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Originally posted by Stebbi@Dec 25 2005, 11:32 AM
yeah the vatikan stole christmas............ THe Catholic Church Is the GRINCH omgomggomgomgomg..... and they stole it fromthe vikings or pagans or whatever.....
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actually, I think they stole it from the Romans who honored Saturn. The winter solstice, by their calender, fell on the 25th. The festival was called Saturnalia. They glorified past days when the god Saturn ruled.
Actually, there's a pretty thorough explanation
HERE.
I'm not trying to be controversial, but anyone that claims the Catholics invented Christmas and most of their holidays is mainly saying that in ignorance.