It’s the most wonderful time of the year, the time countless amateur historians and amateur theologians come out to write blog posts about how Christmas is *ackchyually* a Pagan feast stolen from [insert select group here]. Usually, it is about how Christians stole everything from Mithraism or Roman religion, stuff that has been debunked countless times,
AMEN! And you can bet those people knew when the solstice was to the minute; winter was rough.