Pagan Roots of Christmas
Posted in Smajda's Articles, holiday related on December 7th, 2007 8 Comments »
The Holiday season has snuck up on us again. A time of year when… well you know. This was a popular video last year that made the rounds in our circles and since we are creatures who tend to forget, I thought it might warrant re-viewing. It sums up the origins of many of the Christmas traditions as we know them now and exposes where we got them from. (note: the first two minutes of the video are an advertisement…feel free to fast forward)
- Some questions we may ask ourselves after we watch are:
- Should we “Christianize” a pagan Holiday?
- If we do, should we leave out the old pagan elements?
- How does God feel about us practicing pagan traditions to celebrate the miraculous birth of his son?