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[quote=DODGER,383288]Yolanda, the Romans high jacked many of the old Greek gods and renamed them. Same deity though. The early Christian church used the same tactic. It took most of the dates of the pagan festivals and renamed them. For example, there was a celebration around the 25th December already in place. I can’t remember off hand what it was called. But it was replaced with the supposed birth of JC. Quite possibly the same thing happened to Saint Nick/Santa Clause. Santa is a translation from Latin of Saint BTY. So again, it is possible that there was a pagan deity connected to the December festival that the early church renamed to fit its dogma. The days of the week are named after old Norse and Greek/Roman gods, which have not been changed….yet. Cheers, Dodger. [/quote]
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