Winter solstice is not on December 25th. It falls on the 21st.
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No. This is where the idea of a massive celebration on Dec 25th comes from.
The Catholic church used its ‘if you can’t beat ‘em join ‘‘em’ playbook to overlay Christ-centered themes onto existing cultural pagan celebration days to co-opt it into a Christian celebration.
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So it’s solstice
Winter solstice is not on December 25th. It falls on the 21st.
No. This is where the idea of a massive celebration on Dec 25th comes from.
The Catholic church used its ‘if you can’t beat ‘em join ‘‘em’ playbook to overlay Christ-centered themes onto existing cultural pagan celebration days to co-opt it into a Christian celebration.