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Post by wildojinx on Dec 13, 2019 20:34:27 GMT -5
I never understood the "scary ghost stories" part, not exactly something I associate Christmas with (A Christmas Carol notwithstanding).
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Dec 13, 2019 20:55:25 GMT -5
“Christmas as celebrated in Europe and the U.S. was originally connected to the 'pagan' Winter Solstice celebration and the festival known as Yule. The darkest day of the year was seen by many as a time when the dead would have particularly good access to the living,” religious studies professor Justin Daniels told Omnia, a University of Pennsylvania blog. And Christmas as a holiday has a cocktail of elements that invite ghosts, writes Colin Fleming for The Paris Review. “These are the short days of the year, and a weird admixture of pagan habits and grand religiosity obtains.” www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-do-ghost-stories-go-christmas-180961547/TL;DR It was a tradition, and no longer is.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Dec 13, 2019 21:23:48 GMT -5
i always associated it with A Christmas Carol
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