Do you think Christmas is a pagan holiday?

[Anonymous]

This was a pagant holiday in honour of the agricultural god Saturn, in ancient Rome, Romans would spend the week of Saturnalia much like Christmas holidays today..

Yes

No

[talentedclock]

No, it's Christian. The name is Christ's Mass. And most of the popular traditions are Christian, including ones that people often claim are pagan, like the tree, the wreath, or Santa Claus. Then there's the obviously Christian traditions like the nativity scene, the advent calendar, and the twelve days.

The Yule log is pagan and in some countries there might be other local traditions that have their own pagan or Christian influences.

Trying to portray Christmas as if it was ripped wholesale from pagan European traditions and given a thin Christian veneer is pretty silly.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Christmas is absolutely a pagan holiday. What does a jewish arabic man’s birth in Nazareth have to do with decorating pine trees? Or wintertime? Truthfully, it’s most likely that Jesus was born in June, not December. The tradition of Christmas trees, wreaths, feasts, etc. comes from a combination of Saturnalia and Yule as the Roman Catholic Church grew in power and took over the local religions. They told those who worshipped the Norse and Roman pantheons they wouldn’t stop their parties or have them arrested for heresy as long as they celebrated in the name of Christ rather than their gods, and most agreed.

[Abbycado]

So, you ask and then answer your own question. Good job.

[slatyb]

People have been celebrating midwinter for thousands of years, long before Christianity was invented.

[Agape93]

Nope. Yuletide is, Christmas is what Christians called it after they stole and altered it

[Darklydarkened]

Entire christianity is an amalgamation of Judaic cultism with European paganism

[Flower7]

Yes, I feel like it is.