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@JRTIGER07
The Romans, Greeks, Slavs, Norse all had solstice practices. It did not originate with Constantine. If you read history you’ll learn things. Christmas practices defined by one person or other, what they each generally refer to as ‘pagan’ typically pinpoint one thing, but it goes much, much further back than Constantine. People who don’t see the need to have Jesus as the focus (his birthdate is not our Christmas time) have their pagan rituals. They can be as benign as kissing under a mistletoe, burning the Yule log (the Norse practice), lighting the Christmas tree (Germanic roots). Again, history will tell you of the various practices from Saturnalia to solstice, from the Roman’s, Greeks, Norse, etc etc.
Christians adopted and have adapted the season. Many have no decorations, don’t put up trees and lights, and if gifts are exchanged they are faith based. I suggest that you read up on pagan practices before you put one man’s name on this season or any other. There are multitudes.
My reason is to celebrate the birth of our Savior and the gift of salvation and eternal life. It’s not the correct date of His birth but that’s what adaption is about. Many seasons are pagan, for example the Easter bunny and coloring eggs, celebrating the new growth of the year’s gardens and other harvests A And of course the Day of the Dead really takes a dark twist. I suppose Constantine should have made corrections there, yes?
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