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“When we give or receive Christmas gifts; or hang green wreaths in our homes and churches, how many of us know that we are probably observing pagan customs...the god, Woden, in Norse Mythology, descends upon the earth yearly between December 25th and January 6th to bless mankind...But pagan though they be, they are beautiful customs. They help inspire us with the spirit of 'good will to men', even as the sublime service of our Church reminds us of the ‘peace on earth’ which the babe of Bethlehem came to bestow” (Externals of the Catholic Church, 140).

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So your belief is that we should not hang wreaths up, or celebrate Christmas in a jovial way, and with good cheer like that?

(Is your first name Ebenezer?)

You should know, of course, that the book you sited ("Externals of the Catholic Church") is NOT a book containing the teachings and doctrines of the Catholic Church. If you want to discuss the teachings and beliefs and doctrines of the Catholic Church, you should read the official "Catechism of the Catholic Church", which plainly spells out those teachings, and you should discuss those teachings, not the silly fluff you quoted.

If you continue to quote from sources which do NOT contain the official teachings of the Catholic Church, I may have to start quoting from other prominent Protestants to you, such as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, or the Rev. Jim Jones, or Rev. Jesse Jackson, or Rev. Al Sharpton, or President B. Obama, or Bill and Hilary Clinton, ...

>>You should know, of course, that the book you sited ("Externals of the Catholic Church") is NOT a book containing the teachings and doctrines of the Catholic Church.<<

Well of course! And the RCC a renounced what they say a thousand times right? Right? …….right?……..Hmmm……..crickets.

>>I may have to start quoting from other prominent Protestants to you,<<

LOL I’m thinking you got a problem with that one. Protestants aren’t one single organization who make claims that all who call themselves thusly must adhere to a single code such as the RCC does. Besides, I extracted myself from Protestantism many years ago. The Protestant churches are after all simply daughters of the RCC aren’t they.