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Originally Posted by Sparrow
I can kind of see that argument; but I do like to have something cheery to look forward to in the middle of winter.
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Well, that's WHY we celebrate Christmas in mid-winter of course. The early Christian church simply "took over" the Roman winter solstice festival of Saturnalia, on the grounds that they knew full-well that people were going to celebrate the winter solstice anyway, so why not pretend that it's a Christian festival
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