If anyone can help me please please give me somewhere to go or to the answers I am seeking.

Christmas - I know the church took over a celebration of something but what? What other aspects of Christmas were "borrowed/stolen/whatever" from the origins of the celebration before they were what they are today.

Other symbolisims etc used - so fir trees, wreaths, candles, oils (Frankinsense and Myrrh, sp?) Stars .... anything??

I believe that there is no actual record of jesus being born ON 25th Dec, I have been told recently that nowhere in the bible does it actually mention this date as being significant in any way shape or form. I heard recently that the classic songs about sheppards watching their flocks etc would indicate a different time of year because the farmers would herd their sheep into or down from the hills (cannot remember the specifics) by the end of October before the onset of their winter?...

I could be wrong about that, it was just something that was said in passing but its really got me wondering about the origins if what was actually celebrated/ how and why it was celebrated - away from Christianity so much of this sort of stuff has been weighing on my mind as I find my path.

I am waffling now. I just want to ensure I am teaching my child truth, and to know that while vast majority celebrate "CHristmas" as a Christian celebration that before there was Christianity there were other celebrations for other reasons ... which I think is important to recognise .....


Just as Halloween - but thats a whole other thread ( I like the idea of a feast to honour the dead)

Hoping someone out there can make some sense of this thread LOL

Nae x