However, the most disturbing and controversial pagan Yule rituals may have been the sacrifice ... One such tactic was to change the actual date of the birth of Jesus, which historians believe ...

Whether to celebrate the harvest, fire, water, a new birth, a marriage ceremony ... rooted in the Slavic tradition that the Church authorities decided to make the pagan ritual a part of the Christian ...

They are abstain from any Christmas since they believe they are pagan rituals and are thus forbidden by God ... yearly remembrance of Christ’s death but do not commemorate his birth.

No: the basic facts of the annual ritual just seem to defy logic and ... then Mary must therefore have conceived in December, and given birth to Jesus in September. Read more about British History 6 ...