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...their winter Saturnalia festival). The simple fact that many of the stricter Christian sects ban Christmas trees (and Halloween and any other non-Christian assimilation) should be enough to prove this point. Most of the other things associated with Christmas can be traced to 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia??€”the yule log, carolers, the 12 days of Christmas, etc.—and all made reappearances across Europe in subsequent pre-Christian centuries...

Author: By Marguerite K. Cauble, | Title: Sanctifying Christmas Trees | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

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