Because Christmas is only the contemporary embodiment
of a festival that humanity has been celebrating for thousands of years.
(
Grrrmachine the indifference engine,
Sun 2 Dec 2007, 13:53,
archived)
If the pagan goddess Eostre can lend her name to a Christian festival
there's no reason why I shouldn't celebrate a secular midwinter festival with a Christian name
(
emvee cruor deo cruoris,
Sun 2 Dec 2007, 14:15,
archived)