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Christmas is celebrated around the world on the 25th of December. It has a number of commonalities with several Pagan holidays but as Yule is still being celebrated (at the Winter Solstice, on or about the 21st of December), I don't see that it has been replaced.
ANSWER its not the winter solstice it repalces, they just happen to be around the same time In ancient Babylon, the feast of the Son of Isis (Goddess of Nature) was celebrated on December 25, it was a time of party hard and drinking and basically merriment
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Is the door wreath on Christmas pagan?
Yes, it a pagan tradition.
What pagan holiday did Christmas replace?
One will find that the commonly known holiday all around the world, Christmas replaced the pagan Scandinavian holiday JÃ_l. The holiday merged to become "Noel", which originates from the Old French word "noël" or "naël".
Which Christian group refused to celebrate Christmas because they felt it was pagan in origin?
Puritans refused to celebrate Christmas because they felt it was pagan in origin.
The Original Father Christmas was Christian?
No he was pagan.
Is Christmas a celebration?
Yes Christmas is pagan, and I'm not just saying that out of opinion. Look into, Lew White "Fossilized Customs". It explains everything. No, Christmas is not a pagan celebration. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas began in the early areas of Christendom in the 2nd or 3rd Centuries.
When where Christmas invented?
Christmas comes to us from the middle ages. The Catholic church wanted to replace the pagan celebrations with Christian ones so they used the days that the pagans were all ready using and made them into Christian holidays. December 25th was a pagan holiday of the Winter solace. The word "Christmas" is really Christ Mass, and the people had 3 masses a day on Christmas Day. There were no gifts nor decorated trees. Evergreens were brought in, even by the pagans, but they weren't used as Christmas trees.
Was father Christmas Christian?
No he was pagan and based on a Norse legend.
Is father Christmas Christian?
No he is Norse and comes from a pagan legend.
Is Christmas a pagan ceremony?
Yes, Christmas is a pagan holiday. It was a popular holiday celebrated throughout the Roman Empire. Catholics thought that it felt appropriate to make the December 25 holiday (the birthday of the sun god Sol Invictus) the birthday of Christ Jesus. Though no verse in the Bible specifies the exact birth date of Christ Jesus.
What is special about the pagan christmas tree?
The Pagan Christmas tree is special because the evergreen tree represents Christian winter rites. It was adopted by Europeans and these trees soon were decorated with ornaments as well.
Who created holidays?
This is actually a very interesting question with a long answer. To make a long story short one can say it all began when the Roman Catholic church sought pagan converts early in the history of Christianity. Christmas was meant to replace the pagan winter solstice celebration. Easter also has pagan roots and was created by the church to coincide with the Jewish holiday of Passover. There is a rich history of Christmas celebration, but the custom became popular in Europe and the US when Queen Victoria had a live evergreen tree brought inside and exquisitely decorated. Once this popular craze was underway, the Hallmark greeting card company stepped in and helped to popularize many other holidays, like Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day.
Was the Christmas tree derived from the pagan winter solstice celebration?
Yes. It was stolen from the Yule Tree decorating tradition of the pagan peoples.
