"blake murphy" > wrote
>>I'm a Druid. "The holiday" is when the ground thaws.
>>
>
> nonsense. i'm sure the druids find a reason to get drunk around this
> time of year also.
>
There's ample evidence that the time of year at which the birth of Christ
is officially celebrated was roughly overlaid on Pagan/Druid celebration
dates
(winter solstice) to better soften up the natives for conversion. This was
when the
missionaries were still soft. They started the Death to the Heathen stuff
later.