
The Pagan roots of Christmas - Yule and Saturnalia
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The Old Tradition of Christmas in Devon
In different traditions it might not be right winter solstice so for example i think the orthodox christians you know sort of the eastern churches um that don't make have it a bit later in January according to the Gregorian calendar. Here in Devon where I live we some of the christmas customs that are preserved the ancient ones are actually held in mid-January and not in December 25th which is that goes back either to paganism or to the old the older christian calendarThe orthodox keep wussling, when everyone goes out and sings to the trees the apple trees and asks the apple trees to be fruitful in the following year but they do it in many villages in some certain
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