How Do Americans Celebrate Christmas? 5 Traditions you MUST know 🎄🎅🏼🎁
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- How Do Americans Celebrate Christmas? 5 Traditions you MUST know
Christmas is the largest and most important holiday in the United States, and Americans have MANY ways of celebrating all throughout the month of December.
In this video, I will teach you 5 of the most common ways that Americans celebrate Christmas and explain all of our traditions to you with lots of photos and examples.
The 5 traditions I will share include:
1. Advent Calendars
2. Christmas Decorations
3. Food
4. Movies + Music
5. Gift Giving (Secret Santa + White Elephant)
In the end, I will also show you some of my family's Christmas home videos, so you can see what a real American Christmas looks like!
Christmas Song Playlist:
• Michael Buble Christma...
The Office Secret Santa Scene:
• Yankee Swap - The Offi...
20 Best Christmas Movies:
• Top 20 Best Christmas ...
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Polish Christmas tradition... 24 we celebrate Christmas Eve, traditionally there is 12 dishes, a lot of fish, fish soup, borscht with dumplings, cabbage with peas, dried fruit compote, mocka - gingerbread pudding and poppy seed cake - poppy seed dessert. Parents and grandparents try to distract children by giving gifts under the Christmas tree. On Christmas Eve we wait for the first star, when we make wishes, we break the wafer -
very thin white bread flake, unleavened (i.e. unleavened and unsalted), baked from white flour and water without the addition of yeast,
, and after the supper we go to Midnight Mass, a solemn mass celebrated at night (usually at midnight or in the evening) from December 24 to 25
I ❤ Christmas...
*You are sooo cute as an Baby 🥰 and now as adult aswell 😍👍🏼🎄🎅🏼✝️❤️🙏🏼🌟 God bless you & thanks for that video! 👌🏼🥹🎄🎅🏼👏🏼*
Awww hehehe thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. Merry Christmas!
Hi Amy Joy. Your childhood was so adorable. Hope you have a whale of a time in your Christmas holiday. 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Hey Omid! Yes- my parents really gave us special memories! And thank you- happy holidays to you too! 🎉
Cheers from East Africa. Discovered your channel today and your the best🥰😍
Aww welcome! That means so much to me 🥰
This was so good . Thank you Amy for sharing this
I’m so glad you liked it. Merry almost Christmas! ☺️
The advent calendar is such a good idea! I didn't know that tradition. when I was little my gifts were dolls, toys, etc. I'm 22 now and my christmas gift is always money hahahaha; My favorite thing about Christmas is the food! A tradition that my family does is with the grapes, everyone takes a grape and if you had 4 seeds then you'll have a great year, if you had 3 or less it means that you won't have a good year
The grapes is such a funny tradition! I’ve never heard of that one- thanks for sharing Pao! 😄 I love that we can learn from each other!
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” has been released in movie form! It’s again generating controversy over the evil effects such fantasy has upon our children! Paganism! Magic! Wizards! Oh, my! Christians are considerably exercised, and pagans are defending themselves vigorously!
It’s a grand and glorious case of the pot (Christians) calling the kettle (pagans) black. There is so much paganism mixed into Christianity that the two are now virtually indistinguishable.
The incorporation of paganism into Christianity began roughly 300 years after Christ’s death. The early church was having a difficult time converting those hedonistic pagans to an intellectual worship (no graven images, no orgiastic and sacrificial celebrations, no sensuality to entice body and mind), so they gradually introduced pagan rituals, ceremonies, saints and symbols, changing only the rationalization, not the nature.
For instance. Did you have a wonderful Christmas? The origin of Christmas is actually the pagan ceremony of the winter solstice, the shortest daylight day of the year, when the pagan’s primary god, the sun -giver of heat, of light, of life - shone less and less. The greater the celebration and sacrifice, the more pleased the sun, thus willing to favor his people once more with light.
Did you decorate a Christmas tree? It’s an ancient Frankish phallic symbol of fertility. It’s evergreen, and shaped into a point, the better to plow and fertilize the earth.
