Christmas - Santa Lucia Sweden

In Sweden, where the winters are so very dark...she represents light and brightness. The Swedes were pagans, and Lucia was someone who spread the word of Christianity through the pagan countries, so the "light" she brings, not only represents the winter solstice when the days begin to get longer, and there is more daylight, but also the light of the christian beliefs in that Jesus is light to people's lives.

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And I'm an atheist so I celebrate neither saturnalia, the winter solstice or Christmas. 

I cannot see where you draw the connection between the fact that I'm pro abortion and the allegation of me being a man hating lesbian. Plus, the historical value of Testimonium is debated and questioned. What comments of mine about Jesus was "erroneous"?

I've read the bible and I do wish you to read the following passages:Matthew 11:20 (Jesus condemns a whole city for not believing in him), Mark 7:9 (The classical story where Jesus send devils into pigs and drowns them. He's lunatic.)

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Wow, aren't you the same lesbos, man-hating MsMixis who posted all kinds of "pro-abortion, it's my body" BS on other vids?

Jesus the Christ was real, bonehead. He is documented by the bona-fide Jewish historian Avius Josephus. As much as you modernist, self-savior pagans lament and pridefully exclaim, Christmas is a celebration about Christ's birth into the world. Celebrate your heathen solstice sh*t.

Obviously you need to read Scriptures to know your comments about Christ are erroneous.

Obviously you do not for since call Jesus a role model. A role model for who? He threatened people with eternal fire if they didn't follow him and ran around and proclaimed himself as the son of God. He was a threatening lunatic who dropped some words of wisdom like love and peace, something that ANYONE can do. My point still stands, if Christianity wouldn't have conquered Europe then we would still have a celebration at this time of the year.

I also think she was said to have appeared in Sweden at one point...

It has become a retail holiday !!! But the songs of the Winter season are lovely. I like Baby it's Cold outside.  :) Happy Winter Solstice to All and to All A Goodnight.

It's not an opinion. If it was all about the presents and family gatherings we would love our Birthdays more than Christmas. Turns out most people like Christmas better.

Don't try to educate me about pagan traditions. I know my history.

It doesn't change the fact that Jesus is the one being celebrated at Christmas today. It doesn't even matter if he didn't exist.

He is a alive every day as a role model, even if just an imaginary one.