Pagan-Roots-Of Christmas-Bob Davis Podcast 887
Christmas Is Indeed A Pagan Holiday
I know there are religious people who don’t want to hear this but Christmas is a pagan holiday. These days we’re disconnected from history and our ancestors. I’ll explain in Pagan-Roots-Of Christmas-Bob Davis Podcast 887.
Winter Solstice
The winter solstice is especially relevant here. The shortest day in the northern hemisphere. December 21st. The next day the sun starts its journey back toward us and the days will start getting longer.
A Time To Rest, Repair And Recharge
The Shortest Darkest Days
Jesus Was Not Born On December 25th
We are told Jesus Christ the bringer of light, was born in December. Truth is the bible doesn’t say when the savior was born.
The Bringer Of Light Was A Summer Baby
Rome and Saturnalia
Finally it was the Roman Catholic Church that set Christ’s birth on December 25th. Oddly enough, the new celebration would coincide with the celebration of the Roman God Saturn.
Santa IS A Pagan Symbol
Even more, Santa’s origins are rooted both in a Greek Saint in about 300 AD, and the Norse god Odin. Above all once Artist Norman Rockwell and the advertising industry shaped and advanced the idea of Saint Nick as a rosy cheeked white bearded grandfatherly symbol. Our modern Santa. For more on Odin, click here.
Holiday Season
This year I spent a little time and thought about our Winter Holiday Season, which starts with the celebration of the harvest on Thanksgiving, includes a parade of totems in New York City, and ends with New Year’s.
Natural Rhythms
Are we immune to natural human rhythms? Were our ancestors dumb? How has commerce and communication in the modern age obscured the pagan roots of Christmas, and New Year’s? Does this change the nature of Christmas for the faithful? I don’t think so.
Happy Holidays
And of course, Merry Christmas
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Pagan-Roots-Of Christmas-Bob Davis Podcast 887
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