Wolfram87 wrote:
TUF wrote:
She thought he was born when there were lambs which would be some time in March. So she saw it as a pagan time to celebrate and therefore not a Christian holiday.
Well, she was absolutely correct on that point, but that begs the question: how did she celebrate it when she did (if she did)? Considering the numerous other pagan influences on the modern christmas celebration, I mean.
I'm not sure if she did. If she did then I think it was simply that she gathered with other believers and read the account of the Nativity in the Bible. Not really a celebration as most people know it, she rarely celebrated anything.
Christmas without Paganism is incredibly boring. Christians might not want to hear that, though.
It was banned under Oliver Cromwell and he was one of the most fundamentalist Christian rulers England ever had. That's why we have 'mince pies'. Mince is code for 'fruit' or 'Christmas' because having an actual mince pie (made of meat) would be a practicality rather than a treat. Christmas pies were illegal.
27 Dec 2018, 8:15 am