Do you celebrate Easter? Maybe go to sunrise service? Easter is a corruption of the name of the Assyrian moon goddess Ishtar, also known as the Chaldean goddess Astarte, whose worship was introduced into Britain with the Druids. Hot-cross buns, used in Easter worship, were known as early as the time of Cecrops, founder of Athens, 1,500 years before the Christian era. Jeremiah the prophet tells of this offering when he says, “The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven.”
Like halos? Ever notice the coronas of yellow light around the heads of saints in Old Masters paintings? That’s a subtle symbol of sun-worship. Do you wear a cross? That’s also the ancient symbol of sun worship. When you look at the sun, of necessity squinting your eyes, the rays form a cross. That’s why the Bible says it was so shameful to Christ to be crucified on the cross, the symbol of his arch-enemy Lucifer, the Morning Star (sun-god).

Do you worship on Sunday, the Venerable Day of the Sun? In the Book of Isaiah, Lucifer’s goal was “to be worshiped as the Most High.” Do you ever wonder that it might be more than slightly disrespectful to the One True God, to worship him on the day set aside for the pagan worship of his greatest foe?
It’s a fascinating study, this infiltration of paganism into a religion that was supposed to be kept pure. It’s particularly interesting in light of the fact that all civilizations have their own versions of the same historical characters, differing only in name.
Mesopotamian history tells of a woman named Semiramis, of such arresting beauty that according to the historian Valerius Maximus of Venice, writing around 1505, she was said to have stopped a rebellion among her subjects when she suddenly appeared among them.
She was the wife of Nimrod, whom the Bible calls “the mighty hunter of the Lord.” Nimrod was the man who, after the Great Flood, defied God’s command to go out and repopulate the earth. He built the Tower of Babel. When he met with violent death (pagan history suggests he was torn in pieces by a wild boar; Persian records say he was deified after his death, given the name Orion, and placed among the stars), what was an ambitious woman to do?
She gathered her priests around her and declared that Nimrod was the sun god in human form. (Zero-ashta, later corrupted by the Chaldeans to Zoroastes, “the seed of the woman”). And now he was returned to his place in the heavens after sacrificing himself for the betterment of those on earth. She introduced her son, born after Nimrod’s death, as the “miraculous” son of the god. She has come down to us today through pagan religion as the “goddess;” through Christian religion as the Virgin Mary, mother of God.
I wonder if the obvious fiction of Harry Potter is really as damaging to children as the pagan adulteration of Christianity, which they are taught to believe as truth.
Wow, nice one. Learned a lot about the Christmas. Thank you dear Amy.
Thanks Gyan! Merry Christmas and happy holidays! ♥️
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” has been released in movie form! It’s again generating controversy over the evil effects such fantasy has upon our children! Paganism! Magic! Wizards! Oh, my! Christians are considerably exercised, and pagans are defending themselves vigorously!
It’s a grand and glorious case of the pot (Christians) calling the kettle (pagans) black. There is so much paganism mixed into Christianity that the two are now virtually indistinguishable.
The incorporation of paganism into Christianity began roughly 300 years after Christ’s death. The early church was having a difficult time converting those hedonistic pagans to an intellectual worship (no graven images, no orgiastic and sacrificial celebrations, no sensuality to entice body and mind), so they gradually introduced pagan rituals, ceremonies, saints and symbols, changing only the rationalization, not the nature.
For instance. Did you have a wonderful Christmas? The origin of Christmas is actually the pagan ceremony of the winter solstice, the shortest daylight day of the year, when the pagan’s primary god, the sun -giver of heat, of light, of life - shone less and less. The greater the celebration and sacrifice, the more pleased the sun, thus willing to favor his people once more with light.
Did you decorate a Christmas tree? It’s an ancient Frankish phallic symbol of fertility. It’s evergreen, and shaped into a point, the better to plow and fertilize the earth.
Do you celebrate Easter? Maybe go to sunrise service? Easter is a corruption of the name of the Assyrian moon goddess Ishtar, also known as the Chaldean goddess Astarte, whose worship was introduced into Britain with the Druids. Hot-cross buns, used in Easter worship, were known as early as the time of Cecrops, founder of Athens, 1,500 years before the Christian era. Jeremiah the prophet tells of this offering when he says, “The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven.”
Like halos? Ever notice the coronas of yellow light around the heads of saints in Old Masters paintings? That’s a subtle symbol of sun-worship. Do you wear a cross? That’s also the ancient symbol of sun worship. When you look at the sun, of necessity squinting your eyes, the rays form a cross. That’s why the Bible says it was so shameful to Christ to be crucified on the cross, the symbol of his arch-enemy Lucifer, the Morning Star (sun-god).

Do you worship on Sunday, the Venerable Day of the Sun? In the Book of Isaiah, Lucifer’s goal was “to be worshiped as the Most High.” Do you ever wonder that it might be more than slightly disrespectful to the One True God, to worship him on the day set aside for the pagan worship of his greatest foe?
It’s a fascinating study, this infiltration of paganism into a religion that was supposed to be kept pure. It’s particularly interesting in light of the fact that all civilizations have their own versions of the same historical characters, differing only in name.
Mesopotamian history tells of a woman named Semiramis, of such arresting beauty that according to the historian Valerius Maximus of Venice, writing around 1505, she was said to have stopped a rebellion among her subjects when she suddenly appeared among them.
She was the wife of Nimrod, whom the Bible calls “the mighty hunter of the Lord.” Nimrod was the man who, after the Great Flood, defied God’s command to go out and repopulate the earth. He built the Tower of Babel. When he met with violent death (pagan history suggests he was torn in pieces by a wild boar; Persian records say he was deified after his death, given the name Orion, and placed among the stars), what was an ambitious woman to do?
She gathered her priests around her and declared that Nimrod was the sun god in human form. (Zero-ashta, later corrupted by the Chaldeans to Zoroastes, “the seed of the woman”). And now he was returned to his place in the heavens after sacrificing himself for the betterment of those on earth. She introduced her son, born after Nimrod’s death, as the “miraculous” son of the god. She has come down to us today through pagan religion as the “goddess;” through Christian religion as the Virgin Mary, mother of God.
I wonder if the obvious fiction of Harry Potter is really as damaging to children as the pagan adulteration of Christianity, which they are taught to believe as truth.
Oh that's really awesome to hear my dear teacher... Since you are very close to my country which literally made me feel as if you are virtually here and feel your presence around me too... Strange, isnt it!! eventhough you are not physically here... 🤔❣️🙏👏
Yes, do upload some pictures dear and I know they would be awesome my teacher as well as if you could, just do a lesson on this wonderful tour of foreign visit of yours to the rising sun on utube as well...
Hugs and love to you as always my beautiful teacher.. ❤️😍🤗
Gams😘
I did get some footage to make a video of our trip! Hopefully I can make one when we get back ☺️
I love celebrating christmas n decorating Christmas Tree__Love from India❤
Me too! 🎄 merry Christmas!
Oh that's so sweet of you dear teacher... Let's hope that you could make a holiday visit to my beautiful country next time.. 👏🙏
Tnx for the kind reply and also remembering and thinking of me and my country all the time🙏❤️❤️ and you are in my heart all the time too, my dear teacher..
Do enjoy the rising sun's weekend vibes... 🇯🇵🙏👏❤️❤️
Hugs.xoxoxo
Gams 💗
Thanks Gams!! ☺️
You've been so cute since you're young Amy. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎉🎊 thank you for the great lesson 👍
Hehehe I was so happy I found that old footage! Thank you for being my student and happy new year to you too! 🎉
Oh baby Amy joy couldn't get any more cuter.... Oh well,pleased and amazing to see that you got that gift of the gab even when you were smaller too my dear😅😘....finally, that golden coloured and natural locks of hair of baby Amy joy, looks so shiny, amazing and gorgeous too..🌹🙌💜
Hugs.xoxoxo
Gams ❤️❤️😍
Hehehe I get the hair from my mom! 😄 it was fun to make this video because I had never seen those videos until now!
