Aside from Easter, Christmas is perhaps Christianity’s most sacred date. As a celebration of Christ’s birth, the holiday is ...

More importantly, December 25 was a pagan holiday, and many believe that the Church adopted this day to celebrate Christmas ...

This article first ran in 2015. Every year around Christmastime the word "Yule" pops up all over the place, especially in advertising. Maybe it's because it rhymes with so many words, making for ...

Why is Christmas pagan and what is an alternative tradition to Christmas one can do instead? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The celebration of Christmas on Dec. 25 is more likely rooted in a Jewish tradition that puts important events at the same time each year than linked to a pagan winter ...

Many of us learned that Christians set the date of Christmas to co-opt pagan holidays. Both the Roman Saturnalia festival and Sol Invictus, the Feast of the Unconquered Son, fell around Dec. 25.

CHARLESTON, W. Va. – A new policy at Marshall University will allow pagan students to miss classes to observe religious holidays or festivals. While many colleges have policies to protect students of ...

MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — A New Jersey elementary school canceled and reinstated its Halloween celebration this week in a debate that reflects societal ambivalence about the holiday’s religious origins. On ...

What is the most accurate name for an evergreen tree with lights and other decorations? Christmas tree? Hanukkah bush? Not! The tree is a symbol of the pagan holiday, winter solstice, which predates ...