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E9 Winter Holidays (2019)

Fool's Guide to the Occult

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The Origins of December 25th as Christmas Day

This chapter discusses the history of December 25th as the birthday of the sun and how it later became associated with the birth of Christ. It explains that the church made this change in order to convert pagans throughout the Roman Empire, but it resulted in people practicing their own religions in secret.

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