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From: Brad Rogers <>
Subject: Re: [B&D] Multi cultural celebration time: 20-31 December inc
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:56:30 +0000
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On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:41:31 +0000
Charani <> wrote:

Hello Charani,

> It was the date of the pagan midwinter festival. The Church
> "borrowed" it to stop the pagan celebrations. At least that's what I

I recall this being the subject of discussion in RE at my senior school
way back in the 1970s. From that discussion, it's my understanding that
most (all?) of the Christian festivals were borrowed from and (more or
less) coincided with the festivals of other, more prevalent (at the time)
religions. The simple reason being that people seemed reluctant to
convert to a religion that had no festivals and seemed to be a bit dull
by comparison.

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