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Re: Wassail

From: heisjohn@juno.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 21:02:52 -0400
Subject: Re: Wassail
To: love-hounds@gryphon.com
References: <970710172232_-857375571@emout10.mail.aol.com>


Simon wrote:
>When it comes down to it, most of the major Christian festivals are 
>just
>thinly disguided pagan ones.  In fact, they didn't even bother to come 
>up
>with a new name for Easter (it's named after the pagan goddess 
>Eastre).
>

And let's not forget our favorite pagan holiday, December 25th.  It's the
alleged birthday of the goddess Mythra -- Christianity "borrowed" the
date back in 300-something A.D.

John