To all of you putting up the tree, making a list, purchasing packages, and holiday reveling, I thought I would share the origin of the Christmas Story . . .
according to my disillusioned 16-year-old, who attends Catholic school.
(This is the child who was rather convincing as the "scary Christmas angel/ghost" in the family nativity play.)
When Catholicism started, they didn’t have enough followers because they were not fun . . .
at all.
The pagan ritual of Advent celebrated the countdown of the return of the sun god.
Because Winter Solstice, the time the sun started to come back, was a celebration people wanted to join.
The leaders of the new religion thought about it . . .
then they said,
"Hey, we’ve got a celebration too! It’s Christmas and it is fun!"
They even stole the evergreen tree and the wreath.
Well, that’s what they said in theology class.
#Christmas #Yule #WinterSolstice
Updated 12/22/2017
Updated 12/22/2017
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