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Offline Maik

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25/12/16
« on: Sunday, 25 December, 2016 @ 12:23:49 »
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Merry Christmas

Christmas is celebrated by more people around the globe than any other religious festival. But this wasn't always the case. For much of their religion's early history, even Christians didn't mark the birth of Jesus. They were more interested in the circumstances of his death.

We often think of Christmas as a time of tradition: a chance to re-live rituals we enjoyed as a child. Yet Christmas has changed beyond recognition over the years. It has absorbed pagan practices, evolved as the Church has changed and even survived attempts to cancel it. Explore the surprising history of the festival we know today.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z2g34j6