(April 15, 2014 at 3:35 pm)Stimbo Wrote: You make a compelling case. I'm sure that those holidays would still exist, given their astronomical importance to humanity's history. They'd just have the xtian façade stripped away.
Agreed - a lot of christian festivals coincide with pagan ones - I doubt the majority of people cared what was being celebrated at the time.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien