I'm back

Okay, so I took a whole month off. But, for anyone who's still out there, I found this interesting article in WORLD magazine, and wanted to share:

Why December 25?

The origin of Christmas had nothing to do with paganism by Gene Edward Veith

According to conventional wisdom, Christmas had its origin in a pagan winter solstice festival, which the church co-opted to promote the new religion. In doing so, many of the old pagan customs crept into the Christian celebration. But this view is apparently a historical myth—like the stories of a church council debating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, or that medieval folks believed the earth is flat—often repeated, even in classrooms, but not true..... (MORE)