Co-opting not only the time of a mid-winter holiday, but many pre-Xtian
traditions too: gift giving, feasting, lighted trees, etc.




On 2007-12-11 15:06:57 -0800, Madalch said:

Actually, it's more likely that they put Xmas there because that's
when all the big celebrations were- Saturnalia, Yalda, etc.