Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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ROME -- A recently discovered pagan shrine dedicated to Rome's legendary founder Romulus and his brother Remus is being linked by some experts to the first celebration of Christmas held on the ...

Brian McClinton (DebateNI, December 18) points out that Christmas was originally the Roman pagan festival of Saturnalia, which was "hijacked" by the early Christians. Even the modern tradition of ...

It's often claimed that many of today's Christmas traditions derive from the pre-Christian observances of pagan cults suppressed by Roman authorities. The story goes that, after Christianity ...