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Some details about Thor from ancient German mythology will show the origin of the modern Santa Claus tale:  Thor was the god of the peasants and the common people.  He was represented as an elderly man, jovial and friendly, of heavy build, with a long white beard.  His element was the fire, his color red.  [...]

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SANTA CLAUS St. Nicholas is thought to be a fine old saint in the church, but not so.  It is true that there may have been a Nicholas, bishop of Myra, who lived in the fourth century and was said to have helped the poor.  But Santa Claus was named after another “old Nick”. The [...]

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HOW DID MITHRA WORSHIP BRING THESE THINGS INTO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH? In order to understand how and why Christmas came into the Christian church back in those early centuries, we need to understand the tremendous influence of pagan Mithraism in the first few centuries after the time of Christ-and how Christian leaders decided to adopt [...]

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HOW DID CRISTMAS GET INTO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH? In one brief paragraph, the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge tells us how the December 25 holiday entered the Christian church: “How much the date of the festival depended upon the pagan Brumalia [The December 25 celebration], following the Saturnalia [an eight-day December 17-24 festival preceding it], [...]

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Yes, where did Christmas come from? It did not begin at the birth of Christ; it began earlier! The December 25 celebration had nothing to do with His birth. It is an interesting story; one I think you will be interested in. WHEN WAS JESUS BORN? – It is well-know among Biblical scholars that Jesus [...]

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