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Debunking Pagan Holiday Myths

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The History of Christmas and New Years

Gift giving was a custom at Saturnalia. Before the 1800s, adults would exchange gifts on New Year's. The marketing companies in America picked up on it and made it a global phenomenon. Everything that we have and do is syncretize from ancient culture like even the names of the week.

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