Nearly all Christian holidays are based on pre-Christian religious traditions. Christmas comes at the winter solstice. Most trading celebrate the victory of light over the dark. The evergreen, per this essay, represents the contuation of life. The decorations represent light. The birth of the "son" of God the "light of the world" is analogous to the rebirth/return of the "sun" and increasing number of hours of light. Santa and gift giving is like a Potlatch, which accordingto Amazon "involves giving away or destroying wealth or valuable items in order to demonstrate a leader's wealth and power. Potlatches are also focused on the reaffirmation of family, clan, and international connections, and the human connection with the supernatural world. Potlatch also serves as a strict resource management regime, where coastal peoples discuss, negotiate, and affirm rights to and uses of specific territories and resources.[7][8][9] Potlatches often involve music, dancing, singing, storytelling, making speeches, and often joking and games. The honouring of the supernatural and the recitation of oral histories are a central part of many potlatches. paying his debts. Therefore the law is not a good one, and can not be enforced without causing general discontent."
"Reciprocity potlatch gift giving" refers to the practice in a potlatch ceremony where a host gives generous gifts to guests, with the expectation that the recipients will eventually return the favor by hosting their own potlatch and giving gifts in kind, thus creating a cycle of giving and receiving that strengthens social bonds within the community; essentially, it means giving gifts with the understanding that you will be given gifts in return at a later date, reinforcing social ties and obligations." Christians tie in gift giving to the three wise men bringing gifts to the baby Jesus. The myth of the three wise men and their gifts ties into the reciprocity traditions of non-Christian traditions.
Mistletoe another Christmas tradition comes from Celtic and Greek traditions.: Celtic Druids: The Druids believed mistletoe had sacred powers, including healing illnesses, predicting the future, and protecting against nightmares. They also considered it a symbol of fertility and vivacity because it bloomed during harsh winters.
Ancient Greece: The tradition may have originated in ancient Greece during the festival of Saturnalia, where mistletoe was associated with fertility and used in marriage ceremonies.
The word "pagan" attributed to the Christmas' origin is even still somewhat a "societal normalization". Christmas is actually satanic when it comes to the true origin of the festivity, Saturnalia. It's a collective energy-siphoning season. The term "Satan" that was used by ancient Essene & original/true Christians in the first 3 centuries points to the Roman god Saturn. Saturn is depicted as a child-eater, and traditions of child-sacrifices have been performed by the "elite authorities" dated back even long before the Roman empire. Saturn/Satan was previously known as Baal/Bel/Belial and Remphan from the previous empires. Modern religious Christians have been as deceived as much as the world's society in general. If interested, I posted an in-depth article about the origin of Christmas, incl. Santa, Krampus, St. Nick "folklore" connected to the child-trafficking. https://kekal.substack.com/p/from-saturnalia-to-christmas-a-satanic
it is clearly in the scriptures that jesus had a christmas tree.
I call it the Hanukkah Bush...works for me... would as well be the Pagan Lightpole!😇
This is just a sneaky way of perpetuating the everlasting war on Christmas isn’t it? 😆
Nearly all Christian holidays are based on pre-Christian religious traditions. Christmas comes at the winter solstice. Most trading celebrate the victory of light over the dark. The evergreen, per this essay, represents the contuation of life. The decorations represent light. The birth of the "son" of God the "light of the world" is analogous to the rebirth/return of the "sun" and increasing number of hours of light. Santa and gift giving is like a Potlatch, which accordingto Amazon "involves giving away or destroying wealth or valuable items in order to demonstrate a leader's wealth and power. Potlatches are also focused on the reaffirmation of family, clan, and international connections, and the human connection with the supernatural world. Potlatch also serves as a strict resource management regime, where coastal peoples discuss, negotiate, and affirm rights to and uses of specific territories and resources.[7][8][9] Potlatches often involve music, dancing, singing, storytelling, making speeches, and often joking and games. The honouring of the supernatural and the recitation of oral histories are a central part of many potlatches. paying his debts. Therefore the law is not a good one, and can not be enforced without causing general discontent."
"Reciprocity potlatch gift giving" refers to the practice in a potlatch ceremony where a host gives generous gifts to guests, with the expectation that the recipients will eventually return the favor by hosting their own potlatch and giving gifts in kind, thus creating a cycle of giving and receiving that strengthens social bonds within the community; essentially, it means giving gifts with the understanding that you will be given gifts in return at a later date, reinforcing social ties and obligations." Christians tie in gift giving to the three wise men bringing gifts to the baby Jesus. The myth of the three wise men and their gifts ties into the reciprocity traditions of non-Christian traditions.
Mistletoe another Christmas tradition comes from Celtic and Greek traditions.: Celtic Druids: The Druids believed mistletoe had sacred powers, including healing illnesses, predicting the future, and protecting against nightmares. They also considered it a symbol of fertility and vivacity because it bloomed during harsh winters.
Ancient Greece: The tradition may have originated in ancient Greece during the festival of Saturnalia, where mistletoe was associated with fertility and used in marriage ceremonies.
The word "pagan" attributed to the Christmas' origin is even still somewhat a "societal normalization". Christmas is actually satanic when it comes to the true origin of the festivity, Saturnalia. It's a collective energy-siphoning season. The term "Satan" that was used by ancient Essene & original/true Christians in the first 3 centuries points to the Roman god Saturn. Saturn is depicted as a child-eater, and traditions of child-sacrifices have been performed by the "elite authorities" dated back even long before the Roman empire. Saturn/Satan was previously known as Baal/Bel/Belial and Remphan from the previous empires. Modern religious Christians have been as deceived as much as the world's society in general. If interested, I posted an in-depth article about the origin of Christmas, incl. Santa, Krampus, St. Nick "folklore" connected to the child-trafficking. https://kekal.substack.com/p/from-saturnalia-to-christmas-a-satanic
Don’t celebrate Christmas because I don’t believe in fairy tales like Christ, Jesus, etc. December sucks in America