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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:

  1. Should we “Christianize” a pagan Holiday?
  2. If we do, should we leave out the old pagan elements?
  3. How does God feel about us practicing pagan traditions to celebrate the miraculous birth of his son?