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Originally posted by sugar and spice
But how many people actually DO this? Even the most religious families I know buy into the material side of Christmas as well. And let's not get started on the pagan part of it. In order to celebrate a Christmas tradition that had nothing to do with paganism, you would have to get rid of the Christmas tree, the gift-giving, and the mistletoe to start with -- oh, and you would be celebrating Jesus's birth sometime in the spring.
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I was interested in your last sentence, Jesus's birth being sometime in the spring. Do you mind my asking your thoughts on that?
According to my brother (who makes me feel like a pagan at times!), any census of the Jews would have more probably been taken at the time between Rosh Hoshannah to the Feast of Tabernacles, probably closer to the Feast of Tabernacles. These are all in the September or October months. That's why I was curious about the spring timing.
Oh, and my brother & his wife do not have a tree, mistletoe, etc, etc - but they do the gifts. I won't even go into the other parts of paganism they avoid. They would have enjoyed the company of Cotton Mather & his merry band!
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