Oh wow that's cool dear...
I am sure it will be awesome and cant wait for it... 👏👏
Today is your event right dear.. So, do enjoy and have loads of fun and take back wonderful memories with you and hopefully there will be a video out pretty soon on this memorable tour on your utube channel .. 👏🌹🙏🙏❤️
God bless you my teacher...
Take care and stay safe and blessed!!
Hugs.xoxoxo
Gams 😘
Yes! On our way now! I’ll try to get some good footage 😅👏🏼 have a great weekend Gams! Hope you’re up to something fun and relaxing 😎
Hello Amy 🙋🏻♀️
Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷. Unfortunatelly CZcams only showed your channel for me in April 🙃. I wish I had watched this video in December 😅
In Brazil we can see Christmas trees for sale since the begging of November. And we also decorate them in November. They are all artificial trees we keep for years. Our family Christmas tree is 24 years old, not kidding. Here it is in the Summer, not winter.
We eat a kind of Cake/Bread named Panetone and the Chocolate version named Chocotone. We also eat nuts, fruits, Milk Pudding (Pudim de leite), rice with raisins, Rabanada, Manjar, Pavê (a dessert with cookies inside), farofa, salad mixed with maionese or Brazilian cream cheese (Requeijão). Last year my family and I created a garlic cream to put in the salad. This salad usually has potatos and carrots cut in cube shape. And usually people eat a big chicken named Chester. I dont because I am Vegetarian.
We can only eat at midnight, when we have a big dinner. When December 24 turns to December 25. Before the hour we eat snacks like Salgadinhos and Pastel de queijo.
Children can only open their presents when it is midnight, never before. We have dinner and after we open the gifts.
It is a very special time for me because this is also the month of my birthday 🥳🎂🎈. My mother tells me I asked for a Christmas birthday party for my second birthday. And I got it. We still have the pictures. And when you are born in December, Christmas also makes part of your personal history. It is connected to you.
The American holiday I like the most is Thanksgiving. I find it something very beautiful you have a day to thank God. Christmas is amazing. But it is international. It is taking place in many countries.
I hope you had a great Easter and I hope you have a Merry Christmas this year.
This Advent calendar is very cool, we dont have it here. And Christmas socks, it is something very American we see in movies. The movie Home Alone is always on TV in December. But the name of the movie here is "They forgot me".
The sweater tradition you have, it would not work well not here. It is too hot we would faint.
Hi Raviny! Wow! Thank you so much for sharing your how Brazilians celebrate Christmas! It’s always interesting to learn how others celebrate, even if it is the same holiday.
We also have panettone here but I didn’t grow up eating it. The salad you mentioned also sounds like our “potato salad” but that isn’t a Christmas dish- more like something you bring to picnics in the summer.
I also love thanksgiving, and I have a video on that too, featuring my own thanksgiving with my family if you’d like to see it ☺️ thank you for your thoughtful comment and welcome to my channel! czcams.com/video/vGQ_PI_b3ss/video.html
@@YourFavoriteEnglishTeacher Thank you so much! I will check it 😁
Oh thank you so much my dear teacher for your kind replies after the long vacation...
It was an absolute joy to see you back after losing you and your lessons for a while..
Tnx a bunch for the belated Christmas wishes too and hope to see you with another interesting lesson before the year ends... 🙏❤️
You know dear, I never missed anyone like the way I have missed you in the last week or so... 😘😘🙏
Hugs.xoxoxo
Gams ❤️
Happy new year Gams! Cheers! 🥂 I’m working on a new video but unfortunately I am sick again! There are lots of colds and flus going around right now so I’m trying my best to get a new video out soon 🤞🏼
@@YourFavoriteEnglishTeacher ❤️❤️🙏👍🌹
Oh that's great teacher....
Oh you are so close to where I am right now.. 😮🤩🙏
Just a matter of hop, step and jump and you are here in my country in next to no time, my dear... 🤩
Glad to hear that you are feeling ok and have yourselves a safe travel and take care...
