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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.
How do you make a sentence using the word solstice?
The day my birthday falls this year is a solstice. It means at his birthday the sun will reach the highest or the lowest point.
Do Christians celebrate winter solstice?
Not exactly, they celebrate Christmas - but we do not actually know the day/date on which Christ was born and it was convenient for the early church to supplant the pagan winter solstice festival with Christmas.
Where can you find December 25 in the Bible?
the date of Christmas was most likely not from the Bible but taken from the pagan holiday ''winter solstice''
Who first introduced Valentine's Day as a Pagan ceremony in England?
The Romans, it was later dropped as a pagan belief.
What is the pagan fesitval in december back in the days of birth of Christ?
Yule. Winter Solstice. It is still celebrated today, though most people call it christmas.
What is the story of Easter Eggs?
Easter eggs are pagan remnants of older traditions. Before it became Easter weekend, the time of the spring solstice was a celebration of fertility (hence eggs and rabbits). In an effort to convert pagans, the Catholic church put Easter on the same date as "the rebirth of the son" (as opposed to the rebirth of the sun, ie the solstice). Some of the pagan traditions just never quite went away.
Where can you find a pagan website?
There are many Pagan websites. What exactly are you looking for? If you're looking for information about Paganism itself, you may find the folling links useful, or join any of the numerous Pagan networking site groups available on the internet.
What was the name of the original pagan holiday that Christmas later replaced?
It could be the Roman festival of Saternalia or the Northern European celebration of the Winter Solstice, also commonly referred to as Yule.
During which events is the shortest day of the year?
The shortest day of the year is the winter solstice which occurs on December 21st. The winter solstice is when the pagan holiday Yule is celebrated. The celebration is the birth of the holly king and is celebrated in a similar fashion as Christmas.
What are the pagan holidays that surround holloween?
The most common pagan holidays (The Pagan Wheel of the Year) are:Samhain(Halloween or Witch's New Year) - Oct 31/Nov1Yule/Winter Solstice - (Around Dec 20-23 depending on the year)Imbolc/Imbolg/Oimelc/Brigid's Day - Feb 1/2Ostara/Spring Equinox(Easter type holiday) - March 21stBeltane(May Day) - May 1stMidsummer/Litha/Summer Solstice - ( Around June 20 -23 depending on the year)Lughnassadh/Lammas - August 1stMabon/Autumn Equinox - September 21st
Who celebrates Christmas?
As a religious holiday Christmas is celebrated by Christians as the time of the birth of Jesus Christ. However, celebrations during the time we now know as December reach back far into the past and December is a time of celebration for non-Christians as well, since Christmas became merged with ancient Solstice celebrations. Before Christmas, there were pagan celebrations of the Solstice. The Solstice is the longest night of the year. Pagans celebrated the return of the light as the days began to grow longer after the Solstice. The celebration of the birth of Christ at the same time as earlier pagan celebrations was a choice made by early Christian church leaders. Many of the traditions now associated with Christmas were adapted from earlier pagan traditions including decorating trees, holly, ivy, mistletoe, gift giving, yule log and feasts.
