bodecea
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And a Blessed Winter Solstice....the Reason for the Season (being when it is)
No, because if it was the reason for the season, date would change as it does for Easter (something I've never liked, but then I didn't make the Roman calender we follow).
The fact the Roman Catholics/Calender set Christmas at the time pagans once celebrated is well known.
I don't think that de-legitimizes Christmas any more than setting it at another time of the year. I'm sure there was once a pagan day for any other date on the calender.
We should rejoice that instead of sacrificing children (as pagans once did), we now give gifts to them. THAT is because of Christ.
(and OH yes, pagans sacrificed children. I once got into a big debate with a big time pagan witch on that. She lost BIG TIME.)
Easter has to do with phases of the moon not the seasons change. The spring and winter equinox change very little on date.
the phase of the moon has nothing to do with the change of the seasons.
Easter is also a pagan holiday...as is the whole "mysterious birth/rise from the dead" story.