Also tnx so much for writing to us despite your being busy and gallivanting the world right now... 🤩🌍
Hope my good teacher could make it here next time..
Take care, God bless and enjoy the good vibes of Samurai 🙏😇❤️
Hugs.xoxoxo
Gams 😘😘😘
Yes! I am much closer than usual 😄 yesterday we saw a map with the point of the Sri Lankan embassy and I thought of you!
@@YourFavoriteEnglishTeacher 🤗🤗❤️💗💗
You deserve more audiences and likes
Thank you! That means so much to me! 👩🏼🏫
Oh my god... Baby Amy joy.... 🤗🤗🤗🥰🥰🥰♥️♥️♥️🙌🙌💐😍😍😍
Hehehehe I knew you’d enjoy this one!
Hi dear teacher... How's everything going in rising sun?
Is your friends wedding over? If over, how was it.. I am sure you all had a great time..
Your long silence made me send this message as I miss you and your lessons big time..😊❤️
Hugs.xoxoxo
Gams 💖
Hi Gams! The wedding is this Saturday! I’ll let you know how it is. We’re having a great time over here! 😄✌🏼
Hahahah... Had a bit last night at a friend's party and woke up with slight hangover 🤭😁and
my friend is from U. S. A. too.. 😊
Another friend just landed here from USA as well, so probably will do a small "do" with him tomorrow as well.. 😁
By the way, I am still feeling tipsy though, so probably one drink will do the trick for me tomorrow.. 🤭😂😂😂😢
Anyway, take care and have loads of fun with your event today and be safe too..
Hugs.xoxoxo
Gams 🌹❤️
Hey Gams! Thank you for all your sweet comments the last few weeks. I took a bit of time off of YT to just enjoy our travels and be present but I’m back now and excited to be back in touch with all my subscribers!
❤️🥰
😄
Hi teacher... How are you feeling now.?? Did you get the winter flu or what??
Hope you have speedy and a swift recovery and may the noble triple gem bless you always and forever ( this is a buddhist prayer that we use to wish someone for good health and well being🙏)
Thank you so much for the earlier message dear in which you have complimented so much about myself... 🌹🌹
By the way, it was a bit of a sad story on my side as our air is polluted like it had never been before and the capital colombo is replete with toxic air and thick smog right now... 😓😭and not so salubrious at all for the last two days..
So, I am wishing you again for a fast recovery as we cant wait without our good and lovable teacher for too long... 🙏🌹
God bless..
Hugs.xoxoxo
Gams 💐🌺❤️
Hey Gams! Thanks for asking! I’m feeling MUCH better now. It’s fortunate timing too because we are actually in Asia now for a friend’s wedding! Currently in Japan and then Taiwan!
@@YourFavoriteEnglishTeacher 😮😮💖💖💖👍👍
gaaaaaaaaa wen video saludos desde peru
Thank you! ☺️
It’s good to know the traditions!
From a guy at the airport😊
So glad you liked it Pet! We had the best time meeting you today 😄🙌🏼
How many holidays people do have
Great question! We actually have major holidays and minor holidays. I would say there are about 6 major holidays like New Year’s, Valentines, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Then there are many more smaller holidays (maybe like 10?) like Memorial Day, Mother’s Day, Juneteenth, etc. but I haven’t counted them all 😉
Meanwhile somewhere halfway across the world: some Chinese folks trying to recreate christmas😂😂😂
That’s me
😂
Aww I love that you enjoy our culture!
❤🇺🇲👍🎄🎅
Glad you liked it!
In 1647, the Puritan-led English Parliament banned the celebration of Christmas, replacing it with a day of fasting and considering it "a popish festival with no biblical justification", and a time of wasteful and immoral behaviour.
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” has been released in movie form! It’s again generating controversy over the evil effects such fantasy has upon our children! Paganism! Magic! Wizards! Oh, my! Christians are considerably exercised, and pagans are defending themselves vigorously!
