season
This year I spent a little time and thought about our Winter Holiday Season, which starts with the celebration of the harvest on Thanksgiving, includes a parade of totems in New York City, and ends with New Year’s.
Natural Rhythms
Are we immune to natural human rhythms?