>
> Frazer's "The Golden Bough". Somebody said I was wrong about this being
> Lucifer. It's been five or so years since I read the book, so maybe I
> am wrong about "Lucifer".
>
> The Christians took over the holiday, so I would guess it's pre-christian.
>
> --
> David Leeper dleeper@gte.net
> Homo Deus http://home1.gte.net/dleeper/index.htm
> 1 + 1 != 2 http://home1.gte.net/dleeper/CMath.html
>
The Christians took over Christmas, from a Pagan festival Xmas* which is
celebrated around the 26th December (I think).
Also, and interesting bit of Christmas trivia:
Did you know that in England, Christmas is actually illegal! In the
16th or 17th century, the king of the time made Christmas illegal by
passing a law on it, and to this day it has not been revoked!
* - Xmas, contrary to popular belief, is not a shortening of Christmas, but
the X refers to a Pagan rune, wich closely resembles the X.
Drakir
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