It’s a grand and glorious case of the pot (Christians) calling the kettle (pagans) black. There is so much paganism mixed into Christianity that the two are now virtually indistinguishable.
The incorporation of paganism into Christianity began roughly 300 years after Christ’s death. The early church was having a difficult time converting those hedonistic pagans to an intellectual worship (no graven images, no orgiastic and sacrificial celebrations, no sensuality to entice body and mind), so they gradually introduced pagan rituals, ceremonies, saints and symbols, changing only the rationalization, not the nature.
For instance. Did you have a wonderful Christmas? The origin of Christmas is actually the pagan ceremony of the winter solstice, the shortest daylight day of the year, when the pagan’s primary god, the sun -giver of heat, of light, of life - shone less and less. The greater the celebration and sacrifice, the more pleased the sun, thus willing to favor his people once more with light.
Did you decorate a Christmas tree? It’s an ancient Frankish phallic symbol of fertility. It’s evergreen, and shaped into a point, the better to plow and fertilize the earth.
Do you celebrate Easter? Maybe go to sunrise service? Easter is a corruption of the name of the Assyrian moon goddess Ishtar, also known as the Chaldean goddess Astarte, whose worship was introduced into Britain with the Druids. Hot-cross buns, used in Easter worship, were known as early as the time of Cecrops, founder of Athens, 1,500 years before the Christian era. Jeremiah the prophet tells of this offering when he says, “The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven.”
Like halos? Ever notice the coronas of yellow light around the heads of saints in Old Masters paintings? That’s a subtle symbol of sun-worship. Do you wear a cross? That’s also the ancient symbol of sun worship. When you look at the sun, of necessity squinting your eyes, the rays form a cross. That’s why the Bible says it was so shameful to Christ to be crucified on the cross, the symbol of his arch-enemy Lucifer, the Morning Star (sun-god).

Do you worship on Sunday, the Venerable Day of the Sun? In the Book of Isaiah, Lucifer’s goal was “to be worshiped as the Most High.” Do you ever wonder that it might be more than slightly disrespectful to the One True God, to worship him on the day set aside for the pagan worship of his greatest foe?
It’s a fascinating study, this infiltration of paganism into a religion that was supposed to be kept pure. It’s particularly interesting in light of the fact that all civilizations have their own versions of the same historical characters, differing only in name.
Mesopotamian history tells of a woman named Semiramis, of such arresting beauty that according to the historian Valerius Maximus of Venice, writing around 1505, she was said to have stopped a rebellion among her subjects when she suddenly appeared among them.
She was the wife of Nimrod, whom the Bible calls “the mighty hunter of the Lord.” Nimrod was the man who, after the Great Flood, defied God’s command to go out and repopulate the earth. He built the Tower of Babel. When he met with violent death (pagan history suggests he was torn in pieces by a wild boar; Persian records say he was deified after his death, given the name Orion, and placed among the stars), what was an ambitious woman to do?
She gathered her priests around her and declared that Nimrod was the sun god in human form. (Zero-ashta, later corrupted by the Chaldeans to Zoroastes, “the seed of the woman”). And now he was returned to his place in the heavens after sacrificing himself for the betterment of those on earth. She introduced her son, born after Nimrod’s death, as the “miraculous” son of the god. She has come down to us today through pagan religion as the “goddess;” through Christian religion as the Virgin Mary, mother of God.
I wonder if the obvious fiction of Harry Potter is really as damaging to children as the pagan adulteration of Christianity, which they are taught to believe as truth.
I think that only people who belive in Jesus must celebrate christmas. And this is after easter second great Christian holiday, it must be with family and faith, not presents.
Thank you for sharing!
In 1647, the Puritan-led English Parliament banned the celebration of Christmas, replacing it with a day of fasting and considering it "a popish festival with no biblical justification", and a time of wasteful and immoral behaviour.Note that Joshua = Yoshua or Yahushua because there is no “J” sound in Hebrew. The “J” with its “J” sound didn’t come into the English language until about 500 years ago. In fact, the “J” isn’t even found in the original 1611 King James version. (proof)
Note that Joshua = Yoshua or Yahushua because there is no “J” sound in Hebrew. The “J” with its “J” sound didn’t come into the English language until about 500 years ago. In fact, the “J” isn’t even found in the original 1611 King James version. (proof)
Was your saviour greek or Hebrew?
