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The Pagan roots of Christmas - Yule and Saturnalia

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The Disappearance of the Horse in Europe

In the 19th century in england father christmas is depicted in 19th century riding a goat so there you can see a clear connection with the yule bock. The church did actually ban the consumption of horse in many countries and try to stop them even though the bible doesn't say you can't eat horse. In southern europe where they still eat horse in italy they still do that, probably because the church didn't mind in people eating horse as long as it had no pagan connotations It was just some food interesting interesting isn't it a great conversation i i learned quite a lot so what are you trusting so you can tell us thanks for having me on really reallyreally

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