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Well today was the day that people have celebrated for
thousands of years; it is the WINTER SOLSTICE.
People have also called it the day WINTER BEGINS or the day
of the LONGEST NIGHT or the day of the SHORTEST DAY. The very next day, the
nights are shorter and the days longer.
Many have also celebrated that day as the NEW YEAR because
the New Year really starts astronomically with the day after and not on our
calendar New Year January 1.
The Christians have usurped this perfectly natural, pagan
holiday and substituted their made-up holiday which has nothing to do with
nature or the beginning of a New Year.
Christmas did keep a lot of the pagan rituals like the
“holiday tree” and the giving of presents, etc. I do think our children should
be made aware that this time of year was special for many thousands of years,
to people like us, celebrating the passage of time on earth and the dawning of
a brand new year and with it, brand new opportunities and adventures.
I don’t mind sharing this holiday with Christmas Christians
but I do mind when they imply that somehow their religious observance was the
original reason for the holiday and our secular celebrations somehow demean the
religiousness of the holiday and I say Bah Humbug, you are obviously ignorant
of the facts of history and I totally understand; I was raised that way too but
that does not mean you stop seeking out the truth; I did.
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