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Christmas Is Not Yours or Mine: The True Origins of the Holiday Season

Every year I hear the same refrain "Put Christ back in Christmas," and every year I shake my head. No one faith owns Christmas, it's a combination of various elements, some pagan, some Christian, some...

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The New Testament and the Nativity

The Bible says very little about the birth of Jesus, and what it does say is often contradictory. What's actually in there and is it literally true? Many people think they know the story of Jesus'...

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The Confusion of Imbolc

(This post originally appeared on Agora back in February of 2012; it was my first post on Patheos. I always liked this particular piece and felt as if I had abandoned it by not moving it over to RtH....

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Eostre, Easter, Ostara, Eggs, and Bunnies

I kind of celebrate Easter. If you grew up with Easter egg hunts, baskets full of jelly beans, and huge ham dinners it's hard to leave all of that behind. Much like Christmas, the trappings of the...

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Beltane, Maypoles, and Spring into Summer

Beltane might be the most joyous holiday on the Pagan Wheel of the Year, but how much of what we do actually harkens back to ancient paganisms? Is the Maypole a timeless phallic symbol or simply a...

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