Birthday Quote by Alice Roberts

The Romans had, like other Pagan nations, a nature festival, called by them Saturnalia, and the Northern peoples had Yule; both celebrated the turn…

— Samuel L. Jackson

“Hanukkah, officially instituted by the Hasmoneans, was, like Tabernacles, eight days, and it was also the eight-day period corresponding to the pagan winter solstice…

— Simon Schama

“When Christmas started in the fourth century, right in the middle of three Roman winter festivals, it was, from its very first moments, a…

— Bruce David Forbes

“Thus, the winter solstice was an important factor in human culture, particularly that of the cold, northern latitudes, at least 12,000 years ago. The…

— D.M. Murdock

The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned, was exactly that of the birth of the Persian…

— Joseph Campbell

The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned, was exactly that of the birth of the Persian…

— Joseph Campbell

“For the first advent of our Lord in the flesh, when he was born in Bethlehem, eight days before the kalends of January [December…

— Anonymous

“ The Roman Calendar ROMAN MONTH: NAMED AFTER Martius: The god Mars Aprilis: The “opening” of flowers Maius: The goddess Maia Junius: The goddess…

— Marilyn Tolhurst

“The truth is Christmas evolved from the Roman holiday Saturnalia, a winter festival where men gave gifts to each other. They also would get…

— Huey Freeman The Boondocks

“Such experiences can make us bewail how the Western world gives itself over annually to its Claus-mass or commerce-mass. We celebrate a reworked pagan…

— Sinclair B. Ferguson

“Most Christian holidays were Pagan holidays first. Christmas trees and Easter eggs have absolutely nothing to do with Jesus. They are Pagan symbols. Christianity…

— Oliver Markus Malloy

For many people, the big feast of the year is Christmas, but for Christians, the truly great feast is Easter. Without Easter, without the…

— Robert Barron