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Santa Clause Christmas trees elves etc..................................is it Pagan?
Santa Clause Christmas trees elves etc..................................is it Pagan?
Please not this crap again.
I will try answering tomorrow if others don't already. I'm in bedOk what proof do you have?
It's beginning to look a lot like consumerism...Santa Clause Christmas trees elves etc..................................is it Pagan?
@Rival is this OP your alter ego?Santa Clause Christmas trees elves etc..................................is it Pagan?
Santa Clause Christmas trees elves etc..................................is it Pagan?
No.
The dating of the feast of Christmas by the Catholic Church to the 25th December had absolutely nothing to do with any preceding Pagan festivals. There wasn't one on the 25th (the Sol Invictus argument is not persuasive or backed by evidence), rather the festival of Christ's Mass originated in the third century and was derived from theological calendrical calculations.
Of the examples you cite above: Santa Claus is a folkoric and legendary version of the historic fourth century St. Nicholas of Myra;
the Christmas tree is first attested in Lutheran Germany (many say Martin Luther, the Protestant Reformer, actually started the practice as we know it) with antecedents in the 'trees of life' that featured in medieval Christmas Eve plays and a Spanish Cistercian tradition in the 15th century,
while Elves are not traditionally associated with Christmas but were first attached to it as recently as 1850 in the United States.
Everything in this fallen world has been tainted or has pagan connections. I think Christians are called to redeem the things of the world for the glory of God. Certainly, acknowledging the momentous event of the birth of Christ and joyously celebrating God’s gift of His Son and promised Savior is worthy of celebrating, in my view.Santa Clause Christmas trees elves etc..................................is it Pagan?