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mojo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Christmas isn’t a religious holiday. Christmas today has basically nothing to do with the birth of Jesus, just like how Halloween isn’t celebrating the Grim Reaper. It’s just a fun and festive time.

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sizzler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I always considered it the mid-winter celebration. A time to break into some of the stored food (sugar-preserved fruit anyone?). Basically a way to raise the spirits since autumn harvest was long gone and it felt a long way til spring.

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Thurkeau@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
You’re not wrong.

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