Barkley on 12 December 2016
| deskpro2k3 said: Roman pagans first introduced the holiday of Saturnalia, between December 17-25. In the 4th century CE, Christianity imported the Saturnalia festival hoping to take the pagan masses in with it by promising them that they could continue to celebrate the Saturnalia as Christians. "Christmas Trees" Pagans had long worshipped trees in the forest, or brought them into their homes and decorated them, and this observance was adopted and painted with a Christian veneer by the Church. |
Yup, it's kind of amusing how he gets so upset about Santa, when the whole holiday isn't exactly Christian at all. The Church freely admits that Jesus wasn't born at christmas... Easter also has it's roots in some pagan fertility festivals, hence the rabbit and eggs.
I wonder if this guy attacks kids at Easter for buying chocolate eggs too.
