RE: Is Christmas a pagan celebration? (Part 2)

The answer is yes and no. Christians held their own holiday on the same day or close to it as that of ancient holidays relating to the worship of winter, the gods, etc. And then we got Santa and all those things added to the top of the Jesus thing making Christmas at least three layers being stuff before the birth of Christ, the Jesus thing, and then the Santa thing. So, like a sandwich. And then the debate becomes how much of the Santa thing is Pagan or non-Christian or whatever you want to call it. Because it is said Santa was based on Saint Nicholas who was a man who helped people. So, that is good. But Christmas trees predate the birth of Christ. So, I say all of that to say Christmas has many different components all mixed into one oddly flavored soup of pagan and not so pagan stuff.