Why cristianity take christmas at is own?

[trashleg]

SciFiBoy said:

trashleg said:

the timing of Christmas coincides with the Pagan holiday of Yule, but Christmas is the Christian holiday to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

edit: i meant to say, before i hit "Post" ... that to clarify, the two holidays are actually separate but yule-tide has been incorporated into Christmas celebrations.

yule-tide sounds better, im gonna call it that from now on, lol

(also, coincidence? somehow I doubt it, more like when they created christianity, they copied stuff from other pre-existing religions/cultures, of course, go back far enough, and you may well find that yule-tide's timing is influenced by another ancient tradition, lost in the mist of human history) 

lol XD

i know its not a coincidence, but the two events are coincident with each other  (not to be confused with coincidental). just means they happen at the same time

btw, if you say the words coincide, coincidence and coincident over and over again in your head they start to sound like gibberish)