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3 Christmas traditions that may have pagan roots, and 4 that (probably) don't
Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated.
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Rediscovering Santa Claus, between religiosity and paganism
of religiosity and paganism, and Levi-Strauss returns to the news underlining how the Dijon clergy, wanting to destroy Santa Claus, "did nothing other than restore to its entirety, after an ...
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Where does Santa live? It's a trickier question to answer than you may think
Santa and territorial disputes: The medieval and pagan mythologies in Finland and Scandinavia give some credibility to these countries' efforts to claim Santa as their own. After all, these are ...
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Why Santa Claus Banned In Belarus
Therefore, the New Year's Eve ban of Santa Claus (and at the same time the ‘Jingle Bells’ Christmas song) surprised few ...
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Where does Santa live? It’s a trickier question to answer than you may think
No explorer reached there until 1926, leaving Santa, if he did live there, undisturbed in his workshop. The medieval and pagan mythologies in Finland and Scandinavia give some credibility to these ...