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Captain Sweden said:
This website questions whether X-Mas really is a Christian holiday:

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/sbs777/vital/xmas.html

Though I'm happy with celebrating X-Mas as a continuation of Saint Nikolaus:

http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/nikolaus.htm



So we have the fire god Baal to thank for Christmas trees. I knew that many aspects of Christmas originated from Pagans but it's shocking just how much of it truly has little to do with Christianity.

They do a big Saturnalia celebration every year just outside my door & it's almost indistinguishable from a Christmas celebration except for open hearths on all the street corners.

Fair play!