Articles about the historical relationships between Christianity and paganism and about attempts to undermine historic Christianity and historic Christian practices with assertions about pagan origins.
This page and the articles are works in progress. The list includes other holy days to give context for the liturgical year. This help the reader see how these days are related to each other. Some of the days may become articles later on.
Holidays and Traditions Related to the date of Christmas
Annunciation/Christmas Cycle-Originally Tied to Passover
- Annunciation-March 25 –resources
- Nativity of St. John the Baptist-June 24 (Annunciation + 3 months)
- St. Martin’s Lent (November 11-December 24)
- Advent
- St. Lucia’s Day-December 13
- Christmas-December 25 (Annunciation + 9 months)
- Holy Innocents-December 28
- Circumcision-January 1 (Christmas +8)
- Holy Family-January 2
- Epiphany January 6 (Christmas + 12)
- Plough Monday–First Monday After Epiphany
- Candlemas/Presentation-February 2nd (Christmas + 40 days)
Some Pagan days claimed as sources for the Christmas cycle
- Saturnalia [resources]
- Nativity Scenes and Sigillaria
- Juvenalia
- Sol Invictus
- Brumalia
- Brumalia in the Roman Republic – Pre-Julian Latin Sources
- Brumalia in the Roman Empire – working document/research
- Older documents with Brumalia research
- resources
- Ancient Sources: Statistics and Concordance
- The Christians Stole December 25th Were pagan gods born that day?
- Misuse of the Church Fathers regarding paganism
Some Traditions Associated With Christmas Purportedly Pagan
- Gift Giving-Strenae – resources
- Christmas Carols
- Constantine and Christmas
- History of Religions School Stuff
- Christ Myth Theory [Jesus is a copy-cat] – [covering the following]
- Jesus and Pagan child gods
- resources on Akkadian words for “child“
- Dionysus
- Horus? Born of a Virgin? Not!
- Mithra
- Baldur
- Quetzalcoatl
Traditions
- Greenery
- Trees
- Holly and Ivy
- Mistletoe
- Father Christmas
- Santa
- Krampus
- Twelve-Days
- Yule/Norse/Yule Log
- Wild Hunt
Holy Days and Traditions Related to the date of Easter
- Gesima Sundays
- Shrove Tuesday/Mardi-Gras/Carnival
- Ash Wednesday and Lent
- Lenten Fast
- Great Week-Passion Week-and Holy Week
- Palmorum
- Maundy Thursday
- Good Friday
- Resources
- Another Bunny Attacks
- Oestra
- Easter, Eggs, and Nowruz
- Hare/Bunny
- Ascension
- Rogate
- Rogation Days
- Pentecost
- Trinity
Holy Days and Traditions Based on Calendar Date
- February 14th, Valentine’s Day– resources
- March 19th, St. Joseph
- April 30th May 1st
- Walpurgisnacht
- St. Walpurga and Beltane – resources
Also Discusses May Day
- June 29th, Sts. Peter and Paul
- August 15th, St. Mary
- September 29th, St. Michael and All Angels
- October 31-November 1
- All Saints’ Day Hallowe’en: A short history. Needs updating.
Next article has better sourcing.- All Saints’ Day/Eve and Samhain A Document History
- Covers Documented history of Samhain and All Saints’ Day observances
- All Hallows’ Eve in the Mediaeval Church and the Reformation
- Covers Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses on Oct 31, 2517
- (Halloween Resources pt 1) outdated document.
- November 11th, St. Martin’s Day
Below here is a running list of all the articles from latest published to earliest.
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days: Brumalia in the Roman Republic
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days: The Christians Stole December 25th
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Easter, Eggs, and Nowruz
- Redeeming Holy Days-Candlemas/Presentation
- Christ Myth Theory: Horus? Born of a Virgin? Not!
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Christmas and Saturnalia
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Christmas and Sigillaria
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Christmas and Juvenalia
- Christ Myth Theory [Jesus is a copy-cat]
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: All Hallows’ Eve in the Mediaeval Church and the Reformation
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies: All Saints’ Day/Eve and Samhain
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Nativity of St. John (Part 3)
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Nativity of St. John (Part 2)
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Nativity of St. John (Part 1)
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days: St. Walpurga and Beltane
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days: Another Bunny Attacks
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies-Easter 2
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies-Easter 1
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Ash Wednesday and Lent
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Ash Wednesday and Lent
- Redeeming Holy Days-Candlemas/Presentation
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Christmas and Sol Invictus
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Christmas
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days: Halloween Resources pt. 1
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Hallowe’en: A short history
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Nativity of St. John (Part 3)
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Nativity of St. John (Part 2)
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days from Pagan Lies: Nativity of St. John (Part 1)
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Pentecost
- Redeeming Christian Holy Days From Pagan Lies: Walpurgisnacht
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies-Easter 2
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies-Easter 1
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Annunciation
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Valentine’s Day
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Pagan Solstice Celebrations 3
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Pagan Solstice Celebrations 2
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Pagan Solstice Celebrations
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Christmas and Sol Invictus
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Christmas
- Redeeming Holy Days from Pagan Lies — Hallowe’en: A short history