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Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Which there are none

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do you honestly think Jesus was born on December 25? And that Santa and all his elves were there?

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    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjxGvyPAY5A

      The truth is, Xmas evolved from the Roman holiday Saturnalia…

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      • lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        XxLinkinParkxX

        Glorious username

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dunno how the date Christmas is celebrated is relevant, or the character surrounding St Nicholas

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      • Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Jesus was actually born in the summer time. people.howstuffworks.com/when-was-jesus-born.htm

        Christmas is a pagan holiday to celebrate the winter solstice. Traditional puritans banned Christmas in the 1500. Right around the time they were burning witches

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      • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Okay, so how about the elves? The reindeer? The holly and mistletoe? The tree?

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  • RainBlast@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Where did Christians get the decorating of a tree?

    Jeremiah 10:1-5 explicitly condemns it.

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    • markovs_gun@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You seriously misread that if you think it’s about Christmas trees in anything but maybe an abstract way. It’s about wooden idols. Who tf is chiseling their Christmas trees into shapes? I thought maybe this would be about Asherah poles or something at least kind of similar but this is a pretty obvious passage about idolatry.

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’d make a good American Evangelical by the way you take the Bible out of context.

      Christmas trees started as a German tradition where trees were decorated in September with Eucharist Hosts to represent the Tree of Life in Eden, for celebrating Creationtide. As time went on and the tradition travelled, it eventually was used for Christmas.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m pretty sure the idea came from Nordic pagans bringing in evergreen boughs in the winter.

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