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   templo SUD said, 6 months ago

   I’d go with the first; the second one looks like it has a typo. More importantly, the first is WHY Christmas is celebrated.
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   D W said, 6 months ago

   Go with the second. Saturnalia is the reason for the season.
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   pschearer said, 6 months ago

   The real reason is that in the Northern Hemisphere we are approaching the shortest, darkest, most depressing day of the year and we need a celebration of light and good cheer regardless of what religion claims the seasonal holiday. For me the Christ in Christmas means as little as the Thor in Thursday.
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   johnnyo68 said, 6 months ago

   @ D W & pschearer: Very well said! Thank you for your logical thinking.
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   Nos Nevets said, 6 months ago

   Some people object to “Xmas” as taking “Christ” out of Christmas.
   But “Chi”, “X”, is the 1st letter for Christ in Greek, where the word originates.
   Christian theologians use “X” as a shorthand for the 2nd Person of the Trinity all the time. And Theta (an O with a horizontal line through it" as shorthand for “God” (Greek “Theos”, as in “theology”.
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   susanwobb said, 6 months ago

   Actually, I believe it’s the 23.5 degrees tilt of the earth’s axis (away from perpendicular to the ecliptic) that’s the reason for the season.
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   sleeepy2 said, 6 months ago

   @pschearer

   Yes yes, you’ve made that abundantly clear.
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   ottod said, 6 months ago

   @pschearer

   …or the fries in Friday.
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   magicwalnut said, 6 months ago

   @pschearer

   Well said!
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    ellisaana said, 6 months ago

    @pschearer

    Exactly.
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    aircraft-engineer said, 6 months ago

    just think – on Dec 22 we can all have a happy SOLSTICE and then 3 days later celebrate the feast of MITHRA (which Constantine co-opted for increasing his army by renaming it christmas)
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    aircraft-engineer said, 6 months ago

    speaking of names of days – Monday originates from MOONday (French, Spanish, German, Thai…probably others); Wednesday – Odin’s Day; Friday – Freia’s Day; saturn’s day, Sun’s day
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    Comic Minister said, 6 months ago

    The second one.
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    johbjacob said, 6 months ago

    Go with the first one, Zack! Although, it was Constantine who made December 25 Christmas. Jesus was likely born in April.
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    Redkaycei Repoc said, 6 months ago

    @ottod

    Frey’s day to be correct.
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