Live Science on MSN13d
3 Christmas traditions that may have pagan roots, and 4 that (probably) don't
Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated.
All That's Interesting on MSN18d
The Story Of Yule, The Raucous Pagan Celebration Of Winter That Inspired Christmas
However, the most disturbing and controversial pagan Yule rituals may have been the sacrifice of ... white-bearded god on ...
L'Unione Sarda10d
Rediscovering Santa Claus, between religiosity and paganism
of religiosity and paganism, and Levi-Strauss returns to the news underlining how the Dijon clergy, wanting to destroy Santa Claus, "did nothing other than restore to its entirety, after an ...
The Conversation18d
Where does Santa live? It’s a trickier question to answer than you may think
No explorer reached there until 1926, leaving Santa, if he did live there, undisturbed in his workshop. The medieval and pagan mythologies in Finland and Scandinavia give some credibility to these ...
devdiscourse12d
Unwrapping Santa's True Origins: A Hotter Debut for the Man in Red
The narrative around Santa Claus's origins is complex and contested, with several countries claiming him as their own. While Finland, Denmark, and Sweden tie him to snowy landscapes, the reality might ...
The Pioneer on MSN12d
Where does Santa Claus live? The answer is more complicated than you think | READ
Medieval and pagan mythologies in Finland and Scandinavia lend some credibility to these countries' claims of Santa as their ...