To clarify some points though, neither we nor other Christians “worship” a pagan holiday or any holiday. MYTH: December 25 Based Upon Roman Pagan Holidays. DEC 25 A PAGAN HOLIDAY, JESUS BORN ANOTHER DATE, SANTA U.S. It followed Saturnalia, a festival where people feasted and exchanged gifts. But “the birth of the sun” (son) is what the Christian’s took from the Pagan’s Winter Solstice. Christmas day, by other names, "was the ancient feast-day of the Sun, in the depths of winter", pre-dating Christianity 1. Alexander Hislop points out the truth in these shocking words -- at least, they ought to be shocking to anybody with a clear, undefiled, and conscientious mind: Yep, all of it has Pagan ties.

Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through to 23 December. Christmas (or Feast of the Nativity) is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

Celebrations of the lighter days to come and nature’s continuing cycle have been common throughout cultures and history with feasts, festivals and holidays around the December Solstice.

The Christians didn’t want to participate in that, and so they said, “While everybody else is celebrating this pagan thing, we’re going to have our own celebration. it had expanded to a weeklong festival beginning December 17. One of the claims the politically correct and various forms of other detractors make is - December 25 as the birthday of Jesus originated with a pagan Roman Celebration - Sola Invictus and/or Saturnalia . Two celebrations in particular took place around December 25 - the Saturnalia, and the birthday of the Sun God, Mithra (Catholic Encyclopedia). Celebration on December 25 around the world is of Christian origin, not pagan. Hence, nine months later—about December 25—Jesus was born.

The church only settled on a Dec. 25 Christmas in the fourth century. In modern times Christians all over the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day, which falls on December 25. The pagan celebration of Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture and time, began as a single day, but by the late Republic (133-31 B.C.) The Sol Invictus ( unconquered sun) god holiday was not widely celebrated in the Roman Empire before the date of the Birth of Christ was already established in much of Christianity.

The answer points back to the Romans' pagan celebrations of the winter solstice. Mabon was the son of Welsh mythology's Mordred, who was either the son or brother of King Arthur, he of the Table Round.

Christmas day, by other names, "was the ancient feast-day of the Sun, in the depths of winter", pre-dating Christianity 1.