On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:14:54 -0500, "cybercat" >
wrote:

>
>"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.
>

i thought they moved christmas to the winter to get people into the
stores when they otherwise wouldn't go.

your pal,
blake