The festive season is upon us once again, but have you ever wondered what Santa Claus has been up to for the 364 days leading to the one day we all celebrate?

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Should Christians celebrate Halloween? This post dives into what the Bible says about Halloween, its pagan roots, and how Christians can respond today. We’ll look at verses about witchcraft and ...

A common saw each Christmas is that Christianity is a warmed-over paganism. The theory goes that Jesus was, variously, a dead rabbi with a girlfriend, or never existed, but that Christians, for some ...

English Heritage has admitted it got it wrong when it shared false claims that the date of Christmas is derived from a pagan ...

Poet Javed Akhtar claimed that Christmas was moved from spring to December to coincide with a popular pagan festival to ease religious transition in ancient Rome. History, however, shows that December ...

I appreciate it when a writer shows all his cards at the beginning of a book so I don’t have to guess at his presuppositions. Frank Viola does just that in the opening line of his newly re-released ...