It’s the time of year when we see a war on Christianity. Atheists and new age goofballs both come out of the woodwork to attack Christmas. Christmas is not pagan and doesn’t have pagan origins. Sure, some customs like the Christmas Tree come from pagan sources but that is not the point. Since the earliest days of Christianity Christians believed that local customs, celebrations, and traditions could be sanctified through the process of Christianizing them. Here are two good links to help defend the faith. They offer two different views but I think the truth is a combination of the two.
http://www.cuf.org/faithfacts/details_view.asp?ffID=39
http://www.defendingthecatholicfaith.com/is-christmas-and-easter-pagan-holidays
Here’s another link that is useful for this effort to defend the ‘pagan’ stance: http://goo.gl/m2R8c
And another (StumbleUpon is cool) – http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/286590/santa-s-not-pagan-jonah-goldberg/