To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: Re: X in Christmas?
Date sent: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 21:11:04 -0000
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From: Raina Howell
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: X in Christmas?


> I was told in history class that Christ was born in April, and that
> Christmas is masked in some Pagan holiday to cover up something or another
> so that the Christians wouldn't be prosecuted...I'm not quite sure of the
> whole dealy-o...it's been three years since I took that history course....

December 25th was the feast of Saturnallia (sp?) . When the romans
converted to christianity, rather than give up one of their beloved feasts,
they celebrate the birth of Christ on their pagan holiday.
Also, Easter is named after a norse god