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Originally Posted by Rachael Van Helsing
...Funny that the birth of Jesus (again, I don't believe the bible Jesus existed but I'm going off someone else's religion here) was acknowledged to be in, I believe, September-Obctober or thereabouts; however that wouldn't have worked well to convert the pagans, would it? They already had their time of celebration established, so why not do the easy thing and let them keep their celebration and simply add a different name?...
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Added to the fact that an autumn celebration would interfere with the harvest in Europe where they were trying to expand to at the time.
FTFY.