With snow in the air and mince pies in the supermarket, Saturnalia is on everyone’s mind. Wait, what? That’s right, Saturnalia. Because many of our most treasured Christmas traditions are in fact, ...
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Now, we all heard the stories that Christmas was stolen / copied from the Pagans. This makes a lot of people upset, even the ideology, Israel Vision, that I mentioned in my previous article. Funny ...
Long before Christmas, Romans celebrated Saturnalia — a lively winter festival honoring the god Saturn. Marked by feasting, gift-giving, and role reversals where slaves and masters switched places, ...
Three different theories trace the Christmas tree back to the 1400s or 1500s. Two others go even further back.
You know the bumper sticker, of course. Around 350 A.D., you might have seen it on any passing chariot. Or plastered on the back of an ox cart. And if it wasn't, it should have been. Time to take a ...
Sex and relationship expert Dr Caroline West writes about the ancient festival of Saturnalia, which kicked off on 17 December, and how celebrations back then compare to our Christmas celebrations ...
Every year around this time, there’s an effort by some Christians to remind people that “Jesus is the reason for the season.” But Christmas, in fact, has several pagan predecessors, as The Baltimore ...
My family never had a pink-frosted Christmas tree, though Lord knows my 10-year-old self really wanted one. Every year my family went to Sal’s Christmas Emporium on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, ...
(KTAL/KMSS) – Christmas trees, holly, mistletoe, and cider are staples of the holidays but these traditional parts of our holiday celebrations predate Christmas by several hundred years. Tuesday is ...