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” has been released in movie form! It’s again generating controversy over the evil effects such fantasy has upon our children! Paganism! Magic! Wizards! Oh, my! Christians are considerably exercised, and pagans are defending themselves vigorously!
It’s a grand and glorious case of the pot (Christians) calling the kettle (pagans) black. There is so much paganism mixed into Christianity that the two are now virtually indistinguishable.
The incorporation of paganism into Christianity began roughly 300 years after Christ’s death. The early church was having a difficult time converting those hedonistic pagans to an intellectual worship (no graven images, no orgiastic and sacrificial celebrations, no sensuality to entice body and mind), so they gradually introduced pagan rituals, ceremonies, saints and symbols, changing only the rationalization, not the nature.
For instance. Did you have a wonderful Christmas? The origin of Christmas is actually the pagan ceremony of the winter solstice, the shortest daylight day of the year, when the pagan’s primary god, the sun -giver of heat, of light, of life - shone less and less. The greater the celebration and sacrifice, the more pleased the sun, thus willing to favor his people once more with light.
Did you decorate a Christmas tree? It’s an ancient Frankish phallic symbol of fertility. It’s evergreen, and shaped into a point, the better to plow and fertilize the earth.
Do you celebrate Easter? Maybe go to sunrise service? Easter is a corruption of the name of the Assyrian moon goddess Ishtar, also known as the Chaldean goddess Astarte, whose worship was introduced into Britain with the Druids. Hot-cross buns, used in Easter worship, were known as early as the time of Cecrops, founder of Athens, 1,500 years before the Christian era. Jeremiah the prophet tells of this offering when he says, “The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven.”
Like halos? Ever notice the coronas of yellow light around the heads of saints in Old Masters paintings? That’s a subtle symbol of sun-worship. Do you wear a cross? That’s also the ancient symbol of sun worship. When you look at the sun, of necessity squinting your eyes, the rays form a cross. That’s why the Bible says it was so shameful to Christ to be crucified on the cross, the symbol of his arch-enemy Lucifer, the Morning Star (sun-god).

Do you worship on Sunday, the Venerable Day of the Sun? In the Book of Isaiah, Lucifer’s goal was “to be worshiped as the Most High.” Do you ever wonder that it might be more than slightly disrespectful to the One True God, to worship him on the day set aside for the pagan worship of his greatest foe?
It’s a fascinating study, this infiltration of paganism into a religion that was supposed to be kept pure. It’s particularly interesting in light of the fact that all civilizations have their own versions of the same historical characters, differing only in name.
Mesopotamian history tells of a woman named Semiramis, of such arresting beauty that according to the historian Valerius Maximus of Venice, writing around 1505, she was said to have stopped a rebellion among her subjects when she suddenly appeared among them.
She was the wife of Nimrod, whom the Bible calls “the mighty hunter of the Lord.” Nimrod was the man who, after the Great Flood, defied God’s command to go out and repopulate the earth. He built the Tower of Babel. When he met with violent death (pagan history suggests he was torn in pieces by a wild boar; Persian records say he was deified after his death, given the name Orion, and placed among the stars), what was an ambitious woman to do?
She gathered her priests around her and declared that Nimrod was the sun god in human form. (Zero-ashta, later corrupted by the Chaldeans to Zoroastes, “the seed of the woman”). And now he was returned to his place in the heavens after sacrificing himself for the betterment of those on earth. She introduced her son, born after Nimrod’s death, as the “miraculous” son of the god. She has come down to us today through pagan religion as the “goddess;” through Christian religion as the Virgin Mary, mother of God.
I wonder if the obvious fiction of Harry Potter is really as damaging to children as the pagan adulteration of Christianity, which they are taught to believe as truth.