[Desdemona]

Very interesting article. Thank you. I'm another who does not understand why a local touch, without venturing into pagan waters, is so bad. Some of the bizarre modern dancing I could do without, but that's personal taste.

But, when a saint is being canonized, why not? And what's so horrible about the way the Navajo venerate Mary. To them, she is as much mother earth as the mother of God. She's very prominant. And the Italians with the processions of the saints and the canopy with the monstrance (sp?). I've witnessed both and they are amazing to see.

Let's think about this. Christmas is on December 25 because it was the feast of a pagan god and it was the only way they could get people to go to Mass. The two, Catholicism and paganism, are linked in ways like this. And to remove ritual slides into protestantism, IMO.

[Mike Fieschko]

Christmas is on December 25 because it was the feast of a pagan god and it was the only way they could get people to go to Mass.

I thought it was Dec 25 because that's nine months from the Annunciation. ;^]

[Catholicguy]

Let's think about this. Christmas is on December 25 because it was the feast of a pagan god and it was the only way they could get people to go to Mass.

Christmas is celebrated on the 25th because that is the day Jesus was born.