Jedi~Tank wrote:Psyko wrote:Jedi~Tank wrote:Lithium wrote:well then yr question is
where did the celebration of the holiday we now know as christmas began?
and it asks for the connection from where Christmas is connected to another festival or fest.
since the birth of Jesus cant be known then that date was placed as a feast in the end day of saturnalia pagan fest, perhaps to get more followers somehow.
now yr hints are not related to the question , because if its not during the religion age (which is normal) and Roman empire (here it mess up because it means theres no connection between the christian christmas fest and any ancient fest prior to roman empire) , remember that the rman empire are quite ancient.
Another hint, it predates the persian empire.
If it predates the Persian Empire, then I would have to assume it is the Babylonian's celebration for Nimrod ( name makes me laugh every time) as the sun god. Many many many cultures in the area consider that time of year to be the birth of the sun (ie, Unconquered Sun) and/or the Sun God. Babylon did it first, though.
cha-ching
Also known as the Mother/Child cult whereas Semirimas was the virgin queen that gave birth to the god child of whom was also her husband. The tree adornment and other things was scooped right up by the supposed christian church and incorporated babylonian paganism into its practice and called it "christian" when in fact no such practice was ever condoned by any biblical teaching by God or Christ or any of the writers of the bible.
Yeah, the whole wife and mother thing is a bit creepy.